Climber
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Now I Had been looking at tires for awhile. I wanted something in the 265/75r16 size to last me a couple years till I could afford a lift and 33s. There were many tires to choose from but based on reviews the treadwrights seemed like a great bargain for what I was wanting so I picked up a set. onto the review.
Now most reviews I read online are very one sided, not saying anyone was wrong but a lot of what I read was either "they are a gift from god and I will never ever run anything else" which is fine if your happy with them, or "if you run these tires your putting your childrens and everyones life at risk because its a retread" and "they are crap just buy new tires" without any of the people even running them. So im just going to give my honest opinion of what I think of the tires and the company in general. Going onto the website, they are very professional offering many different tread patterns its countless sizes. The most popular 2 being the Warden (BFG all terrain tread) and the Guard Dog (which look to me like goodyear wrangler MTRs tread) so I opted for the wardens as I like the BFG look.
Treadwright Warden
Guard Dog
So I order a set of 4 with BFG sidewalls hoping to fool some people.
I also ordered them in the D rating. The next morning I have the money taken out of my account, 516$ was the total with shipping, but no shipping confirmation... I wait 3 more days and decide to call and see what was up, well they inform me they have a shortage of BFG carcasses and were in the process of tracking some down but they had set with yokohama sidewalls they could send(wish they would have told me this three days ago..) so I said what the heck send em and 3 days later this is what was delivered
First impressions-
I really liked how they turned out! they appear to be very solid and you can BARELY tell that they are retreads (both tire shops I went to thought it was a new yoko tread...it was quite sad.)
Next, these things are flippin heavy!! I had just got off work and didn't feel like mounting them myself so I took them to wallyworld to get them mounted and it was a chore lugging those things around.
They also appear to run large, I didnt measure but very close to a full 32in.
First problem, And thus far the only problem, Balancing... I took them to walmart for a mount and balance hoping they could get it right, after giving them the balancing instructions I went to go browse the store. well 3 hours later I get a call saying my truck is done. I go out to see the tech standing there with a big smile on his face like he accomplished some huge feat and then says "man they took a lot of weight! each tire needed close to 12oz!" If looks could kill you seen me on the news for murder. I know for a fact that they did not need that much weight, I understand they will need more weight that a standard tire but 12oz!!! treadwright garuntees that each tire will require no more than 5oz so this kid just didn't know what he was doing... Well on my drive home it was surprisingly smooth and was about to eat my words when I got on the highway and I felt like I was if a rocketship about to take off. Frustrated I drive home to barely get any sleep while I begin my plan to find the boy responsible and give him a firm talkin too. Im kidding in all reality its my fault for going to walmart but it was the only tire shop open late enough to do it that late and I was desperate...
A few days later I took my truck to a small mom and pop tire shop hoping to get a better balance and they got each tire down to 2-4 oz except one which took 9.5oz which I emailed treadwright about on Monday and never got a response so looks like im gonna have to call them again... but the shop was able to eliminate the death shake at 65 but now theres a smaller shake from 35 up which im dealing with for the time being but I plan to have them balance AGAIN so if anyone has had their treadwright balance anywhere in the valley let me know im willing to drive.
Offroad performance-
Here in the valley of phoenix Arizona we had some nice showers this past week so on my day off I took out a few guns and made my way to queen valley and I have to saw with the dirtroads hiding the imbalance I was very impressed and the mud I was willing to go through, I hate mud unless pretty girls are watching, the traction was excellent, I was aired down to about 30psi and I wasn't getting thrashed at all.
decent view, I wasn't in a picture taking mood
Overall-
Build Quality 9/10
offroad 9/10
onroad 8/10 (pending due to balance issues)
customer service 9/10
If I had to do it over again I would probably save up just a bit more and go with a local shop deal but that's not to say i'm not happy. As long as they balance out correctly and wear properly I will be perfectly happy. Now are they a gift from god? No just another option for the general offroader. Do I feel like they will ever leave me stranded with a blowout or tread separation? absolutely not. I inspected all 4 tires upon arrival and they really did seem to be well made. Realistically im only expecting 25 or 30k miles maybe even less as I plan to upgrade with lift. Who knows if these work out I may end up with 285/75r16 guard dogs. If you find yourself in a situation like me with a little cash and need some tires these may be great for you, these next 10k miles will be interesting to see how they turn out but I will be sure to update this periodically!
-Alex
****4 MONTH UPDATE****
After driving on these tires for about 4 months I can tell you I definitely don't think I wasted my money. light hum on the highway but barely noticeable and wearing is very even. Ive since takin them more offroad aired down to 20psi (I know not super low but I don't have a good compressor so I try to save time on the way out) and they haven't let me down. I will say this, don't mess around with balancing, do it right the first time. Use the roadforce balancer and the correct adapter for lug centric wheels and call it a day. We will see how they handle the phoenix heat and ill give another update in a few months after I take a trip to cali and the brutal Arizona summer. Any questions don't hesitate to PM me.
-Alex
Now most reviews I read online are very one sided, not saying anyone was wrong but a lot of what I read was either "they are a gift from god and I will never ever run anything else" which is fine if your happy with them, or "if you run these tires your putting your childrens and everyones life at risk because its a retread" and "they are crap just buy new tires" without any of the people even running them. So im just going to give my honest opinion of what I think of the tires and the company in general. Going onto the website, they are very professional offering many different tread patterns its countless sizes. The most popular 2 being the Warden (BFG all terrain tread) and the Guard Dog (which look to me like goodyear wrangler MTRs tread) so I opted for the wardens as I like the BFG look.
Treadwright Warden
Guard Dog
So I order a set of 4 with BFG sidewalls hoping to fool some people.
I also ordered them in the D rating. The next morning I have the money taken out of my account, 516$ was the total with shipping, but no shipping confirmation... I wait 3 more days and decide to call and see what was up, well they inform me they have a shortage of BFG carcasses and were in the process of tracking some down but they had set with yokohama sidewalls they could send(wish they would have told me this three days ago..) so I said what the heck send em and 3 days later this is what was delivered 
First impressions-
I really liked how they turned out! they appear to be very solid and you can BARELY tell that they are retreads (both tire shops I went to thought it was a new yoko tread...it was quite sad.)
Next, these things are flippin heavy!! I had just got off work and didn't feel like mounting them myself so I took them to wallyworld to get them mounted and it was a chore lugging those things around.
They also appear to run large, I didnt measure but very close to a full 32in.
First problem, And thus far the only problem, Balancing... I took them to walmart for a mount and balance hoping they could get it right, after giving them the balancing instructions I went to go browse the store. well 3 hours later I get a call saying my truck is done. I go out to see the tech standing there with a big smile on his face like he accomplished some huge feat and then says "man they took a lot of weight! each tire needed close to 12oz!" If looks could kill you seen me on the news for murder. I know for a fact that they did not need that much weight, I understand they will need more weight that a standard tire but 12oz!!! treadwright garuntees that each tire will require no more than 5oz so this kid just didn't know what he was doing... Well on my drive home it was surprisingly smooth and was about to eat my words when I got on the highway and I felt like I was if a rocketship about to take off. Frustrated I drive home to barely get any sleep while I begin my plan to find the boy responsible and give him a firm talkin too. Im kidding in all reality its my fault for going to walmart but it was the only tire shop open late enough to do it that late and I was desperate...
A few days later I took my truck to a small mom and pop tire shop hoping to get a better balance and they got each tire down to 2-4 oz except one which took 9.5oz which I emailed treadwright about on Monday and never got a response so looks like im gonna have to call them again... but the shop was able to eliminate the death shake at 65 but now theres a smaller shake from 35 up which im dealing with for the time being but I plan to have them balance AGAIN so if anyone has had their treadwright balance anywhere in the valley let me know im willing to drive.
Offroad performance-
Here in the valley of phoenix Arizona we had some nice showers this past week so on my day off I took out a few guns and made my way to queen valley and I have to saw with the dirtroads hiding the imbalance I was very impressed and the mud I was willing to go through, I hate mud unless pretty girls are watching, the traction was excellent, I was aired down to about 30psi and I wasn't getting thrashed at all.
decent view, I wasn't in a picture taking mood
Overall-
Build Quality 9/10
offroad 9/10
onroad 8/10 (pending due to balance issues)
customer service 9/10
If I had to do it over again I would probably save up just a bit more and go with a local shop deal but that's not to say i'm not happy. As long as they balance out correctly and wear properly I will be perfectly happy. Now are they a gift from god? No just another option for the general offroader. Do I feel like they will ever leave me stranded with a blowout or tread separation? absolutely not. I inspected all 4 tires upon arrival and they really did seem to be well made. Realistically im only expecting 25 or 30k miles maybe even less as I plan to upgrade with lift. Who knows if these work out I may end up with 285/75r16 guard dogs. If you find yourself in a situation like me with a little cash and need some tires these may be great for you, these next 10k miles will be interesting to see how they turn out but I will be sure to update this periodically!
-Alex
****4 MONTH UPDATE****
After driving on these tires for about 4 months I can tell you I definitely don't think I wasted my money. light hum on the highway but barely noticeable and wearing is very even. Ive since takin them more offroad aired down to 20psi (I know not super low but I don't have a good compressor so I try to save time on the way out) and they haven't let me down. I will say this, don't mess around with balancing, do it right the first time. Use the roadforce balancer and the correct adapter for lug centric wheels and call it a day. We will see how they handle the phoenix heat and ill give another update in a few months after I take a trip to cali and the brutal Arizona summer. Any questions don't hesitate to PM me.
-Alex
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