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I got my tires in on Friday, ordered from Walmart to get the rollback price. I went ahead and scheduled the mounting for the following Monday at Walmart. Once I got there they refused to mount the tires because they were “more than a couple sizes bigger than the original tires”. Not that I actually care, I’ll gladly give my money to a local tire shop to mount them, but I just wanted to pass along my experience so others might save some time and effort if they’re hoping to have Walmart do the installation.
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I got my tires in on Friday, ordered from Walmart to get the rollback price. I went ahead and scheduled the mounting for the following Monday at Walmart. Once I got there they refused to mount the tires because they were “more than a couple sizes bigger than the original tires”. Not that I actually care, I’ll gladly give my money to a local tire shop to mount them, but I just wanted to pass along my experience so others might save some time and effort if they’re hoping to have Walmart do the installation.
I was told mine were too large for their machine. I don't trust them anyway and already planned on having them mounted at a real tire shop.
 

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I got my tires in on Friday, ordered from Walmart to get the rollback price. I went ahead and scheduled the mounting for the following Monday at Walmart. Once I got there they refused to mount the tires because they were “more than a couple sizes bigger than the original tires”. Not that I actually care, I’ll gladly give my money to a local tire shop to mount them, but I just wanted to pass along my experience so others might save some time and effort if they’re hoping to have Walmart do the installation.
I had them mount mine, didn't have any issues. Probably just varies by location.
 

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I got my tires in on Friday, ordered from Walmart to get the rollback price. I went ahead and scheduled the mounting for the following Monday at Walmart. Once I got there they refused to mount the tires because they were “more than a couple sizes bigger than the original tires”. Not that I actually care, I’ll gladly give my money to a local tire shop to mount them, but I just wanted to pass along my experience so others might save some time and effort if they’re hoping to have Walmart do the installation.
Walmart screwed up my Kenda balancing so bad I drove from there straight to Jeep for a rebalance.
 

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Firestone service center told me they will no longer mount any tires on non oem wheels or non oem sizes. Too bad too as they were one of the few places around me that had the Hunter road force machine.
 

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Firestone service center told me they will no longer mount any tires on non oem wheels or non oem sizes. Too bad too as they were one of the few places around me that had the Hunter road force machine.
What the hell is up with that??? Their reason?
 

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I had them mount mine, didn't have any issues. Probably just varies by location.
As did I. I bought one on sale just after i mounted STT pros for around $130 to replace my stock spare so that I had a 35 to match size, plus I want these tires when my current ones wear out “not sure if that will ever happen, these coops wear like iron so far”.

the local Walmart mounted it without word.
 

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I like the low weight, the tucking under the fenders and the potential steering’s benefits, but I’m still just not yet sold on how skinny they might look. I’d prefer they came in a 11.5” width. Any one regret their purchase?
 

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I like the low weight, the tucking under the fenders and the potential steering’s benefits, but I’m still just not yet sold on how skinny they might look. I’d prefer they came in a 11.5” width. Any one regret their purchase?
Not at all. They look nice on the truck.

I wheeled mine this weekend on medium and challenging trails and they did great. Never had an issue with loss of traction or grip.
 

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I like the low weight, the tucking under the fenders and the potential steering’s benefits, but I’m still just not yet sold on how skinny they might look. I’d prefer they came in a 11.5” width. Any one regret their purchase?
Perfect size. Not too skinny at all.
 

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Firestone service center told me they will no longer mount any tires on non oem wheels or non oem sizes. Too bad too as they were one of the few places around me that had the Hunter road force machine.
When did they start that? I literally just got 35s put on at a Firestone last week.
 

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When did they start that? I literally just got 35s put on at a Firestone last week.
Not sure, that is what they told me when I called them to make an appointment about 5 weeks ago. It was the service center in North Reading MA
 

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I like the low weight, the tucking under the fenders and the potential steering’s benefits, but I’m still just not yet sold on how skinny they might look. I’d prefer they came in a 11.5” width. Any one regret their purchase?
No regrets on the purchase, they look skinnier in pictures than in person. For my use there is no need or advantage to a wider tire
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