Finding Titans

[ERNIEB]

It looks like I'm going to have to replace a front tire on the TC29. I've got titan 25X8.50-114 R4's. I went to a local tire store that carries all kinds of farm, lawn and garden, industrial tires, and so on. When I gave them the size, they all looked at each other, and you could almost see the question marks over their heads. Then I told them it was a Titan tire. They told me I would not find it locally, and that titan was behind on it's orders. They did some calling around and found one in St. Louis, $125.00 plus UPS. One of them had also told me that the New Holland dealer had called them looking for the same tire. I told them I thought that was a bit high, and I intended to do some shopping around.
I went by the NH dealer, and he denied calling the store, but said that that particular tire was in short supply. He said he has his own sources, and could get me one in about 3 days for $116.00.
I came back home and went thru the Gemplers web site, and could not find the tire at all.
Has anyone else had trouble finding Titan tires? According to everyone I talked to they are the only ones who make the R4's (trac loader) in that size.

Ernie
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by ERNIEB on 08/31/01 06:29 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[mikim]

when I punctured my rear R1 on my TC45 the tire store in LaGrange had it replaced the next day with a Titan.
don't know the name of the store - but I think it was the only one in town. That's about a 2 hour drive from you.
mike

 

[banjobj]

My R-4 tires are Bridgestone. They are on a TC 21 D,but I would think Bridgestone makes larger size R-4 tires.