21 Comments on “New Desert Dog Tires? West Virginia”

1. Marty tilford February 9, 2013 at 5:07 pm

   I called on these and they are new recap desert dogs. The guy has the mold and will make as many as people want. He said he will ship them also for around $12.00 a tire depending on where too. That seems like a pretty good price. When I get some extra money I think I might have to order some for my jeep to just drive around on and look old school 🙂
2. deilers Post authorFebruary 9, 2013 at 5:08 pm

   Are they recapped dogs with the mini terror tread?
3. Marty tilford February 9, 2013 at 5:13 pm

   I think they are just any 31 inch tire with the desert dog recap. I’m not quite sure I didn’t ask him what casing he uses.
4. deilers Post authorFebruary 9, 2013 at 5:15 pm

   Thanks .. I’ll give him a call on Monday and get some details. I would like to get a set, too.
5. Marty tilford February 9, 2013 at 5:23 pm

   If you do decide to get some call my dad and he should be able to get you a really good price on shipping. Maybe better that $12.00 each. His shipping rates are very competitive.
6. Buz February 9, 2013 at 8:42 pm

   How do those Desert Dogs perform in loose sand ?
7. deilers Post authorFebruary 9, 2013 at 8:52 pm

   Desert dogs are a great all around offroad tire. On roads, they are noisy and don’t last more than 10,000 miles. They are very popular for racing in the NW. But, they’ve become very difficult to find.

   Note, the tread pictured above isn’t the desert dog tread, but rather the mini terror tread. Those are a little quieter and worked well for me on and offroad.

   I plan to call the seller on Monday and talk with them.
8. Joe Friday February 9, 2013 at 10:30 pm

   The picture puzzled me a bit. He has Goodyear Wrangler AT and Goodyear Eagle GT tires in the background that look almost new. Those GT’s haven’t been made since about 1988.
9. Marty tilford February 9, 2013 at 10:33 pm

   When I talked to him he said they have recaps in other tire treads also. And he doesn’t have a website 🙁
10. Gerald February 10, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    More questions than answers. I’m skeptical We’ll see.
11. Buz February 13, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    So Dave, give us an update – did you talk to him on Monday?
12. deilers Post authorFebruary 15, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    I called about the tires. The man I spoke to on the phone called the tires V-TREADS, but he said people in the area called them by other names including Desert Dogs. They only sell one size of the V-Tread: 235-75-15. According to him they didn’t sell any other style of tire. I tried to explain the style they were selling wasn’t a Desert Dog; instead, it was more like Mini-Terrors. He didn’t care.

    The tires ship locally for $12 a tire; he had no idea what the shipping costs outside his area might be.

    Despite explaining why I was calling (ran website and vintage jeep owners were interested in them) he was in a hurry to get me off the phone, so his answers were brief (I heard him apologize to a customer as he was hanging up the phone). Perhaps the timing was off and he was just busy.

    I did a search of the telephone number (304-387-2869). The company selling the tire is called TIRE COUNTRY. They are located at 2517 Race Track Rd, New Cumberland, WV 26047, which is the northwest corner of West Virginia. It’s about a half hour from Lisbon, OH, and an hour from Butler, PA, so Ann and I might stop by and check out the tires during our east Coast trip.

    https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&ie=UTF-8&q=tire+country+new+cumberland&fb=1&gl=us&hq=tire+country+new+cumberland&hnear=tire+country+new+cumberland&cid=0,0,7668066654152438454&ei=y50eUc_sJ9DciQKy6oG4Dg&ved=0CJMBEPwSMAM
13. Jake February 17, 2014 at 9:36 am

    my buddy bought a couple of these tires for ice racing and they work pretty good they are good recaps the sidewalls on my buddys tires are firestone destinations so you know they are recapped, once i get a little extra money this spring/summer im going to get a set or two.
14. deilers Post authorFebruary 17, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    Thanks for the feedback Jake.
15. Walt October 23, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    Guy in Moundsville west Virginia has desert dogs in bunch of sizes
16. David Eilers October 23, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    Walt are the desert dogs are tires like the ones in the photo above or actual desert dogs with the desert dog tread and label? (example desert dogs: http://www.ewillys.com/2017/05/04/4-desert-dog-tires-pittsburgh-pa-400/)

    – Dave
17. Gordon Rhodes December 14, 2017 at 6:18 pm

    My father always ran Foumula Desert Dogs when I was little in the 80s, me and him was talking about them and came across this page – anyhow long story short we live in WV and have seen these desert dog looking recaps pretty regularly here but dad said the outer lugs and the V’s isn’t the same and they look directional where as original dogs had the V’s in the opposite direction on the other side ,
18. David Eilers December 14, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    Gordon,

    I plan to drive to the company who is making these in May after the Spring Willys Reunion to check them out for myself. But, yes, your father appears correct. The tires that are appearing in WV are not desert dogs, but a unidirectional tire that has been labeled over the years under different names. I have a tag specifically for desert-dogs. You can see all the posts related to desert dogs here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/desert-dogs/#
19. Richard March 19, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    Who has them in Moundsville???
20. David Eilers March 19, 2018 at 3:14 pm

    Richard, i’d be interested to know that, too.
21. Tim March 20, 2018 at 5:04 am

    Near New Cumberland? That’s the area my cousin introduced me to Jeeps guns and fishing too).
    Yellow 68? CJ5 running the hills and old mines…good times, good times. Might be worth a trip back to visit and check these tires.