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Posted By: SteveL1948 on 05/23/12 06:18pm

burlmart wrote:

SteveL1948 wrote:

Hey All, hate to leave but traded my R-Vision for a Class A so will be in those forums from now on. Thanks to all that commented on my problems and hope you all keep these forums going!! Happy trails to all!!! Steve

Enjoy! What did you get?

I traded for a 2003 National Sea Breeze, 35' with 2 slides. Its on a Ford chassis with a V-10. Take care burlmart, Steve

Posted By: Gene in NE on 05/23/12 09:31pm

RV er wrote:

Thank You Burlmart and Gene in NE, I will most likely get the OEM tires. The mechanic suggested I get Michelin tires because they are a more quieter ride.....

There have been several topics on the subject of tires. Most like the idea of the Michelin's, but the price. Several owners have recommended the XPS Rib versus the LTX M/S. There were some owners that experienced premature sidewall cracking in the LTX M/S. My brother-in-law would not buy anything but Michelin's because of the quieter ride.

I could not get what I thought was a good price on the Michelin's so settled for the Firestone Transforce HT. Tire store kept my old tires for someone's trailer use, mounted, balanced, and taxes for $1,049 for six. So far, I like the ride and they seem quieter. The factory Generals were great, but my store did not carry Generals. With the price of oil going up the price of tires follows. The Firestone's got a bad rap years ago with Ford Explorer's rolling over, but I believe the company made an extraordinary effort to rectify that problem.

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Posted By: burlmart on 05/24/12 03:25am

BTW, the original spare is crack free, so the vinyl cover would seem effective in controlling sun rays, so we got 4 vonyl wheel covers for when RV is unused.

The cracking on the rear duallys was pretty minor, but the fronts looked worrysome after 6 yrs.

I read a review where a van owner had 90,000 mi on a set of Uniroyal Laredos, and I do not doubt it.

* This post was edited 05/24/12 12:01pm by burlmart *

2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy

Posted By: burlmart on 05/24/12 12:12pm

Thread on tire crack pics and new tires

Posted By: rehoppe on 05/24/12 03:37pm

TMBLSN wrote:

Tire Size: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=46

In summary, 225 is width of the tire (in millimeters), 75 is the sidewall height as a percentage of the width and 16 is the diameter of the wheel that it mounts on (in inches).

245/75-16 is quite a bit bigger than 225/75-16. It may not sound like much of a difference, but those extra 20 millimeters make quite a difference.

Yup, the wider tires can/will create problems as they rub together on the 'Duals'... Overload, under inflatled, etc... This heat Will turn them into 'May Pops'.

* This post was edited 05/25/12 07:11am by rehoppe *

Hoppe
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Posted By: Gene in NE on 05/24/12 09:01pm

rehoppe - Interesting term "May Pops" - never heard that before. [emoticon]

Here is an interesting article written by a large internet tire supplier Driving through tire blowouts.

The article makes the statement that the number one reason for tire failure is low pressure causing sidewall flex and the resulting increased temperature. That is one reason I carry an infrared thermometer to do a very quick walk around to check tire temperature.

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 05/25/12 03:54am

The infrared thermometer comes in very handy for checking trailer/toad wheel bearings when towing also.

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Posted By: rehoppe on 05/25/12 07:10am

Those IR thermometers are amazing, telling you stuff that you never knew before.

I didn't realize the the inside right dual often gets the toughest job because of the crown in the road. I only knew that you wanted your best Driver tires on the inside. I always thought it was so you didn't have so mush trouble changing a tire when you 'lost' one. Turns out you need to pay attention to that because they get the most load on crowned roads. Especially the Right Inside one.

Also demonstrates Why you don't want to overload your tires, as well.

* This post was edited 05/28/12 08:21am by rehoppe *

Posted By: rehoppe on 05/25/12 07:24am

Gene in NE wrote:

rehoppe - Interesting term "May Pops" - never heard that before. [emoticon]

Gene
I first heard the term in Fairbury, when I was working at the Massey Dealer. The farmers would take the bald tires off their trucks and put them on feed and hay wagons. A very descriptive term for worn out tires Still on the road.

I think tires were better then. At least it seems that way, or maybe they just wore out faster. Now you look for cracking, back then we looked for cord showing! [emoticon]

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 05/27/12 01:48pm

Were Gary Swanson's B+ mod's photos lost with the closing of the Kodak photo hosting site?

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