Worn tires again! - RV-Dreams Community Forum

dianneandsteve · RV-Dreams Family Member

Worn tires again!

Bob and Lindy · RV-Dreams Family Member

We had a similar experience with our Montana a few years back. I kept replacing tires until the rear axle separated on the right side from the frame. cry Those Minnesota roads are tough on a 'slow learner'. confuse Its been following great ever since it came out of the alignment shop. smile

Travel Safe!

Bob

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Wow Steve and Diane, you're spending a lot of time in the shop! Do,you have the IS system? Those tires are on our list, from all we hear they are great!

Sherry

dianneandsteve · RV-Dreams Family Member

I wish we did Sherry. We have the MOR/ryde LRE system. We will be heading back to Guaranty RV to have bearings and brakes checked. We hope that our tires will last until then. I'll be checking to see if it's okay to have new tires and wheels shipped and installed there. Then we have to unload the old ones somewhere.

phyllen · RV-Dreams Family Member

We continued to have tire issues on our 2009 Montana until we upgraded to G rated. We also changed to Hankooks. We are told this is the best brand for trailers. In August we traded up to a 2014 Cedar Creek. It had G rated but they were Goodyears. No, we wanted to keep the Hankook's even through they were a year old. So the 2009 Montana has new tires, we have the Hankooks.

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

dianneandsteve wrote:
On our return trip from Alaska I noticed that one of our 19 month old tires beside the door was wearing on the outside so when we arrived in Whitehorse Yukon I had it switched with the spare. By the time we arrived in Prince George BC the tire behind the one I changed over was wearing badly on both outer edges and the one already changed out before was wearing fine.
Once we returned to the Vancouver BC area I took it into Vancouver Axle and Frame to have the alignment checked. They later called and said that the centre hanger on our MOR/ryde suspension was bent inward with the frame. They adjusted the camber and alignment after making all the necessary repairs. They also welded in a support brace between both centre hangers For added strength. So the roads to and from Alaska cost us another $2600.00...oh well...it is what it is. That was to be our wheel and tire upgrade fund! That's our next step...Goodyear G114 H load rated tires and and new wheels.
Safe travels!

-- Edited by dianneandsteve on Sunday 20th of October 2013 11:45:56 AM

Based on our experience going to Alaska one year and the Canadian Northwest Territories another year on the same set of G114 “H” tires you can easily expect 45,000 miles from the tires. If the axles are properly aligned, hard to do with any “leaf spring” suspension system, they just don’t wear out like “RV tires” and actually don’t cost anymore than “G’s” when you figure the mileage life. And, they don’t blow out. That’s a nice value added item as well.

Bill

dianneandsteve · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Bill...that's good to know. I ordered these earlier this week and will have them installed next week.

Safe travels!