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Great topic. When we were new RVers we thought we knew it all. We treated our Class A tires like passenger car meaning we didn’t think much about it other than a quick glance. Anyway we drove thousands of miles with one of our rear inside tires flat. Didn’t even noticed it. Also our front end was out of alignment so we had severe wear on the passenger side tire but didn’t noticed it with a quick glance. By now you can see we were complete idiots. The amazing part of this story we didn’t have any blowouts or issues. When we added all new tires the installer said we were lucky to be alive. Hats off to Michelin Tires. Now we pay close attention, protect against UV rays, dry rot, front end alignments and a tire monitoring system.
We changed the shoes on RV before our big TX trip. Our date code was Oct2015. Lara catches all your couch changes. 😁 Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
Good show. I am coming up on my 6th year for my tires. After our summer trip I am going to buy two front tires. Then in one more year I will by two more and then in another year I will buy the last two tires. That way I can spread the cost out over three years for all 6 tires. We have a 2016 Winnebago Vista LX which we bought in April 2016. We only have 10500 miles on it so buying tires by age is killing me. But I understand the issue and I tell my family about the date issue on tires. The date out on tires goes for all vehicles.
Thanks James! The front tires are the most important, because a front tire blowout could be more dangerous then a rear tire blowout. Neither is good. We were going to just do the fronts this time, but the sale was a good one. Happy Trails. 😀
You make many good points. I just upgraded our 5th wheel’s tires and rims. We’re at a seasonal site and while the tires have a manufacture date of about 6-8 months ago, they have zero miles. They are protected from the sun via the slide outs and I keep tire covers on them as well. I should be good for awhile.
DogBus just got new tires too! Nice to see a 2021 date code on them when. Be sure when you invest $$ in tires, check the date code before buy them, should be < 6 months old.
Thanks to both of you. You certainly don't want to guess your date codes on your tires!! I am trying to find the birth certificate for the driver of our next Class A. I think he's cheating on his date codes. SAFE TRAVELS!!
10 years is the MAX for any tire like we said in the video. RV's, especially those that sit outside in storage, the general rule of thumb is 5 to 7 years. 😀
Hi Randall, thanks for checking in on us. We had a video schedule to go up Saturday night, but forgot it was a holiday weekend. We rescheduled it for this coming Saturday at 7:00PM EST. It a cool video about the Corvette Museum where Cheryl and I also drove the Corvette Simulator. You are the first one who knows the topic now. 😀 We hope you enjoy it. Thanks again for checking on us, it was nice. 😀
Thanks for this video. Very timely for us since we are looking to change our Birdie’s shoes. My question - why the Bridgestone tires? Did you have those tires on Maggie already? We are trying to do research to make a decision and get our tires changed. Currently, our Birdie has Goodyear shoes. I believe they are original to our Precept 31UL. So, I’m curious when I heard you put on Bridgestone tires. As always, safe travel!
Looking more at your tire choice and I see it looks like a larger tire - 22.5. We have 19.5. So, that may be a difference right there. This is all a new area for us. We’re newbie’s and we bought a new to us rig. We are still loving it. Thanks for any insight. It’s appreciated as we do our research.
Yes we do have the 22.5" rims. For us the choice was easy, the shop we used only had Michelin's and Bridgestone's that would fit our rig. Maggie came with Michelins and it was our intention to go with them, but they only had 2 available and 8 Bridgestone available. We have Bridgestone on our Jeep and with 60,000 miles on the original tires and they can still pass inspection which helped with our decision. When it come to tire choice, it's like opening a can of worm. Everyone has their favorite brand. After researching we found the majority of the opinions preferred the Bridgestone over the Michelins. That fact they were $569 each and on sale for $340 each really sold them for us. So far we are happy with the tires. On our class C we went from Michelin to B.F. Goodrich. Good luck with your choice. If the tires are balanced correctly, you shouldn't notice too much of a difference either way if the rating on the tires you have now are the same or better on the tires you are buying. Hope this helps some. Safe travels to you as well. 😀
@@GetGonewithUS Thank you for your response. It does appear to be a can of worms when it comes to tire choice. You reference the rating on the tires, what is that? Is it a uniform tire rating system?
@@monicasilva2864 Things like size, weight ratings, sidewall strength, load rating. You want to make sure you don't buy tire with a lower load rate that what Birdie needs. The tire shop should be able to verify all that for you.
@@GetGonewithUS Thank you! By the way, I think I asked awhile ago if you were still happy with your snap pads. We went ahead and picked a set up and “installed” them. They are ready for our next trip. Definitely one of the easiest projects. Safe travels!
Hey guys up in Vermont for a month looking for a home base....while off topic for this video ... Jake and I went up to your neck of the woods in New Hampshire yesterday...went to the motorcycle rally in Laconia ...its nice up there too...did a brief video of the rally on my channel check it out...not as good videoing as you guys are but I am still a newbie.. TIRES btw are real important whether on the coach or the Jeep!.
Good luck finding a home in this market, we hear it is crazy with people offering up to $100K over asking price, that's nuts! We remember our Harley days. We both rode and and lived close enough. If we couldn't find 2 spots side by side at Laconia, we just drove through and went to the mountains for a ride instead. LOL
Hi Bob. Everyone will have their own opinion on tires. The shop we went to only carriesd Michelins and Bridgestones that would fit our rims. We researched those 2 brands and went with Bridgestone 268 Ecopia's. We are happy with them so far. 😀
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Great topic. When we were new RVers we thought we knew it all. We treated our Class A tires like passenger car meaning we didn’t think much about it other than a quick glance. Anyway we drove thousands of miles with one of our rear inside tires flat. Didn’t even noticed it. Also our front end was out of alignment so we had severe wear on the passenger side tire but didn’t noticed it with a quick glance. By now you can see we were complete idiots. The amazing part of this story we didn’t have any blowouts or issues. When we added all new tires the installer said we were lucky to be alive. Hats off to Michelin Tires. Now we pay close attention, protect against UV rays, dry rot, front end alignments and a tire monitoring system.
One thing about RV's is once you think you know it all, you will soon find out you don't! Thanks for sharing your story. 😀
Great topic. Tires are probably one of the most important maintenance items that is overlooked. Hope you had a great Father's day.
Thanks for checking in Lou. Hope you had a great Father's Day too! 😀
We changed the shoes on RV before our big TX trip. Our date code was Oct2015.
Lara catches all your couch changes. 😁 Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
Lara is very observant! 😀 Hope you had a great Father's Day Art! 😀
Good show. I am coming up on my 6th year for my tires. After our summer trip I am going to buy two front tires. Then in one more year I will by two more and then in another year I will buy the last two tires. That way I can spread the cost out over three years for all 6 tires. We have a 2016 Winnebago Vista LX which we bought in April 2016. We only have 10500 miles on it so buying tires by age is killing me. But I understand the issue and I tell my family about the date issue on tires. The date out on tires goes for all vehicles.
Thanks James! The front tires are the most important, because a front tire blowout could be more dangerous then a rear tire blowout. Neither is good. We were going to just do the fronts this time, but the sale was a good one. Happy Trails. 😀
You make many good points. I just upgraded our 5th wheel’s tires and rims. We’re at a seasonal site and while the tires have a manufacture date of about 6-8 months ago, they have zero miles. They are protected from the sun via the slide outs and I keep tire covers on them as well. I should be good for awhile.
You should be good for a while easily, they are still really brand new. Just keep an eye on the sidewalls in the future when you do have to move it. 😀
@@GetGonewithUS I will for sure. I did go from a 255/85 R16 load range E to a 245/70 R19.5 load range J which should help as well.
My class A Michelins last right at 6 years no difference if I cover them or not, so at 6 years new shoes,,safe travels!
That is our max limit also. 😀
Retrobands are good to prevent blowouts. It makes your steer tires kind of like run flat tires for cars.
True, they are good, but not a replacement for old tires. 😆
@@GetGonewithUS Correct but if you do have a blowout it is a lot safer and easier to have a controlled steer to safety.
DogBus just got new tires too! Nice to see a 2021 date code on them when. Be sure when you invest $$ in tires, check the date code before buy them, should be < 6 months old.
We know we are good for a while now with the tires we bought. 😀
Great vid! I just put Bridgestone ecopias on my 2012 Vista 35F last month! 😎👍
We are liking them so far. 😀
Thanks to both of you. You certainly don't want to guess your date codes on your tires!! I am trying to find the birth certificate for the driver of our next Class A. I think he's cheating on his date codes. SAFE TRAVELS!!
Thanks Ron. Cheryl still gets carded buying alcohol, they never ask me for my ID. LOL
Commercial grade semi truck tires have a life span of 10 years.
10 years is the MAX for any tire like we said in the video. RV's, especially those that sit outside in storage, the general rule of thumb is 5 to 7 years. 😀
Great video! We are a bit behind on watching, 😂.
Thanks, you shouldn't need to worry about your 10 tires for a while! 😜
Hey guys hope everything is well haven’t seen any videos since two weeks ago.
Hi Randall, thanks for checking in on us. We had a video schedule to go up Saturday night, but forgot it was a holiday weekend. We rescheduled it for this coming Saturday at 7:00PM EST. It a cool video about the Corvette Museum where Cheryl and I also drove the Corvette Simulator. You are the first one who knows the topic now. 😀 We hope you enjoy it. Thanks again for checking on us, it was nice. 😀
Glad to know everything is OK looking forward to the video release as always.
Thanks for this video. Very timely for us since we are looking to change our Birdie’s shoes. My question - why the Bridgestone tires? Did you have those tires on Maggie already? We are trying to do research to make a decision and get our tires changed. Currently, our Birdie has Goodyear shoes. I believe they are original to our Precept 31UL. So, I’m curious when I heard you put on Bridgestone tires. As always, safe travel!
Looking more at your tire choice and I see it looks like a larger tire - 22.5. We have 19.5. So, that may be a difference right there. This is all a new area for us. We’re newbie’s and we bought a new to us rig. We are still loving it. Thanks for any insight. It’s appreciated as we do our research.
Yes we do have the 22.5" rims. For us the choice was easy, the shop we used only had Michelin's and Bridgestone's that would fit our rig. Maggie came with Michelins and it was our intention to go with them, but they only had 2 available and 8 Bridgestone available. We have Bridgestone on our Jeep and with 60,000 miles on the original tires and they can still pass inspection which helped with our decision. When it come to tire choice, it's like opening a can of worm. Everyone has their favorite brand. After researching we found the majority of the opinions preferred the Bridgestone over the Michelins. That fact they were $569 each and on sale for $340 each really sold them for us. So far we are happy with the tires. On our class C we went from Michelin to B.F. Goodrich. Good luck with your choice. If the tires are balanced correctly, you shouldn't notice too much of a difference either way if the rating on the tires you have now are the same or better on the tires you are buying. Hope this helps some. Safe travels to you as well. 😀
@@GetGonewithUS Thank you for your response. It does appear to be a can of worms when it comes to tire choice. You reference the rating on the tires, what is that? Is it a uniform tire rating system?
@@monicasilva2864 Things like size, weight ratings, sidewall strength, load rating. You want to make sure you don't buy tire with a lower load rate that what Birdie needs. The tire shop should be able to verify all that for you.
@@GetGonewithUS Thank you! By the way, I think I asked awhile ago if you were still happy with your snap pads. We went ahead and picked a set up and “installed” them. They are ready for our next trip. Definitely one of the easiest projects. Safe travels!
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Thanks for visiting, Dennis! 😀
Hey guys up in Vermont for a month looking for a home base....while off topic for this video ... Jake and I went up to your neck of the woods in New Hampshire yesterday...went to the motorcycle rally in Laconia ...its nice up there too...did a brief video of the rally on my channel check it out...not as good videoing as you guys are but I am still a newbie.. TIRES btw are real important whether on the coach or the Jeep!.
Good luck finding a home in this market, we hear it is crazy with people offering up to $100K over asking price, that's nuts! We remember our Harley days. We both rode and and lived close enough. If we couldn't find 2 spots side by side at Laconia, we just drove through and went to the mountains for a ride instead. LOL
@@GetGonewithUS LOL...your right which is why6 I will rent for a year...prices will come before Christmas...on just about everything:)
@@GetGonewithUS Except maybe gas...lol
@@legaleagleandpaws8198 I hope you are right about Christmas. It would be nice to see prices come back down. :)
I don't need tires but do need a state safety inspection.. Did you get Maggie inspected at this location? Would like to find a southern NH spot!
No, Sorry Bruce, we asked, they don’t do inspections there. We are looking for a place ourselves. 😳
Try New England Fleet Services in Keene if you are near there. We've used them before.
We are not near Keene, but thanks for the info! :)
Are Japanese tires any good ? Which brand do you recommend ?
Hi Bob. Everyone will have their own opinion on tires. The shop we went to only carriesd Michelins and Bridgestones that would fit our rims. We researched those 2 brands and went with Bridgestone 268 Ecopia's. We are happy with them so far. 😀
My brother-law works for Goodyear. He says if you want a good racing tire buy Goodyear, if you want a safe Class A motor home tire buy Michelin.
@@richardberger326 thanks