Time to buy tires

[Neal]

Assuming no incidents between now and next summer my plan is new front tires, existing front tires go to tag axle as I have some odd wear patterns on LR tag axle tire there that probably are telling me an alignment should be done. Otherwise AFAIK treads are great. Some tires are 2016 date codes, local truck tire shop told me start date is in service date, not tire date code (his opinion).

 

[Jim]

It's hard to change these and then toss the old ones. They all look brand new! But I'd rather error on the side of safety.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Assuming no incidents between now and next summer my plan is new front tires, existing front tires go to tag axle as I have some odd wear patterns on LR tag axle tire there that probably are telling me an alignment should be done. Otherwise AFAIK treads are great. Some tires are 2016 date codes, local truck tire shop told me start date is in service date, not tire date code (his opinion).

Not mine! It is manufacturers date, they start oxidation immediately.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

It's hard to change these and then toss the old ones. They all look brand new! But I'd rather error on the side of safety.

Be sure to check around your area. Many times these old tires are not “tossed” but can be resold for a significant chunk of change to those who need them for local delivery/dump trucks.

Have read about numbers over $150 a tire for these used RV tires.

 

[Jim]

Be sure to check around your area. Many times these old tires are not “tossed” but can be resold for a significant chunk of change to those who need them for local delivery/dump trucks.

Have read about numbers over $150 a tire for these used RV tires.

You are right! Just checked FB Market Place and they are listed for anywhere from $100 up. One fellow has, as he describes it, a "2017 225/70 r 22.5. 25,000 miles knee deep in tread". Asking $850, which is ridiculous of course.

But mine look brand new, so yeah, thanks MBTM! Whatever they bring is money that I didn't leave on the table!

 

[Buly]

I used Tire concierge, and my cost including everything, bottom line $8K for 8 Michelin tires. That was last year here in FL.

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Used tires are very popular with some exporters

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[Neal]

I'm curious if you tell the service provider you're keeping the tires if the price remains the same. I wonder if they count on selling your tires? Maybe don't inform them of this until you're there? Then again they probably charge a recycling fee, keep that in mind...

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Tire Core charge...hum...
Here in Florida, purchased 4 new tires for the Ford Flex earlier this month, I was charged a Tire Fee $1 ea and a Junk Tire Fee of $5 ea for the tires, total $24.
Never thought much about these fees, excess fees have become Normalized in business transactions these days.

I'll ask next time I'm in the store to see what they do with the old tires.

 

[DennisT]

Just had tires put on our toad at discount tire.

While waiting I watched one of the employees checking the take off tire stack.

Inspected, checked tread depth, etc.

Some went into a stack and others (I’m assuming the bad ones) he drilled a hole through the sidewall with a paddle bit and put on another stack.

Used tires for sale and those that were scrap.

Didn’t mind the fees with what they gave me as a discount for ex military

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Just had tires put on our toad at discount tire.

While waiting I watched one of the employees checking the take off tire stack.

Inspected, checked tread depth, etc.

Some went into a stack and others (I’m assuming the bad ones) he drilled a hole through the sidewall with a paddle bit and put on another stack.

Used tires for sale and those that were scrap.

Didn’t mind the fees with what they gave me as a discount for ex military

It is nice when you witness a recycler at work saving landfill dollars.

 

[Wemustrv]

Like Neal said FMCA provides a discount price on tires. But also check rvtires.com they have some good prices. But where will yo have them installed and balanced? You need new tires on your new coach all ready? I didn't think it was that old?

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RVtires.com came right to my coach and did the tire mounting.

 

[Neal]

RVtires.com came right to my coach and did the tire mounting.

How are they spin balanced that way?

 

[Jim]

How are they spin balanced that way?

When I bought tires for my Phaeton, they didn't spin balance them. I asked them about balancing and they looked at me like I had 2 heads. But I've always wondered why a tire outlet wouldn't balance big tires.

 

[Neal]

The tires that came on my coach had issues. FL in Gaffney spent a lot of time on them checking runout or whatever it's called, spin balancing, in the end two were warranty replaced and my ride much smoother.

I will ask that the new ones are spin balanced and I'm also getting centramatics installed with them in November.

GoFundNeal launching in October as November's visit to Newmar ahead of FL Gaffney is also going to be an expensive one. And house batteries are coming soon, not sure when, but that's not far off.