Any Mountaineer 347THT Owners?
Picking my 2010 up soon. Plan on putting the Road King in the garage. I am wondering what others who have this model are doing to haul their bikes. Main questions are: How did you outfit it with...
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Hi all. I just wanted to share a "tire" experience with you. In mid May as I was pre-tripping my 347THT, I noticed a large bulge on the inside of the right rear tire. Proves the value of how important the pre-trip inspection is. Had I not found this, it would have made contact with the leaf springs and caused a blowout..the bulge was that large. The tire still had 80# psi.
Tires are Goodyear Marathon ST235/80R16. Percent of wear=25%
I made arrangements to have the spare put on and pulled the unit to a Goodyear dealer 2 blocks away. I have been a long time customer of Goodyear but not this store. When the store manager observed the "blister" (the size of a football) he indicated he would go to bat with Goodyear for an adjustment. I pointed out to him the manufacture date on the tires was 3rd week of 2009. I took possession of my 347 May, 2010 so the tires were over a year old on my new trailer.
I told the store manager to replace all 4 tires on the ground and somewhat reluctantly, went with the same tire: Marathon ST235/80R16.
The store manager really went to bat for me. He authorized adjustments on all 4 tires on the ground and I ended up paying $51.00 per tire.
I do everything I know of to protect my tires. I cover them when parked and they are not resting on concrete/blacktop/gravel. I check psi regularly and I maintain a safe tolerance of weight on the 347.
Lessons learned/highlighted: PRE-TRIP INSPECTION, POST-TRIP INSPECTION, close inspection of tires at all stops. Budget to replace tires every 4 years (using the manuf. date on the tires). Continue my relationship with Goodyear...they have treated me right over the last 25 years.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Tires are Goodyear Marathon ST235/80R16. Percent of wear=25%
I made arrangements to have the spare put on and pulled the unit to a Goodyear dealer 2 blocks away. I have been a long time customer of Goodyear but not this store. When the store manager observed the "blister" (the size of a football) he indicated he would go to bat with Goodyear for an adjustment. I pointed out to him the manufacture date on the tires was 3rd week of 2009. I took possession of my 347 May, 2010 so the tires were over a year old on my new trailer.
I told the store manager to replace all 4 tires on the ground and somewhat reluctantly, went with the same tire: Marathon ST235/80R16.
The store manager really went to bat for me. He authorized adjustments on all 4 tires on the ground and I ended up paying $51.00 per tire.
I do everything I know of to protect my tires. I cover them when parked and they are not resting on concrete/blacktop/gravel. I check psi regularly and I maintain a safe tolerance of weight on the 347.
Lessons learned/highlighted: PRE-TRIP INSPECTION, POST-TRIP INSPECTION, close inspection of tires at all stops. Budget to replace tires every 4 years (using the manuf. date on the tires). Continue my relationship with Goodyear...they have treated me right over the last 25 years.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
