Tire advice needed,long trip planned
Looking for some good advice if i should buy new tires now or can wait until next year. Just bought a 2016 Montana it came with the trailer king tires we have taken 5 trips, the tires have about 1300...
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Tire posts on these forums really, really confuse me. I've owned 3 TT and 1 pop-up since about 1999 and have never had a single tire issue with the factory installed tires. My previous trailer (Springdale) tires were replaced in the 5th year because they started showing signs of dry rot. We went through a period of time for a couple years we could not camp as much as we wanted, so the trailer never moved much.
Tires sitting and not rolling will do more damage than tires rolling on the road. The rubber needs to be exercised and worked to stay healthy. Maybe that's why I've had success. Also, I don't speed. My speed is, tops, 60 mph, and I avoid interstates as much as possible. I attribute some of my success to the slower speeds and aware of heat build up and excessive tire pressure.
Another factor is backing up, making sharp turns to back into campsites and such. I avoid tight back up turns as much as possible (90 degree type turns), so the stress of the side walls of the tires is minimized as much as possible. Single axle tires can be pivoted on a time. Tandem axles, not so much. The side pressure is very hard on tires.
With our current Outback, still on the factory installed tires, 3 years now, we've traveled from Indiana to Florida 9 times now, and just returned from a trip near Branson, Mo and then to Kansas City, Mo and back, not to mention all the week-end and 4 days trips around Indiana over the last 3 years.
With only 1300 miles on your tires, if it were me with my past experiences, I would not change them. The best advise to give you, is to avoid backing those 90 degree angles causing that side-wall stress and breakdown in the tires, which is very easy to do with a 5er, and (in my opinion) I see no reason to change the tires yet.
Tires sitting and not rolling will do more damage than tires rolling on the road. The rubber needs to be exercised and worked to stay healthy. Maybe that's why I've had success. Also, I don't speed. My speed is, tops, 60 mph, and I avoid interstates as much as possible. I attribute some of my success to the slower speeds and aware of heat build up and excessive tire pressure.
Another factor is backing up, making sharp turns to back into campsites and such. I avoid tight back up turns as much as possible (90 degree type turns), so the stress of the side walls of the tires is minimized as much as possible. Single axle tires can be pivoted on a time. Tandem axles, not so much. The side pressure is very hard on tires.
With our current Outback, still on the factory installed tires, 3 years now, we've traveled from Indiana to Florida 9 times now, and just returned from a trip near Branson, Mo and then to Kansas City, Mo and back, not to mention all the week-end and 4 days trips around Indiana over the last 3 years.
With only 1300 miles on your tires, if it were me with my past experiences, I would not change them. The best advise to give you, is to avoid backing those 90 degree angles causing that side-wall stress and breakdown in the tires, which is very easy to do with a 5er, and (in my opinion) I see no reason to change the tires yet.
