Tire problems
Bought a 2010 Jayco 35 ft 5th wheel in 2011. Went on a couple of short trips (10 to 500 miles round trip). Lived in the trailer for a year in our yard. Began fulltiming in Feb. Got 800 miles and one o...
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fj12ryder wrote:ReneeG wrote:
We bought a 2011 Heartland in 2010 and it came with Tow Maxx Power King tires. We have driven a total of 2000 miles on it with a lot, and I mean a lot of sitting in between, in our side yard on a gravel driveway. We keep them inflated to the recommended psi and look good still. We inspect them before every trip. There are no side cracks or crazing. The tread looks good. According to the code on the side, we should replace them by May 2015. I'm not sure if yours is premature wear or faulty manufacturing. We do keep ours covered with white vinyl tire covers when it's sitting in our yard. We did have Goodyears on our last TT and we had to replace them after owning it for 2 years due to crazing on the sidewalls.
FWIW those tires will look perfect right up the moment of detonation. Ours went at around 8,000 miles, so you have a few miles to go yet. :)
Howard and Peggy - thank you for the information - that's good to know.
