Fleetwood Flair 31A Tire recommendations

Good luck Carl. Pleaae let us know how you come out of this
Never know where I might end up! :)

Shipping costs to Alaska for individual orders are hideous :( The tire dealers primarily order from manufacturers who will provide free shipping. Hankook, for instance, is not one of those, so I can't get A11s here.

And, Alaskan summers tend to be short, so waiting up to 3 months for new rubber isn't an option.

Carl

Do you need them know,like right away or can you order and wait? Sounds like ordering maybe a 8 to 16 week option......but if you can get what you prefer at a resonable price...?

Lots of good replies, Thanks!!

One of the problems here in Anchorage is that there are really only three places that routinely carry commercial truck tires. One only carries Goodyear and Dunlop, the other two carry all the major brands. But what they have in stock may be old.

One of the dealers quoted me $395 each for Yokohama 24570R19.5 tires, but when I checked them today, they were 2012 manufacture. He did have 0114 Michelin XZEs for $424.46 :) But he also has some BFGoodrich ST230s coming sometime in the next 4 to 6 weeks for $344.01 which will presumably be 2014 manufacture.

Another dealer had 0114 Firestone FS560s and quoted $2528 drive away price.

So......options are limited here in the frozen north :)

Carl

Carl, I have a 2002 Itasca Sunrise 32V, just had Les Schwab put 6 new Toyo's on our rig. They seem to drive and handle fine (I've put 3000 miles on since the new tires). They were less expensive than the GS70's on the rig when we bought it. Out the door price $2700.00 mounted/balanced with new valve stems and new extensions for the inside dually's. Les Schwab even gave me $45.00 each for the old tires.

For the drives: Bandag.

My tire size: 245x70Rx19.5
Just replaced my tires due to age. After doing a lot of looking, reading reviews, forums etc. I decided on Toyo's. I've always been a Michelin fan, but Big M's reviews are getting worse and yet the price goes up.
Got the Toyo's on now. Much better handling, from straight line driving to steering corners. Ride is improved also, was told it might get worse, so that's a plus.
6 tires mounted, electronic spin balanced (all 6) $2280 ttl. Production date of all 6 was 01/2014.
Best deal came from a mobile guy. We had a deal on the phone, when he came out showed me tires first, then went over everything else before he started.
Check out Toyo's, worth the effort. BTW. Don't get stuck on "RV" tires, mine are truck tires. Some say there is a diff. Can't be much.

There are lots of brands available, but few tire dealers actually stock the 19.5 tires. I found one commercial truck center that stocks Michelin RV tires. Local tire stores carries Goodyear, Nokian, Hankook, Dunlop, etc. I'm sure they can order them but then the question becomes which tire dealers actually work on trucks/rvs and have the necessary lift capacity.

The RV dealers here don't advertise tire sales on their web sites so I don't know if they sell them or not. I'm concentrating my search on the larger tire shops and truck service centers.

Costco carries Michelin so I may be able to special order through them and have them mounted elsewhere but I kinda doubt there'd be much savings doing that. And I'll get better service down the line if I buy from a tire store that will mount and service them.

Carl

Big ? is what brands are available in your area?

I'm happy with the Hankook tires I put on our Southwind. I'll buy them again.