fritzp11 wrote:
I would pass on the goodyear tires. Actuality any tires sold from Campingworld as my local center told me they only sell tires but do not warranty them. In good faith this was an inquires about a tore defect on a new coach, they were happy to sell em a new tire for $650, while a comparable Michelin was $400, but when I mention warranty and out of round they said they do not cove warranty, only sell them. Very bad. The quote for the two tires was $1265 !!
You speak as if this wasn't your unit, but elsewhere you've posted the same problem as if it happened to you-? (I'm referring to your posts about having bought a 2014 unit purchased elsewhere in to a Camping World for warranty coverage on the tires, only to be told that would require approval of the tire maker)
Regardless, here's a bit of take-it-or-leave-it advice to WHOEVER had problems with those tires on a brand new unit:
I've read enough of these "tires gone bad on new unit" problems to suspect very strongly that the fault lies neither with the tire maker, the dealer, or the owner of the rig, but with the manufacturer that contracts for the delivery of the unit to the point of sale. It's my opinion that in many if not all of those really-early-failure cases, the speed-limited tires were likely abused BEFORE THE CUSTOMER GOT THEM, this by the transport driver that brought the rig from the factory. The tires you paid for were not new when you got them, having been used by someone whose only thought was to get the rig from points a-to-b as fast as possible and devil take the hindmost. What are the chances that he paid the slightest attention to their speed limitations, let alone their inflation pressure? Slim to none, I think.
I don't know how far your rig had to travel to get to you, or how long it would take at sustained speeds above sixty five to seriously compromise a speed limited tire, especially if run underinflated. But I do know that while you paid for NEW tires when you bought the unit, you did not receive them.
Thor is of course going to be cute and say that the tires are warranted separately- don't fall for it. This is a plain ol' contract breach- you did not receive the goods you paid for. Thor should make you whole by providing you with those goods, namely brand new tires.
