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jpwiggo
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Jan 03, 2017

Keeping Jacks Down for Storage to reduce tire flat spots

I know from my tire engineer friends, that the weight sitting in one spot is bad for these 22.5 RV/commercial type tires, and reduces tire life. I'm still on my OE tires (11 years old) and want to ke...
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We_Cant_Wait
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Jan 03, 2017
When I put our coach to bed for the winter I air up the suspension fully, then build up 4x4's and 2x4's tight under the RETRACTED jacks. I then dump the air from the suspension thus transferring weight from the suspension/tires to the retracted jacks.

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