Michelin LTX Recall BLOWOUT!!!
Hello, I am new to forum and new to RVing. I bought a almost mint 2003 Winniebago Minnie 29B last September. It basically sit up for several years so we have had to do work on the RV from sitting...
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chaeworld wrote:
The thing you have to remember. It is a ton and a quarter truck. That's loaded to the max.
Good point!
Our Class C MH is on Ford's ton-and-a-half chassis and loaded continuosly to only about 90% of it's capacity - so I'm aways down from the Michelin LTX M&S2 Load Range E tire's capacity. Even then, I still run the rears at full pressure to minimize sidewall flexing when going down the road and the unnecessary heating that comes from the flexing. This is especially a concern in warm weather RV travel.
I'm not sure that steel in sidewalls (the Michelins of course are steel belted in their tread areas) means much as regards to overall load carrying "ruggedness". As I understand it the main reason for steel in the sidewalls is for recapping capability on commercial vehicles and for better sidewall scuff resistance during in-town delivery situations.
It looks like the only real choices left for all steel Class C RV Load Range E tires, with more than just a highway summer tread, and on 16 inch rims may be either the Michelin XPS Traction tires or the Goodyear G947 RSS Armor Max M&S tires.
