new tires

gfs1943 wrote:

Last time that I did that Diesel Pusher Owners were upset at Michelin because of tire blow outs! I Looked up there profile to see that they were DP Owners running XRV's and on Michelins website it say's XRV should not be run on DP's due to load rating factors (DP's are to heavy to run XRV's).

Hey Rooster, can you provide a link to the Michelin Website where it specifically says XRVs should not be run on DPs? I've heard this before, but can't find it on the site. Thanks!

I go to the Michelin Website then to the Michelin XRV page that shows a cut a way version of the 5 layers of an XRV Tire. There you will find a chart for example on my coach I has a LRG rating on my tires. Then you will need to know the PSI of your coach's tires and the gross weight of your coach then you add the single and the dual numbers together. That will give you a load rating for your tire that the tire cannot go over. With my coach my load rating LRG and I run 100 PSi, plus my overall weight (The chart says my tires cannot handle the weight over 25, 130 lbs.) I have a 35' coach that is a gasser running on 22.5 rims. You have to do the math and the weights and the PSI (by the way the lower PSI) that you run in your tire according to Michelins chart will put the overall weight even lower for that tire (If I was running 85 PSI I could not run the weight of 25,130). The Michelin chart will show you after you add all your info. what weight that your tire cannot not handle. Do the math and you will know if your XRV can handle the weight.