Parking Motorhome on limestone/gravel

If you leave your car or truck parked for a period of time do you worry about the tires on them.
I personally know of fleets of trucks that sit for months because of seasonal work and they are parked on gravel cement and or pavement.
Just park it and don't worry about it. Your tires will age out faster than they will fail from anything that could seep into them.
My thoughts are if you are placing rubber or wood or plastic under them the moisture will seep through that as well so it will still get to your tires

The only way moisture can penetrate your tire is if you have alot of deep cuts in the rubber down to the belts that will alow the moisture in. That is mainly caused by alot of gravel road travel.

I used the thin flexible cutting boards under my tires any time I was parked for any extended length of time. Got them at Walmart but they must be available in other stores.
They are cheap, light weight and easy to store.

Sam Spade wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I somehow think that an engineering support manager is a real engineer and has a little knowledge about tires.

BAD assumption.
Fancy titles like that usually mean virtually NOTHING.
But it seems to have had the desired effect with you at least.

When my stock broker changed companies, his title became "Vice President". But the only person in the pecking order lower than his is the receptionist at the front desk......and the janitor.

I realize that you probably stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night but Doug Jones is a MEMBER of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Being a MEMBER of SAE International means that he is an established engineer, scientist, or other professional who has a qualified college or university degree in engineering. Doug actually has a BS and an MS degree. Here is a short biography Doug Jones.

I use Doug Fir 2" X 10" wood planks to keep my Michelin Tires off the gravel in my driveway my RV is parked outdoors next to my house. The wood does not get wet do to it's protected by wheel covers and the RV itself. It must work in promoting tire wear (got all my info from Michelin Tire Care Website) because, I got 10 years of use on my last set of Michelins and I live in the rainy, cold Pacific Northwest. I've never received any false information about tires from Michelin. I've been using Michelin Tires on all my RV's since I started RVing in 1976.

With the use you describe you are doing everything necessary for tire life.

However; as you can read several folks park on wood some on rubber pads if you are worried about it take one of these suggestions it sure won't hurt, make you feel better and could help.

From my understanding the main thing is to take some weight off of the tires to keep the belts from taking a set. I had some issues with Michelin tires years ago and the quality manager told me that their biggest issue was with RVs that were parked for long periods with the tires heavily loaded. Since then I have always put the jacks down when parked.