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I am in that same camp as well Scott!

Thanks for the nice comment Dennis, much appreciated. I try and look at things like this logically. So many worry about so much on these rolling Kleenex boxes that I'm surprised they don't have ulcers. I mean, it's not like one is "Investing" in either the motorhome or the tires it rolls and SITS on. Some get many, many years out of their tires, as in say, 8-10 years but may only put say, around 20K to 50K miles on them, plus or minus. And, it's quite possibly they were always parked on concrete.

Some may only get 4-5 years and maybe put the same 20K - 50K miles on them but, they got used more in a shorter amount of time and were subject to the regular wear and tear of our less than perfect American roads but, not parked as much, on ANY surface. So, in short, why worry? They're not going to ROT off the coach in 10 minutes 'cause they're parked on Concrete.
Scott

FIRE UP wrote:

ggrotz wrote:
I now am parking my class a rv in a enclosed rv garage with no back door and concrete floors.My question, is it better to park on the bare floor or use plywoods pads below the tires? thank you.

ggrotz,
Well Sir, this topic's been talked over on here and other RV forums for eons of time. IS there a better or "best" way to preserve, protect, extend life, and or get the most out of RV tires by parking them on any particular surface? Well, in all real world reality, probably not. First, there's a zillion of RVs out there that have been parked on regular old concrete for years and years and, folks are still driving on the same tires.

Second, take two RVs, the model year, the same make and model, the same weight, the same mileage and the same user scenarios and, park one on concrete and the other on wood (or any other surface of choice) and, providing no blowouts, no flats, nothing that would otherwise shorten or degrade the regular life span of any of the tires, and at the end of the so-called 7 year expected life (according to the gurus of the RV and RV tire industries), just which set of tires is:

1. Going to ride better
2. Going to look better
3. Going to be in better shape (according to who?)
4. Going to be more, or less safe? (again, according to who?)


There are millions of vehicles, trucks, delivery trucks, work trucks, RVs, motorcycles and more and more parked INDOORS for their whole life and, if I was a betting man, I'd say well over 90-95% of them are on bare concrete. It's a choice and preference thing.
Scott

How come we don't have a "like" button. Well put, Scott...Dennis

I have a 1970 Chevelle that sits in the garage on concrete year around except when I'm driving it. Same for another car that sits next to it. Another car sits outside year around on asphalt. I figure my MH tires should be okay.

I replaced my 6 rear tires at 10 years and put them on my 10 wheel dump truck. That was 6 years ago and I would say that sitting on concrete did not hurt them.
*PS: the 16 year old tires are still going strong with no cracks (they were not Michelins) but I do not put many miles on the truck.

ggrotz wrote:
I now am parking my class a rv in a enclosed rv garage with no back door and concrete floors.My question, is it better to park on the bare floor or use plywoods pads below the tires? thank you.

ggrotz,
Well Sir, this topic's been talked over on here and other RV forums for eons of time. IS there a better or "best" way to preserve, protect, extend life, and or get the most out of RV tires by parking them on any particular surface? Well, in all real world reality, probably not. First, there's a zillion of RVs out there that have been parked on regular old concrete for years and years and, folks are still driving on the same tires.

Second, take two RVs, the model year, the same make and model, the same weight, the same mileage and the same user scenarios and, park one on concrete and the other on wood (or any other surface of choice) and, providing no blowouts, no flats, nothing that would otherwise shorten or degrade the regular life span of any of the tires, and at the end of the so-called 7 year expected life (according to the gurus of the RV and RV tire industries), just which set of tires is:

1. Going to ride better
2. Going to look better
3. Going to be in better shape (according to who?)
4. Going to be more, or less safe? (again, according to who?)


There are millions of vehicles, trucks, delivery trucks, work trucks, RVs, motorcycles and more and more parked INDOORS for their whole life and, if I was a betting man, I'd say well over 90-95% of them are on bare concrete. It's a choice and preference thing.
Scott

I park mine on 18 wheeler rubber mud flaps. Two full size for the rear duals and cut one in half for front tires.

Now I always store my tires on plywood but don't really no for shore if it makes a difference.

On plywood is a good idea.