Spare tire for MH
Looking at a couple different Super C's on the F600. Both Dynamax and Grand Design use three different size rims. Rear inner is steel, outer is aluminum and front is aluminum. Some say they just c...
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Real headache doesn't even come close to describing the new routine for tire rotation. I'm 64 and hate to pay the inflated prices for such things. We're building a new 40x80 shop here on the place for personal use and I'm already shopping for the tire machine and spin balancer. Prices of new construction in this area have gone thru the roof and clear out of sight, so we're putting the new house plans on hold, building the shop and a concrete pad for parking our 5th wheel on when we're home. I rotate tires religiously just about, so paying to have it done on the new F-350 Platinum won't hurt near as bad when I can do it myself here at home. The old Coates style just won't cut it this time. It's gotta have the bead breaker, the power lift/lower and rim clamp design. I'll find the ones with my "name" on them eventually.
As for my need fir the tire machine and spin balancer, is because I prefer to run Alcoa polished aluminum wheels on the steer axle and the outboard on the DRW, a steel rim inboard, so you see, tire rotation will in fact, involve those tools.
Dude, honestly, you're not worth my time. Get a life!
Lol I’m not the one that added more unrelated ridiculous comments to the original ridiculous comments.
still waiting for you to say how the wheels are all different on a F550 or whatever the original vehicle was.
A few things; don't most dually rotations including moving both rear wheels together like are a singles? (Unless there is abnormal wear). And since it's a new F350 doesn't the dealership offer free rotation? And I figure, a tire machine and spin balancer at the cheapest would be $2500 - $3k. That's a lot of tire rotations at a shop. Trying to understand the cost/benefit.
nope, for a pick up dually you would move the front tire to the outer rear position, the outer rear tire to the inner rear position, and the inner rear tire to the front position, its a pretty involved rotation to do it properly.
I rotate tires religiously just about, so paying to have it done on the new F-350 Platinum won't hurt near as bad when I can do it myself here at home.
um don't you get free tire rotations from the place you buy the tires from down there? or if it is brand new the ford dealership I bought mine from will do a tire rotation when ever I bring it in for the warranty period
And a little credit where it’s due, to this guy, IF he’s talking a dually then it’s more likely to do one tire flip rotation on the front tires like I mentioned about the mountain road driving, but only the fronts because heavy duallys running pizza cutters up front will a lot of times exhibit some of the same outer tread wear prematurely on the front tires under “normal” use.
Rear tires on a drw? Meh. If they’re getting feathered a bunch maybe swap them L to R once or twice during the tire life.
But removing tires from rims (even on a dually) especially on a srw is an effort in idiocy in most cases save for the cases I mentioned.OMG, this is classic gold plated humor!!!
What on earth are you talking about? Not the home prices thing. Everyone knows that and doesn’t care.
Im talking the “new” tire rotation “routine”? What’s new? What changed? I mean, I’m not that old but tire rotations and the reasons and positions to rotate to have not changed one bit. Even though most, including tire shops, don’t understand proper rotation based on what’s happening to the tires.
But even more boisterous humor is why tf you’d need a trie machine to rotate tires? The only instance or conditions I can think this is even remotely applicable is when one is wearing the outer half of tires prematurely by driving on predominantly curvy highways.
In that instance when we lived in CO mtns, I’d usually have the tires removed and flipped once the outside tread got to about 50% to use the other half of the tread on the outside. And that is done once per tire and not really common. Most just wear them down and replace when the outside is bad and the inside is still 50% or more.And yet even funnier, your post/rant/story has nothing to do with the (also inane) topic!
