Tire opinions

I have 16.5" wheels and the FT Transforce are my only option. Lucky for me it's a really good, E load tire. I would recommend them.

Jose

pnichols wrote:
It looks like the OP may have about a 29 foot Class C and no one has mentioned the Load Range of any given tire that the OP might decide on.

Be sure and get at least Load Range E (a higher Load Range than "E" may be difficult to find, however) ... whatever tire brand you decide on. We use Michelin M&S2 Load Range E, which on our 11,800 lb. Class C gives us plenty of reliability and safety margin.

I've only looked at E's. That's what I run on my daily driver dually (Coopers and I can't say enough bad things about them). You are correct, it's a 29' Minnie Winnie. I doubt I'll ever carry full tanks as we only camp where hookups are available but I prefer the peace of mind. FYI, the dealer weighed it while we were filling out paperwork, 11,700 lbs and the tanks weren't empty either. Well the fuel tank was. Between loading it like our truck camper and empty tanks I'm thinking we'll be good. Only thing we are adding to our camping "must brings" is the 1 month old boy and diapers. :D

It looks like the OP may have about a 29 foot Class C and no one has mentioned the Load Range of any given tire that the OP might decide on.

Be sure and get at least Load Range E (a higher Load Range than "E" may be difficult to find, however) ... whatever tire brand you decide on. We use Michelin M&S2 Load Range E, which on our 11,800 lb. Class C gives us plenty of reliability and safety margin.

We have the Transforce on our current class B Winnebago Sprinter. Much, much quieter and better riding than the OEM Continentals. After 22k miles they seem to be wearing very well with no issues at all.
The Michelin LTX M/S2's are considered the Cadillac of light truck tires, and priced that way too. Nothing wrong with that though if you want to pay for them....

Great info. I'll look up the R250. After seeing the positive remarks on the Transforce I got a drive out quote of $1000 for those. Right now, those are topping my list. Highly recommended and lower price....can't beat that.

We recently looked at

Goodyear Wrangler
BFG TA
Firestone Transforce
Bridgestone R250

We went with R250 because it's derived from heavy duty tires, but of the three above, I'd rank them

1. TransForce
2. TA
3. Wrangler

You didn't ask, but I believe you can get Michelin LTX M/S2 for around the price that some shops charge for the three above. Michelin XPS Ribs are going to cost significantly more.

And FYI, the very best price deal I found was on TransForce.

Ranking based of review sites and reading here.

Four of the Bridgestone's we replaced were made 2007, and had no sidewall cracking. Plenty of tread, too, broke my heart... The other two were Bridgestone V-Steel, same general type of tire as R250, but made 2004. They looked good at the sidewalls, but cracks were forming in the circumference of the tread grooves. Good tread, but I felt they were ready to come apart. THAT led us to replace all six.

So... Seven years in Texas... Good tires for a farm truck or wagon. Somebody'd love to have them. Just not an RV'er.

An other good tire is the Firestone Trans force. They run these on a lot of commercial trucks. I put them on my camper late summer and like them a lot. made my ride much better but I'm bias do to the limited tires available in 16.5's. I can't tell you how many people look at my old camper though and tell me I picked a good tire. That makes me feel pretty confident.

We had the Commercial T/A's on our 2009 Navion. All was well with them the 2 years we owned it before trading it. 2 years later, they are still on it as we know the current owners....

I can get all 6 for $1200 drive out at the local Discount Tire

Don't know if your Discount tire is better than mine. I hope so...

Last couple years, they have been hiring kids to do the grunt work. They think the air gun is the torque wrench and pull the trigger till socket stops, they don't torque 1/2 way then final torque to spec's.

1. So be sure to re-torque to be sure.

2. Closet I could get to a "new" tire was 6 months old.

3. On your paper work make sure it states not only rotation is free but also re-balance. They told me both were free when I was looking and then said only rotation was free when the time came to do something. And that was my deciding factor to buy from them was free re-balance.

4. Make sure your quote has load range and spec's of what your supposed to get. Then check tires to be sure before paying.

BFG is own by Michilen, and they have been knowed to have hard rubber.which u will see on here abt lots of problems w the 225 tire. have a big recall on now.Had BFG on my 31 C couldn't keep them from getting bubbles then blow. went to FS transforce ht love them so far