Tire question

Does this tire shop not have the right size / load? They may be selling what they have vs what you need. THEIR interest vs YOUR interest.

Stay safe. Keep shopping.

Best,
- c bob

Not knowing the difference between the tire types, it sounds like they may be giving you advise that would play out on a semi tractor where they have steer tires on the front and traction tires on the rear. That's something that's not needed on a MH. It would also give you problems down the road if you ever wanted to rotate them. JMHO stick with the same tire design front and rear.

flteng wrote:
This is my first time replacing tires on a DP and I am a bit confused. I have Goodyear 295/80R22.5 on my DP. They are original with 05 date code. They still look good, no sidewall cracking, well over 9/32 tread, 35K miles. Looking to replace as I read in this forum that after 7 years they should be replaced no matter how good they look. The local tire shop is recommending Hankook AL11 on the front and AH24 rear. My concern is load rating on the front axle. My coach manual says 14600lbs @ 115 psi. The AL11 is rated 6610 lbs @120psi. Also the Hankook size is 295/75R22.5. Should I be concerned about the slight size difference and load rating.

Good move to get new tires now. Do not use the tire sizes this shop recommends. As you have discovered, the shop recommendation tires will not support the max front axle weight. From a standpoint of ride comfort and weight carrying the 295/80 size is hard to beat. You should check out the pricing with the FMCA national accounts program with Michelin. Bridgestone also makes the 295/80 in their R250 series tire. Both are used expensively in motorhomes.

Bill,

The 295/75R 22.5 tire size is a common truck tire made by many manufactures and is reasonably priced most of the time.

Your 295/80R 22.5 is a larger tire size with much more carry capacity. It is mostly used as a RV tire and therefore many less unit sales so only 2 or 3 manufactures make this size and boy does the cost go up up and away. I was recently quoted over $1000 out the door for Michelins when my 295/75R 22.5 AL11 Hankooks cost me $315 per tire out the door.

For your steer axle, 295/80R 225 is the only tire to consider because of the weight capacity needed.

Hope this helps.

Trainer

Tires should be sized and rated to a minimum of your axle rating. Anything less will cause your axle rating to be derated to the tires specs. I think Hankook is an excellent tire and are highly rated, but get tires that have a rating at least 7200 pounds each on the front.

Bill, I just replaced all eight of my 295/80R/22.5 through the Michelin FMCA program as my old Michelin date codes ran from 2006-4206. I was invoiced separately from Michelin for new 295/80R/22.5 XZA-2 Energy tires. The dealer charged me for mounting, balancing and new stems. The dealer gave me $50 per tire trade-in ($400), so my bill from them was $192.

The invoice from Michelin totaled ($5,884.45) which is $735.57 per tire including all taxes.

Complete total= $6,076.45

PS.. The only way to tell if your tires are really in good shape is to have them removed from the rims and inspected on the inside. Apparently, mine were fine as the tire guy said my tires were in excellent shape with 57,700 miles. I was, and will be, religious on checking air pressure and taking the best care by not curbing the new tires, etc.

MM.

Hankooks are fantastic tires and relatively inexpensive, BUT GET THE RIGHT SIZE FOR YOUR RIG.

Thanks to all who responded. I would like to take advantage of the Hankook prices but as most of you have told me, I need the right size and load rating so I guess its Goodyear or Michelin.

Sounds like to Goodyears gave you great service, why not go back to them?