Tires?
Just brought home, new to us, 2014 Tiffin Open Road 36LA. It has the original tires with lots of tread, but bad looking cracked sidewalls. The original tires are Michelins 255/80R 22.5 GXRV. I w...
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TechWriter wrote:wjschill wrote:
Actually TOYO is a product of Japan, and most are built right here in the good ol' USA, in Georgia.
Um, better recheck that.
Wow!! That is an amazing list which seems to say, you probably don't know where your tires are made!
The problem with tires for RVs is that most "truck" tires are made to go 1000s of miles in a short time while RVers drive their tires 100s of miles in a very long time.
About 20 years ago Michelin tried to address that conflict with the XRV tire. Problem was the XRV would blow out at the steel cord area, and the steel cord was rusty when it did. Worst thing was that Michelin refused to cover the tire failure, blaming it on the owner/driver in any way they could, such as "too fast/too slow", or "low pressure/high pressure", and so on. After that, I vowed to never buy another Michelin.
I have a friend who is an executive in a major tire company, and he has nothing but good to say about the quality of Chinese truck tires.
It is a difficult situation for US tire brands.
