Truck tires vs RV tires on a Class A

I second the Toyo's. I put 6 of them on my coach for less than 1/2 the price of the RV tires. Had them include the e-balance, a liquid that is pored inside the tire and continuously balances the tire at all speeds. On a smooth road it's like a carpet ride no vibration, it's wonderful.

As stated earlier the RV tires have extra UV protection the truck tires do not. So it's important to keep the tires covered when not in use. Its my understanding by driving and getting the tires hot causes something happens in the tire compound that helps fight UV and a tire sitting will dry rot much quicker that a tire being used.

For whatever it's worth if we are going to park for more than a week I cover the tires. The coach is on the road more than enough to keep the compounds doing whatever they do.

The tire doesn't know what it's mounted on.
IMHO..."RV" tires are a marketing term, nothing more.

Jim

I would rather have Bus tires than RV tires.

Does anyone make such a thing?

mj:

Since you're in one of the western states, I would recommend going to Les Schwab and check out prices on their Toyo tires. We replaced the 11 year old Goodyears on our rig with Toyos when we bought it. Very happy with ride quality and the service we got.

The manager went looking for the newest tires in the warehouse and found me a set that were only 6 weeks old. He also threw in new CRES valve stems and gave me a very good deal on a front-end alignment.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
The only companies that make tires that are specifically marketed as RV tires are Michelin and Goodyear. Both of these companies put extra compounds in their formula to resist UV damage to tires that just sit in the sun a lot. Other than that, I would suspect that truck and RV tires are close to identical.

The Goodyear G670 and the Michelin XRV are the only tires marketed solely as RV tires. They have both had issues. The XRV has have more than its share of zipper failures and the G670 is subject to river wear when used as a steer tire.

Even these tires are basically truck tires so really any tire in the size and load range with all position tread pattern is a good RV tire.

Why just 2?

The only companies that make tires that are specifically marketed as RV tires are Michelin and Goodyear. Both of these companies put extra compounds in their formula to resist UV damage to tires that just sit in the sun a lot. Other than that, I would suspect that truck and RV tires are close to identical.

We put B F Goodrich ST230's on our DP at the recommendation of Pat at Pro Tire in Denton TX. He worked on Country Coach and Prevost coaches. B F Goodrich are made in America and are owned by Michelin. Cheaper than the Michelin brand. I believe they are classified as truck tires. We have put 48,000 miles on them with no problems. They ride much better than the Toyos we had on before. The Toyos cupped on the front. We have a little wear on the left front with the Goodrich. We just had them rotated and will have the coach alignment checked. We would buy them again. Pat said he'd see us in 7 years. I think we'll go at 6 years instead.

I have used both on three different DP's and put many miles on both. The truck tires did seem to ride a bit rougher but not a big deal. I never had any problems out of either until they were six years old. Change them by then, truck or RV tires.

RV tires? There is such a thing?