When to replace old class C tires?
What is general consensus of replacing tires on a class C? Age wise, I still have a lot of thread, but they're 8 years old now. 10 years? 8 years? When do you replace? Thanks
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I had planned to replace our MH tires at 7 years. The tires looked good with 28k miles on them. About 6 weeks shy of 7 years, coming back from a trip, we had a blowout on an inner rear about 65 miles from home. I check tire pressure before driving the MH and always carry a compressor in case they need air at the end of a trip.
I'm sure there are plenty of folks that have gotten more than 7 or even 10 years out of tires on their MH, but I wouldn't risk it. The amount of damage a blowout can cause isn't worth it. Jayco had a 3/16" piece of steel welded to the exhaust pipe behind the rear tires. Without that piece of steel, the exhaust pipe would have been mangled as well as the floor of the motorhome above it. That piece of steel absorbed all of the impact. The only damage it did was to the coax feeding the rear bedroom tv, it split it clean in half which was an easy fix.
Just because they looked good, doesn't mean they are. If we still have this motorhome, when the time comes, I will have the tires inspected, inside and out at the 5 year mark and every year after until they are replaced - no later than year 7.
-Michael
I'm sure there are plenty of folks that have gotten more than 7 or even 10 years out of tires on their MH, but I wouldn't risk it. The amount of damage a blowout can cause isn't worth it. Jayco had a 3/16" piece of steel welded to the exhaust pipe behind the rear tires. Without that piece of steel, the exhaust pipe would have been mangled as well as the floor of the motorhome above it. That piece of steel absorbed all of the impact. The only damage it did was to the coax feeding the rear bedroom tv, it split it clean in half which was an easy fix.
Just because they looked good, doesn't mean they are. If we still have this motorhome, when the time comes, I will have the tires inspected, inside and out at the 5 year mark and every year after until they are replaced - no later than year 7.
-Michael
