RV Tires

ksbowman wrote:
After 2 blowouts on Westlakes on our GD 303rls I changed to Goodyear Endurance and they have been great. I am a fanatic about always checking air pressure before starting off each day and I use an infrared gun to check for heat build up at each stop checking bearings and tires. Never noticed any heat buildup in the tires before the blow. Didn't know about a warranty on the Westlakes or I would have taken pictures and saved the carcasses for new tires for my utility trailer.

ksbowman wrote:
After 2 blowouts on Westlakes on our GD 303rls I changed to Goodyear Endurance and they have been great. I am a fanatic about always checking air pressure before starting off each day and I use an infrared gun to check for heat build up at each stop checking bearings and tires. Never noticed any heat buildup in the tires before the blow. Didn't know about a warranty on the Westlakes or I would have taken pictures and saved the carcasses for new tires for my utility trailer.

BB_TX wrote:
I put Michelin XPS Ribs on my 2007 5er a year after we bought it new. After 9 years I replaced them last year due to age, not wear. Only had about 22,000 miles on them but they still looked almost new with tread barely worn and no weather cracking. Would add 2-3 lbs air in spring and good for rest of year.

New set of Ribs on it now. Michelin recommends annual checks after 5 years and replace at 10. Unless wear dictates it before that of course.

BB_TX wrote:
I put Michelin XPS Ribs on my 2007 5er a year after we bought it new. After 9 years I replaced them last year due to age, not wear. Only had about 22,000 miles on them but they still looked almost new with tread barely worn and no weather cracking. Would add 2-3 lbs air in spring and good for rest of year.

New set of Ribs on it now. Michelin recommends annual checks after 5 years and replace at 10. Unless wear dictates it before that of course.

goducks10 wrote:
Doesn't GD warrant the tires for 5 years?

CALandLIN wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
I just purchased a new Grand Designs Reflection 295RL and it came with West Lake Super ST225/75R15LRE which has a speed rating of "L" (75mph)
Just as a video about someone changing to Goodyear Endurance which has a higher speed rating of 85 and some side wall features other dont have. The WastLake tires made in China and the Goodyear made in USA. He only had 3,000 or so miles on the tires and was worried they wouldnt last. 3,000 miles, I do more than double that in a season. I had LT235/85R16E on my other 5er and would run them for 4 seasons or aprox 30,000 miles. So guess I will run the ST's on my new 5er for a year and then go to 16" LT's. Not a big fan of ST tires

Using the new RVIA recommendations for origional equipment RV trailer tires, to have a 10% reserve load capacity above vehicel GAWRs, as a qualifer, yours are more than adaquate. Replaceing them with another brand is probably just a reaction to antidotal information. Unless you have have had a negative personal experance with the OE brand.