Tires, replace or not
We have a 2006 Winnebago Outlook W31C that we bought new. It hasn't had a lot of use in the last couple of years. I have had tire covers on it trying to keep the tires from dry rotting and cracking ...
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Our Bounder was built in October of 2006 - 5 of the tires had a date code of 2806, while one tire, the driver's side front, had a date code of 3405. They had just over 16K miles on them. During a pre-trip inspection I saw significant sidewall cracking on the driver's side front tire. Basically, everywhere there was lettering on the sidewall had cracking at the edge of the lettering. I just replaced all 6 tires through the FMCA program and saved $100 per tire over the best price I could find on the tires locally.
Unless you're on the road constantly, mileage means little when it comes to RV tires - check the date codes and, as Michelin states, after 5 years have them checked annually be a competent tire guy. Some people can get 10 years out of them; others are lucky to get 7 years. Covering the tires helps, but unless you can keep the atmosphere away from both sides of the tire the ozone still works its magic on the rubber.
Unless you're on the road constantly, mileage means little when it comes to RV tires - check the date codes and, as Michelin states, after 5 years have them checked annually be a competent tire guy. Some people can get 10 years out of them; others are lucky to get 7 years. Covering the tires helps, but unless you can keep the atmosphere away from both sides of the tire the ozone still works its magic on the rubber.
