New tires!

Don Z wrote:
Here's another question...are any of the forum members running the R250 on their tow vehicles? I'm curious how the R250 would perform while on the tow vehicle.

Don Z.

The M895 might me a better choice. Same construction with a AS tread.

R250


M895

Here's another question...are any of the forum members running the R250 on their tow vehicles? I'm curious how the R250 would perform while on the tow vehicle.

Don Z.

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WOW...the shadowing in the first pic with the tire laying on the floor makes the tread look like a Transforce HT.....

You will love them! I noticed that it felt like a lot less rolling resistance as well with mine too!

Enjoy them!

We put Bridgestone Duravis R250's on our 5th wheel. 235 R80 16's. Very satisfied so far. Just got back from a long trip with temps over 100 degrees F. OEM tires were junk ST Mission tires from the Keystone/Montana factory. Went through two sets of ST tire failures in less than 20,000 miles in 6 years before installing these. These look like they are going to last quite a bit longer.

Totally reject the Original Equipment ST Tires from the manufacturer on heavy 5th wheels. Most heavy 5th wheel manufacturer's are cutting corners and doing a severe disservice to their customers. They need to be penalized with lack of customers. Those that are offering tire upgrades are at least gaining some sort of ethical business practice but until they only offer good and reliable tires they are cheating the buying public. The only way they can ethically sell the cheap ST tires is to an owner who is going to move the RV once and make it a permanent installation. Anything else is complete misrepresentation of the words "Recreational Vehicle".

Here's a photo of the spare on the same aluminum rim in my garage. Notice it is an R250 Duravis on the sidewall.



Here's a shot of the tread, showing it matches the Bridgestone photo posted earlier...



Don Z.

glazier wrote:
I like the tires and the trailer. Is that a Big Tex? I really like the top pipe rail, nice.

Thanks! It's a Load Trail trailer...rated for 14.4K GVWR. The tires are definitely R250's. I can't see the tread in the photo of the tire laying on its side...I have the spare R250 in my garage. I'll go take a photo of it just to put all of the speculation to rest.

Don Z.

May be 'cause your on a Firestone web page add ??.

Check here http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/duravis-r250
for the all steel carcass R250.

Laying on its side the tire looks like the M895 Duravis another all steel casing tire.

mguay wrote:
The one laying on the ground looks like the sidewall of an R-250 with Firestone Transforce HT tread! Either something is off about the pic or those were made on a Friday with a Thursday night hangover....lol

I love my R-250s as well!

Something strange is going on here? Where is the Duravis in the name and the claim of a steel ply carcass?

http://www.firestonecompleteautocare.com/tirecatalog/Bridgestone/R250

Chris

I like the tires and the trailer. Is that a Big Tex? I really like the top pipe rail, nice.