Tires - Whats a good brand to buy?

[regalroute66]

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for your input.I have a 24' Class C MH on a Ford E-450 chassis.I want to purchase 6 new tires before our road trip in June.I currently have Good Year Wrangler A/T LT225/75R16 on the front and Falken High Country A/T LT225/75R16 on the rear.I have All Terrain tires on it now,because we had major tire problems with the Hercules tires that where on it during our road trip in 2011.The All Terrain tires where all that was available at our time of need.The MH actually rides quite smooth with these tires and considering how rough some roads/highways are,they have stood up quite well,Just wondering if I should stick with All Terrain tires or go with a good quality highway tire.

Any help to this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[Arizona_Kid]

regalroute66 wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for your input.I have a 24' Class C MH on a Ford E-450 chassis.I want to purchase 6 new tires before our road trip in June.I currently have Good Year Wrangler A/T LT225/75R16 on the front and Falken High Country A/T LT225/75R16 on the rear.I have All Terrain tires on it now,because we had major tire problems with the Hercules tires that where on it during our road trip in 2011.The All Terrain tires where all that was available at our time of need.The MH actually rides quite smooth with these tires and considering how rough some roads/highways are,they have stood up quite well,Just wondering if I should stick with All Terrain tires or go with a good quality highway tire.

Any help to this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Check out the new Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure with Kevlar sidewalls. They come in Load range E, and ride like a highway tire. They are replacing the Silent Armors.

[j-d]

Hancook, Hancock = HANKOOK

[jtbr3]

Used Hancock 2x in last 7 years for RV as well as for SUV. Nice ride and much cheaper.

[Nevadastars]

TyroneandGladys wrote:
have had Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S for the past 4 years and very pleased with them. Because of the high temp here will be replacing them very soon and intend to buy them again.

I have been in the market for new tires and thought about these, until I noticed they were D rated, not E. At least that is what TireRack is showing.

[wolfe10]

OK, I e-mailed FMCA about availability of smaller than Class A tires through their fleet program with Michelin. Here is response I got:

Brett:

Light truck and auto tires are available through the Michelin Advantage Program. The member must use a Dealer that handles National Accounts and sells auto, light truck, and motorcoach tires. In order to give a price on the tire we MUST have the MSPN, or Stock number for the tire.

Please let me know if you have further questions, or need more information.

Sincerely,

Kathy

So, give FMCA a call: 800-543-3622 Ext 317

[aeejbe]

aeejbe wrote:

rondi wrote:
If you're going to buy Michelin, consider using the FMCA buying program. You basically buy the tires from Michelin thru FMCA paying a reduced price. You then pay the Michelin Tire Distributor to install, balance,etc them. So work out all prices. I saved over $500 last year when I had 22.5" tires on installed on our Class A. Not every tire store can get the direct shipment from Michelin--so you gotta check if one is close to you. hop over to FMCA.com and read about it.

Personally I would install Michelin. The Ford E450 comes with LTX MS2 LT225/75R-16 LRE. Why they install a Light Truck tire on the E450 is beyond me. That's what I have on my 3500lb Ranger! If you want a slightly heavier duty tire--Michelin has one with steel sidewalls vs the stock tire
http://www.michelinrvtires.com/michelinrv_en_us/tires-retreads/tireInfo.do?tread=XPS%20RIB

Ron

My decision was to replace our 16 inch tires with Michelin’s XPS Ribbed tires. Our 29 foot BigFoot is a very heavy vehicle & I “feel” more secure with their all steel belted construction.

DO NOT expect FMCA to be of any assistance for you, regalroute66. When I really needed their help about a year ago, that so called "Michelin Advantage Program" only applied to Class A sized vehicles... ...ie, vehicles with tires that are 19.5 inches or larger. THAT unfair policy caused them to lose a whole lot of points in my book!
Ron: I do hope their rules have changed since then.

??An Update??... ... This just found today - a/o June 2014).

A 'changed' M.A.P. policy
Too late for me though --> Comments?

[TyroneandGladys]

have had Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S for the past 4 years and very pleased with them. Because of the high temp here will be replacing them very soon and intend to buy them again.

[chaeworld]

Michelin XPS RIB,that replaced the recalled Michelin LTX.
All steel tire with a large RV. No more LT tires for me.

[Ductape_Dave]

Hancook, hands down!

[aeejbe]

rondi wrote:
If you're going to buy Michelin, consider using the FMCA buying program. You basically buy the tires from Michelin thru FMCA paying a reduced price. You then pay the Michelin Tire Distributor to install, balance,etc them. So work out all prices. I saved over $500 last year when I had 22.5" tires on installed on our Class A. Not every tire store can get the direct shipment from Michelin--so you gotta check if one is close to you. hop over to FMCA.com and read about it.

Personally I would install Michelin. The Ford E450 comes with LTX MS2 LT225/75R-16 LRE. Why they install a Light Truck tire on the E450 is beyond me. That's what I have on my 3500lb Ranger! If you want a slightly heavier duty tire--Michelin has one with steel sidewalls vs the stock tire
http://www.michelinrvtires.com/michelinrv_en_us/tires-retreads/tireInfo.do?tread=XPS%20RIB

Ron

My decision was to replace our 16 inch tires with Michelin’s XPS Ribbed tires. Our 29 foot BigFoot is a very heavy vehicle & I “feel” more secure with their all steel belted construction.

DO NOT expect FMCA to be of any assistance for you, regalroute66. When I really needed their help about a year ago, that so called "Michelin Advantage Program" only applied to Class A sized vehicles... ...ie, vehicles with tires that are 19.5 inches or larger. THAT unfair policy caused them to lose a whole lot of points in my book!
Ron: I do hope their rules have changed since then.

[pauldub]

It doesn't really sound like you need new tires unless the load range of the ones you have is not appropriate for the weight of your motorhome. If the all terrain tires aren't too noisy for you and they are of the right load range, maybe you should just drive them.

[maillemaker]

When we bought our first motorhome 5 years ago, it needed new tires. The cheapest non-Chinese brand tires* I found were Cooper Tires. I was able to get 7 new tires for our class C for about $1000.

I got Cooper SRM II tires.

We've put probably 20,000 miles on them and have had no problems. It's getting near time to replace them again so if the price still is good I will probably go with them again.

* I say "Chinese brand" because these days just about every manufacturer of anything is having them made in China. But I am more skeptical of the ones being marketed out of China.

[Its_Hondo]

I have BF Goodrich Commercial T/As on my Jamboree 22B and have not had any issues in thier 1st 2,000 miles.

[Islandman]

regalroute66 - I've had good service with Toyo Open Country tires on the RV and Michelin tires on our minivan and pickup. Gary's note above seems to indicate that Kal Tire is the best place to purchase tires in that they are all over Canada and therefore you'll get excellent service after purchase/