anoldman wrote:
Unfortunately, my camper came with 14" wheels and LT tires for it are scarce to none. I thought about buying new 15" wheels, but that is yet another expense on a limited budget. I just ordered 4 new Maxxis tires with a higher load rating. Hopefully that will give me better durability.
I, like so many other owners, am very frustrated by the shoddy quality tires available for our campers. The realization that severe damage can be caused by these overloaded and inferior tires is my biggest worry on the road. Before leaving and at every stop I diligently inspect my tires for damage. In comparison, I seldom glance at my truck tires because of my confidence in them.
Whether a company has repair facilities or not should not prohibit or excuse them from standing behind their products. It has nothing to do with tire construction or statistics and everything to do with good business principles. I wonder how many tires Maxxis has sold based on the glowing reviews from sites like this and how many sales others, like Greenball, have lost as well. Perhaps our actions will cause them to improve their products and when that happens we'll start praising them as well. That is the power of forums like this and how we all gain from our collective experiences.
While it may be true that some sales are lost or gained based on forum posts the real question of sub-standard tires is not being addressed with a forum posting. There are minimum quality standards all tires must meet if they are to be sold in the US. These standards are backed by laws and significant penalties. However if people that experience tire failures simply complain to their neighbor nothing will happen to get bad tires removed or replaced. This
post provides information and links on how and where to repost safety related issues.
Now to your specific concern as to what size tires to get. It would be helpful if you could provide
1. The original tire size including load range.
2. The placard minimum inflation recommendation from the RV mfg.
3. The actual individual tire loads.
With the answers to those three questions the engineers with tire experience following this thread could provide some information that may be of help. We don't need to start a guessing game and we do need all three questions answered if we are going to be able to help.
