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Reply #50 –
Dave, I had G rated on the coach when we bought it and felt real good with them, course I didn't have anything to compare with. The tires that came with this deal were in fact G rated as well.  At $344 per tire complete for new tires and a good brand, I'm really happy :)
Carl Sandel
1991 36' U280
Northern Michigan

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Reply #51 –
Carl,
The weight of your coach should easily fall within the acceptable load limits for load range G tires. Sounds like a great deal to me.
George Stoltz.  Retired from full-time living in a great Foretravel and now are back to living in a traditional sticks and bricks in Florida.

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Reply #52 –
I took our coach in to Loves Tire Center today to have our tires checked out.  The front tires look GREAT, but as it turned out are 1999 vintage tires. They are Michelin Load Range G (14 ply) tires.

The duals look GREAT and are Good Year 16 ply tires (Load Range H) and we thought they are 1999 vintage tires as well. The date codes were mounted on the inside of the tires and were difficult to see, but the code ended in a 9.

I thought I will have to replace them in the not too distant future if I don't replace them today. So I told them to install 6 new BF Goodrich 275/80R22.5 ST244 tires.  The pricing was:

$369.99 per tire + FET $25.23 per tire.
Mount/dismount $28.99 per tire.
Valve Stems $7.00 per tire.
Credit of $60.00 per tire.

In addition, I purchased 2 sets of Centramatic units, one set for the front wheels and one set for the rear wheels.  $169.99 per set.

They first took the left front wheel off.  I checked the hub oil and the level looked to be right on the full line.  (When they took the right front wheel off, I checked the hub oil and the level looked to be right on the full line also.  So both front hubs look to be full.)

Then they took off the right rear wheels.  After they removed the old tires from the wheels, I was looking at what I thought was the date code on the tires and did not see the horizontal triangle (I>) to indicate the tire was a 1999 tire.  So I asked the supervisor if it truly is a 1999 tire or a different year as i did not see the horizontal triangle that indicates a 1999 year code.  He went over and looked at it very closely and very surprised said, these tires are 2009 year code tires, not 1999 year code tires....He was VERY apologetic and asked me if I wanted them to put my original dual tires back on.  I said that they are virtually new tires, so I thought I would not replace them right now.  So bottom line was, I only purchased 2 new tires + the Centramatic units ($1183.92) instead of 6 new ties + the Centramatic units ($2814.85).

So our coach did have 2 each 1999 14 ply Michelin tires on the front and 4 each 2009 16 ply Good Year tires on the rear.  I was surprised that 4 each 2009 (45th week of 2009) 16 ply tires were purchased for the rear tires and 2 each 1999 14 ply tires were left on the front.
Morris and Janice
1997 U270 36'

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Reply #53 –
just bought 6 g rated michelins in gadsden alabama from a reputable dealer liquidating his sizeable inventory foor 480 per mounted---comeback if you wnat more info---

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Reply #54 –
Quote from: ccbbab –
comeback if you wnat more info---
Why so secretive?

Just joined, first post.  You aren't associated with said dealer are you?  That would be in violation of your user agreement....Just want to make sure as we try to run a tight ship ;)
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Reply #55 –
no connection--just met the owner a few years ago at a motorcade rally and was impressed with his knowledge--the dealer is a & g tire service and # is 256/4920350 or 256/295-8270--owner is mr. horton
 

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Reply #56 –
Quote from: ccbbab –
no connection--just met the owner a few years ago at a motorcade rally and was impressed with his knowledge

Please accept my humble apologies for being suspicious - we just try to protect the membership from unauthorized solicitation and I erred on the side of caution.

And thank you for sharing the dealer contact info!

Michelle
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320