Life of tires

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by powertrader

I just looked at my tires, Karrier Loadstar ST175/80/13 Radials they are dated 3810. My TT is a 2012 Microlite, is it possable they put two year old tires on when they built the TT?

Not only possible, but likely...

[RoadTrip]

Originally Posted by herk7769

Not only possible, but likely...

wow.

just wow. Mine tires are 08. MH is 09.

[bakken]

Originally Posted by pwrstroke2012

Called around local tire shops and the Maxxis 225/75R15 D were $576 mounted balance and OTD. So other question is my trailer is 7,000 UVW, my current tires are C range, should I go with D or E range? I believe D would suffice. Would I have to change rims if I went with D or E?

The C range tires would be fine, but for a few extra bucks, why not go with the D's?
And you don't have to air the tires up to their maximum rating, just for the load you put on them, so your original rims will be fine.

[MillerTime]

My trailer was built the 29th week of 2012 (2013 model) and my tires are-

3- 23rd week
1- 22nd week
1- 19th week- spare
All of 2012- so about 1.5-2.5 months old.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by MillerTime

My trailer was built the 29th week of 2012 (2013 model) and my tires are-

3- 23rd week
1- 22nd week
1- 19th week- spare
All of 2012- so about 1.5-2.5 months old.

Nice!

[iluvlcy]

Can the tire shop install or should we go to rv shop? Only 14" d range tires we see are kumho857 anyone familier with this brand?

[MillerTime]

Yes anybody can install the tires. And on the Kumhos I also found them to be the only D rated 14" tire I could find. I will be putting them on my boat trailer either this summer or next. We have used the kumho lt truck tired on some if our vehicles and had very good luck- lots of miles and almost no flats. Highly recomend kumho as long as their quality is still the same, its been about 3-4 years since we had them.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by iluvlcy

Can the tire shop install or should we go to rv shop? Only 14" d range tires we see are kumho857 anyone familier with this brand?

Watch them like a hawk. I had BJs Warehouse put the Michelin M+S2 E rated tries on my truck. They put 32 PSI in them. When I said I needed 75 PSI the mechanic looked at me as if I was, well, "less than smart".

He gave me the "psssh, the machine only goes to 40" and the eye roll.

I told him I needed at least 60 to mount the tires and I would fill them when I got home. He went to his boss and (he thought I was not looking) he gave his boss the thumb indication my way while he talked.

Apparently his boss told him he had to take the tire off the mounting machine and put whatever air pressure I wanted in them using the manual chuck.

He gave me a dirty look and put the correct pressure in the tire. When he mounted them I watched and when he went to the air wrench, I asked him to use the color coded calibrated torque wrenches he had on the wall to final torque the wheels. He said he was just going to do that, then went and did the final torques.

He might have known he had to torque the wheels, I know he had the tools, but I made sure it was done before I left.

Not sure I will be getting my next truck tire there.

[MillerTime]

If your in the tulsa area I've heard good things about Robertson tires. I have been using Discount tires recently (since they are in OK now) and have had extremely good service from them- I even ordered a set of truck tires and rims (oversized tires) that was delivered to my house, put them on and I thought they looked to small, called them and they exchanged them for a larger size for free. (I never drove on the tires, otherwise it would have been a diff. story). I think I bought about 20 tires from them last year.

[campnqueen]

okay... so I HAVEN'T had my tires covers..(my bad)...so I guess (and hope) its not tooo late to get covers and cover them. Guess better late than never? Try to use camper at least once a month go at least 100 miles per leg.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by campnqueen

okay... so I HAVEN'T had my tires covers..(my bad)...so I guess (and hope) its not tooo late to get covers and cover them. Guess better late than never? Try to use camper at least once a month go at least 100 miles per leg.

Just like quitting smoking, it is never too late to stop making something worse.
Any excuse to go camping, IMO; but no need to go nuts. If you keep 'em covered and stay at a sane speed till they warm up, you should be just fine.

[campnqueen]

Thanks Guru Lou! You rock!

[campnqueen]

Hey we can start a "new" thread on the forum. We can call it "Guru Lou"... kinda like Dear Abby.

[acadianbob]

Originally Posted by pwrstroke2012

What kind of TPMS? Does it just show at stem or is there some that you can monitor from your TV?

There are several good units out there. I used Truck System Technologies TPMS. It has a monitor in the truck. Works great. Does tire temperature in addition to tire pressure.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by acadianbob

There are several good units out there. I used Truck System Technologies TPMS. It has a monitor in the truck. Works great. Does tire temperature in addition to tire pressure.

Another on my wish list.

[camper1999]

The tire monitoring systems are great piece of mind. I love mine and will never go without one ever again.

[iluvlcy]

Our Karrier Loadstars were 3 yrs old only 4800 miles on them but we felt more comfortable with new ones. Decided on Kumho 857s went with the 195s instead of 205 because they were the same size 26" also the only d rated 14" tire we could find. Our regular trusted car repairman will be installing tomorrow he also ordered and checked the made on date and will install heavy duty valves. I think we will be more comfortable on long trips having hopefully better tires. Thanks to all the great info on this site it made decision easy.

[coyote2001]

i need tires for my 303 Georgetown 225/70 19.5 any suggestions on type or brand?