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04-06-2013, 03:19 PM
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Tires again
Going to have to bite the bullet and buy new tires for the 5er and truck. The tires on the 5er are 6yrs old, (5 yrs mounted) and look like new, tread is excellent, no weather cracks whatsoever. Man I hate to take off what appears to be perfectly good tires and lay out $500 for more Marathons.
Truck tires are showing signs of wear, so it doesn't bother me tooooo much. Just hate to pitch $1200-$1500 away on tires. BUT, I do remember $1800 damage for one blown trailer tire. So...... a tire hunting we shall go before heading to Goshen.
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04-06-2013, 03:33 PM
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I totally agree with changing the 5 year old tires on the 5er. Are the tires on your truck worn down or are you just replacing them because of age?
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04-06-2013, 04:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PHS79
I totally agree with changing the 5 year old tires on the 5er. Are the tires on your truck worn down or are you just replacing them because of age?
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Old trailer tires will go on our race car trailer we are going to sell and the truck tires have over 50,000 miles on them and are also 5 yrs old. Put them on in 08 before we took off on a 3,000 mile jaunt with our new trailer. About 1800 miles into the trip one of the trailer tires let go, so we put the Marathon LR D's on in Springfield, MO and switched them in Feb 12 to the new 5ver.
Just hard to look at what appear to be perfectly good tires and replace them.
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04-06-2013, 05:47 PM
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I hey ya, buying tires just sucks now days. Just too damn pricey! I was just pricing out tires for my truck the other day, anywhere from $900 up to 1200. With those prices it makes me real glad that I only put about 3000 miles a year on it.
If you do put tires on both the truck and 5er, Turbs still may not end up with his beer at Goshen!
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TV-2004 F150 FX4, not exactly stock...
nights camped:
with 2001 Kodiak K215: 2010-10, 2011-12
with 2012 Grey Wolf 26BH: 2012-19, 2013-24, 2014-11, 2015-6
with 2013 Passport: 2015-13, 2016-15 booked
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04-06-2013, 05:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
Going to have to bite the bullet and buy new tires for the 5er and truck. The tires on the 5er are 6yrs old, (5 yrs mounted) and look like new, tread is excellent, no weather cracks whatsoever. Man I hate to take off what appears to be perfectly good tires and lay out $500 for more Marathons.
Truck tires are showing signs of wear, so it doesn't bother me tooooo much. Just hate to pitch $1200-$1500 away on tires. BUT, I do remember $1800 damage for one blown trailer tire. So...... a tire hunting we shall go before heading to Goshen.
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Old coot, you didn't close the doors on the awning pole business too soon I hope! Lol!
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04-06-2013, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ses
Old coot, you didn't close the doors on the awning pole business too soon I hope! Lol!
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Sure did, price of tubing went ballistic and profit went the opposite direction.
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04-06-2013, 07:05 PM
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Had my blow out last fall. The Trail Express were not even a year old. Replaced all 4 with Big O Load E Ten ply. Very happy with the tires. Improved handling and mpg. Repairs on insurance cost $2100.
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04-06-2013, 08:03 PM
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In December went to Wal-Mart and bought 5 tires for my truck, Good Year Armor 10 Ply $1200 bucks included extented warrenty.
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04-06-2013, 08:36 PM
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Had my blow out last fall. The Trail Express were not even a year old. Replaced all 4 with Big O Load E Ten ply. Very happy with the tires. Improved handling and mpg. Repairs on insurance cost $2100
but look at the shiny rims sorry, was the best thing i could see in the (hole) picture. sorry again
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04-07-2013, 08:54 AM
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Blown tire
I had a tire blow on a trailer with less than 1500 miles on it! Replaced all four. But alas, they're still tires that are made in "Cheena"
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04-07-2013, 09:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arjerram
I had a tire blow on a trailer with less than 1500 miles on it! Replaced all four. But alas, they're still tires that are made in "Cheena"
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Our 08 Flagstaff had around 2,000 miles on it when we had the blowout. Pressure was checked at gas fill up about 50 miles back and never hit anything, traveling between 50-55 mph on US 65 north about 20 miles north of Springfield, MO.
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04-07-2013, 09:55 AM
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I just replaced the tires on my toy hauler. Tires had less than 2000 miles and two of the were separated. I am very lucky I didn't have a major blowout.
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04-09-2013, 04:48 PM
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Just bit the bullet with Good Year. (4) LT245/70R17 Wrangler SR-A LR E for $970.98. Lifetime balance, road hazard, valve stems & tire disposal. Now tomorrow for the trailer. The Marathons are all date coded 5112, so they are just over 4 months old.
Looks like old Turbs will have to drink water or coffee at Goshen, sure won't be able to afford Bud Black Crown after tomorrow.
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04-10-2013, 03:55 PM
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New trailer tires installed. Now, we have to figure out where to get the $15 for a 12 pk of Bud Black Crown for Turbs, Amy, RVChick & Kenny. Maybe sell some awning brackets or the set of pvc poles?
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04-17-2013, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
Our 08 Flagstaff had around 2,000 miles on it when we had the blowout. Pressure was checked at gas fill up about 50 miles back and never hit anything, traveling between 50-55 mph on US 65 north about 20 miles north of Springfield, MO.
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I know that road well. One reason I changed my brand of trailer tires on my boat. Went to Greenbal,, published 75mph rating. It is not possible on those mountains to keep speed below 65mph going down and then have enough juice to climb the other side.
See so many blow outs on the drive to Table Rock.
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04-19-2013, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by jeeplj8
I know that road well. One reason I changed my brand of trailer tires on my boat. Went to Greenbal,, published 75mph rating. It is not possible on those mountains to keep speed below 65mph going down and then have enough juice to climb the other side.
See so many blow outs on the drive to Table Rock.
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Mountains on US Hwy 65 in Missouri? Hills maybe, but haven't seen any mountains.
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