RV Tires
 

I am going to need new tires soon, 295/80/22.5. Has anyone purchased any and what was the price. I am looking at Bridgestone R250F, GY670RV, and Michelin XZA2 Energy. Any suggestions for suppliers would be appreciated. I know the recent fuel increases have caused the tire prices to skyrocket, but what are you going to do?????

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check with Jeff Teuton he is in the HD truck sales/leasing business he might be able to help you--comp

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Arnold , I used to buy the top of the line tire for my motorhome ,only to have them dry rot away before i could actually wear them out. I know everyone has diff situations. My traveling was not a whole lot ,so i was spending too much for what i was doing.Tires are higher now for sure. My tire man told me to just buy a middle rated tire to serve my purposes as long as i was not driving no more than i do now. They will dry rot in the same time as the best grade and i will lose less money on my investment .Now if i was driving the wheels off my stuff , i would go for the best....That is just my opinion and it works for me and my situation...You gonna run some IHRA with us this year ?

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Thanks for the info, Comp and Danny. I'll post what I come up with locally......I surely don't want to pay shipping on 800# of tires.

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Arnold,

You might want to look at Discount/America's tire. I think it is called Discount tire
here on the west coast and America's Tire else where across the country.

1-888-774-6560 or www.tires.com

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Arnold,I looked them up on tires-easy.com and found both tires.The only difference is
they both are 80 aspect and not 85:

Michelin XZA2 295/80/22.5 $660.00 ea plus shipping
Bridgestone R250F $526.60 plus shipping.
I don't know where you live so I put shipping to NJ and it was $307.06 for the Michelins and $277.28 for the Bridgestones.
I've bought about 6 sets of tires from them in the last few years and they were good to deal with.One thing I do is tell them I want tire that are dated no longer than one year old.
I guess you know how to read the date code on the tires.

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Bridgestones is a very good brand for my rv rental and that's a good price you paid.

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Thanks for the help on the tires. I went with the Michelin Energy XZA2 and was able to get them for $4200 installed, NC tax, balanced, and out the door. In 29 days, the Michelin tire has gone from $660 each to $770 each and an 8% hike goes into effect on Monday. Almost as bad as diesel fuel going up every day.........

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I just looked on tires-easy and you're right Arnolod.The Michelins are $750 now.The
Bridgestones are $570 each.
Anyone looking for Maxxis M8008 tires in 205-75-15 load range D can get them for $126.10 ea.The 225-75-15 load range f are $154 each.

Gripston.com in Texas-Maxxis tires with no tax and free shipping outside of Texas.

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I put new tires on my motor home today. I guess I was lucky but the ones I took off were 13 years old and had 91,000 miles. Got 4 new Bridgestone tires mounted balanced with tax and everything for less that 2k. Front tires did not need replacing they are only 4 years old with 30k miles.

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Just put all six new Michelins on the 204 model diesel pusher I just bought. Looked like new, only 8400 miles. Had two friends blow out tires six years old (on the rear duals) and both coaches suffered over $6000.00 worth of damage. At $778.00 each, it was still cheaper than all that damage. Jeff scared me off tires older than five years. He says it doesn't matter how good they look, it's the age. I'll take his word.

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Michelins are on, mounted and balanced. What a difference in the ride and handling from the GY tire. Only driven 60 miles, but what a difference.