Diesel motorhome tire advice

Jeff Teuton · 02-25-2015, 01:12 PM

We primarily use Bridgestones on our fleet. The Michelin's are good, pricey. Recently Bridgestone has rebranded one of their tires into Firestone. They do this to lower the price. Very nice tire. I think Larry Hill has them on the front of his, and just this week I was looking at them on a tire rack at a Loves. If you like, let me know size etc and location and I can talk to our guy who maintains our fleet. He told me these would be ideal for motorhomes because of the limited use, and limited age of all commercial tires. If I remember correctly (and that is a challenge) you cannot recap a tire older than 3 or 4 years. He told me a commercial tire (something like a 11.00 X 22.5) is made to go 300,000 miles in 3 years and move on. That is rears, fronts less than that. Also I sell the old motor home tires to sugar cane farmers. They are so heavy and brutal during harvest, nothing like age matters.

Tracy Robbins · 02-25-2015, 10:44 PM

Thanks for all the input...I have had a lot of success w/ Michelin on other vehicles but the guy I bought this motorhome owned a Michelin tire store and had put Bridgestone's on it. He said through his experience he found the Bridgestone's to be better for the money.
I would like to check into the new Firestone replacement Jeff. I currently have a 265 75R 22.5 It also has V Steel ribbed and R250 on the tire. Thanks again for all of the help!

james schaechter · 02-25-2015, 11:34 PM

We put hankook tires on our old Monaco 34 ft diesel pusher. I asked our truck fleet managers and they had had real good luck with them. I really think there are some great choices at a certain price point. There were firestons on the Rv when we bought it. They looked brand new,mbut they were six years old. We were told the same thing. You will never wear them out,but if you run too many years on them, be prepared to blow them out.

I have had friends that kept running old tire that looked brand new. It always ended with them being stuck on the roadside. No trouble stopping safely, but a tire chunking out on an Rv tends to take plastic, air lines and anything else in the way.

Shaun Quill · 02-26-2015, 06:44 AM

I've been in the trucking business my entire life,and although they are very expensive initially,Michelin's are by far the best value. Besides that, you'll be getting a real quality piece that rides much nicer.Best of luck

02-25-2015, 01:12 PM	#1
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Diesel motorhome tire advice We primarily use Bridgestones on our fleet. The Michelin's are good, pricey. Recently Bridgestone has rebranded one of their tires into Firestone. They do this to lower the price. Very nice tire. I think Larry Hill has them on the front of his, and just this week I was looking at them on a tire rack at a Loves. If you like, let me know size etc and location and I can talk to our guy who maintains our fleet. He told me these would be ideal for motorhomes because of the limited use, and limited age of all commercial tires. If I remember correctly (and that is a challenge) you cannot recap a tire older than 3 or 4 years. He told me a commercial tire (something like a 11.00 X 22.5) is made to go 300,000 miles in 3 years and move on. That is rears, fronts less than that. Also I sell the old motor home tires to sugar cane farmers. They are so heavy and brutal during harvest, nothing like age matters. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

02-25-2015, 10:44 PM	#2
Tracy Robbins Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 846 Likes: 3 Liked 25 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Diesel motorhome tire advice Thanks for all the input...I have had a lot of success w/ Michelin on other vehicles but the guy I bought this motorhome owned a Michelin tire store and had put Bridgestone's on it. He said through his experience he found the Bridgestone's to be better for the money. I would like to check into the new Firestone replacement Jeff. I currently have a 265 75R 22.5 It also has V Steel ribbed and R250 on the tire. Thanks again for all of the help! __________________ Tracy Robbins SS 9766

02-25-2015, 11:34 PM	#3
james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,992 Likes: 1,293 Liked 1,436 Times in 299 Posts	Re: Diesel motorhome tire advice We put hankook tires on our old Monaco 34 ft diesel pusher. I asked our truck fleet managers and they had had real good luck with them. I really think there are some great choices at a certain price point. There were firestons on the Rv when we bought it. They looked brand new,mbut they were six years old. We were told the same thing. You will never wear them out,but if you run too many years on them, be prepared to blow them out. I have had friends that kept running old tire that looked brand new. It always ended with them being stuck on the roadside. No trouble stopping safely, but a tire chunking out on an Rv tends to take plastic, air lines and anything else in the way. __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK

02-26-2015, 06:44 AM	#4
Shaun Quill Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hockessin DE Posts: 228 Likes: 32 Liked 105 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Diesel motorhome tire advice I've been in the trucking business my entire life,and although they are very expensive initially,Michelin's are by far the best value. Besides that, you'll be getting a real quality piece that rides much nicer.Best of luck