Price for tires?

[George Lowry]

Hey Jon,

The WL is a monster coach - GVWR = 48,900 - requires load range L,
IIRC. The GM coach had a weight of 28,000# and I used Load Range G.
The dealer can give you the proper load range for your coach if you
know the GVWR.

George Lowry
'95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
Spearfish, SD

jon lechich wrote:

> Thanks for the information on the tires. What load ratting do you use? 14 or
16
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> Jon Lechich
> jipjob@...
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> George Lowry wrote:
> Jon,
>
> I believe that Hinnon are made in Korea - not sure though.... Since
> the "average" RV is driven only 2,000 miles a year and those of us
> that average 15,000 miles per year are high users, based on a five
> year life, the mileage varies from 10,000 to 75,000 miles during the
> life of the tire. Tires used by RVers typically rot out before they
> wear out.
>
> The Toyo has one of the strongest side walls in the industry - five
> plies - where as Michelin has one of the weakest side walls - 2 plies.
> The weaker side wall is supposed to give a better ride. I did not
> notice any difference.
>
> One area that I think many miss is balancing all wheels. Many only
> balance the steer axle leaving the drivers and tag unbalanced. Then
> they wonder way the ride is rough. I recommend balancing ALL tires. I
> have used Equal in all my coach tires for about ten years now and find
> it to be a superior product. With Equal, you do not have to constantly
> rebalance the tires. I have used Centromatics as well and they work
> great. The Equal is cheaper though.
>
> George Lowry
> '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
> Spearfish, SD
>
> P.S. When you get to Les Schwab, see if they will give you any
> trade-in for you old tires. The worse they can say is no....
>
> G
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> jon lechich wrote:
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>>Thanks for the information. I saw those down at Les Swab and
>>thought they might work for me also. Who makes Hinnon tires? I know
>>the Michlends are the tops but at the higher price and the amount
>>of time you could get out of DOT life 7 to 8 years I think a lower
>>price tire would due. And did you notice I said time not miles
>>because most of us out here probably will not drive our rigs that
>>much because of the fuel prices and staying a little bit closser to
>>home. Jon
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>>jvredden wrote:--- In
>>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff August"
>>wrote:
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>>I purchased HINNON tires from a local dealer. He has used tghem on
>> heavy duty vehicles for 5 years w/o any problem. Only have around
>>5K miles so far but all is well. The real plus is they are only
>>250.00/each
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