315/80 vs 12R - was Overweight

[Bob Lawrence]

Hi Don,
What did you have to pay for the steer tires?
Next month I want to get new steers.
I see Michelin has new X Coach XZ bus tires on their website.
Trying to figure what way to go.
My front end is 13,800 lbs. now.
Bob Lawrence
84 PT36
Laguna Atascosa NWR, Los Fresnos, Texas (Where a guy shot himself to death
today)

> Got my new steer tires today, 315/80R Michelin XZA-2 Energies. Moved my 2+
year-old 12R XZE* to the tag.
>
> Really happy to have the tires down near 100 lbs fully capable of handling the
weight that took near 120 lbs on the 12Rs!
>
> The price of the tires though is one of those "gulp" items.
>
> A footnote: When I bought Blue Thunder I rather immediately had to replace the
left front wheel because it had a severe crack that was intolerable for a steer
wheel. Today it was pointed out that the left tag wheel had multiple cracks -
some horseshoe from outer hole to inner back to outer. Not good. The local tire
place had a lot of excellent used ones, so I replaced that wheel. Going to have
a lot of work to get it looking as good as the other ones
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1
>