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David T. Richelderfer:
I have read through many of the texts regarding tires - best brands, tire sizes for various coaches and their weights, etc.  My coach has Michelin 295/80R22.5 XZE2+ tires all around - 8 of them.  The tires are getting "long in the tooth."  When I weighed the axles on my coach last year, full of fuel and water and ready for a trip, it showed 16,200 lbs on the steering axle.

Some questions:

I hear Michelin RV tires are back ordered and will not be readily available for a few months.  Is this still true?

In checking on these tires, the Michelin XZE2+, they are very expensive... upwards of $800+ each.  I am thinking there are adequate quality alternative brand tires that are cheaper.  Your opinion?  And what would you recommend I look to - Hankook, Toyo, Bridgestone, Hercules, Continental,...?  I was quoted $535 each tire, all in, for Toyos this afternoon.  I read in the forum here that Toyo dropped its RV tire guarantee.  Soooo... Toyos are non-grata?

What about the Monaco International RV Club?  Still functioning?  Can I join the club and still access Michelin tires for a cheaper club price?

Gerald Farris:
David,
Monaco International very recently announced that their price on Michelin tires was going to increase to match the FMCA Michelin discount program. I do not know if it has changed yet, but it is scheduled to as per a Monaco International email.

Gerald  

Dick Simonis:
For what's it worth I went to Hankook tires ~ three years ago and have been very happy.....especially with the price, ride and handling.

Stan Simpson:
I've had Yokahama 104ZRs 295/80/22.5 for two years with no issues. Load range H.

David T. Richelderfer:
I put on 5 new Toyo tires last week - M144s.  The price was $475.12 each plus valve stems @ $7.75 plus Equal balancing powder and valve cores @ $30.50 plus FET @ $40.92.  All in the total price was $2,771.45 for the 5 tires installed, or $554.29 each.  I asked the Les Schwab guy about a trade-in value for the Michelins.  He said the tires will go back to Prineville to be considered for re-capping.  If they are good enough to re-cap, then I will get some trade-in value credited to my account.  He didn't know how much that would be.

The DOT date codes for the old Michelin tires was 2708 to 3108.  That makes them about 8 years and 4 months old since their manufacture date.  I do not know when they were installed.  They were on the coach when I bought it.

The DOT date codes for the new Toyo tires is 2216 to 2516.  So, these tires were installed 5 months subsequent to their manufacture date.

The quote from Les Schwab for Michelins for 5 tires was $4,565.80, or $1,985.60 more for 5 tires, or $397.12 more per tire.  This cost does not consider the savings using the FMCA Michelin Advantage program... which I think would have saved about $200 per tire.  Are Michelins worth an extra $200 per tire?  Maybe in a few years I will have an opinion based upon my experience.

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