A big expense, but an important one: new tires. Motorhome and truck tires don’t wear out like car tires, but instead age out. Tires can last up to ten years, but the advice is to check them starting at five years, and aim for about seven years to replace them, or sooner if there are signs of cracking.
Our 2017 coach had the original tires, made in 2016, so were about due. And when we recently had our brake seize up, raising the temperature of the tire over the danger zone of 200°F, we decided it was time.
These big tires are over a grand each, and we have six of them, so it isn’t a trivial expense, but good tires are very important for the safety of the coach.
We went to Bay Diesel in Red Bay to get this done:
While there, we also got them to look at our generator, which had misbehaved earlier, but of course was working perfectly while they looked at it:
The rear wheel without the tires:
New tires:
New tires installed; they were all manufactured in late 2023, so they should be good for another 5-10 years:
We also did a test drive with a couple of techs to tweak the alignment of our Safe-T-Plus steering control system:
Yay for new tires:
