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Originally Posted by DandT
Hoping to get a couple more years out of the Michelins - they only have 7.5 miles on 'em but they are 6 (going on 7) years old. We are new RV'ers and working stiffs....so we won't be racking up any serious mileage anytime soon. Local (PNW) trips for now.
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If your tires are almost 7 years old, you might think about replacing even though they have low miles. There's a lot of discussion on this forum about how long you should run tires, RV tires tend to "age" out before they "wear" out.
Our coach was 6 years old when we bought it, still had the original tires, looked good, lots of tread, no sidewall checking. We had a blowout (inside, left rear dually) that quickly convinced me to replace all of them. As blowouts go, it wasn't serious and didn't cause a lot of collateral damage, but it only takes once.
Bottom line, don't be lulled into a false sense of security because of low miles.
I'm in Portland and have been on a mission to find a service center to rotate my fronts to rears and perform a FE alignment. Took the rig to Les Schwab's today as they made arrangements with a Mobile alignment guy. One look under the coach and he said no can do - it's an IFS. Had Les rotate the tires to the tune of $210 - though probably worth it. They took the 2 fronts and swapped them with the 2 left rears. I contacted McCoys, a local Freightliner service center, today and they said they can do the job but they insist on aligning all axles to include cutting and welding if necessary to meet factory specs. This is not a string/block alignment but a full chassis alignment. This service will run $300-$400
- but will be worth it in the long run - and hopefully preserve my precicous rubber!
Dave
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