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[GMCnet] Jaunt to Alaska - the first 600 miles [message #300268] Sun, 08 May 2016 11:39
fbhtxak is currently offline  fbhtxak   United States
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Peer,

'Found several Internet citations that long intervals of little/no use is a major contributing factor in non all-steel tire failures in motorhome use. Trucks in commercial service using BFG Commercial TAs (and equivalents) rarely have the failure problems I had. They "wear out" before they fail. My GMC Royale is often not moved for as long as six months. I thought being stored in a dark sealed garage would allow safe tire service of seven years or more - maybe as long as the "all steel" Goodyear "G159s". No more...

Fred

Fred Hudspeth
'78 Royale - Tyler, Tx
'82 Airstream Excella Motorhome - Cooper Landing, Alaska

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Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 07:29:45 +0200
From: Peer Oliver Schmidt
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Jaunt to Alaska - the first 600 miles
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Gerald,
> A loud bang followed by lots of flailing against the side of the coach shortly after exiting off the freeway let us know in no uncertain way that a tire had blown

sorry to hear that bad news. But good that noone was hurt.

I wonder: How often did you drive that coach? I had heard that one of
the culprits with tires is not moving them enough.

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Peer Oliver Schmidt
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