GMCforum: GMCnet » Confused about Tires

Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » Confused about Tires

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator

Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires [message #74776 is a reply to message #74769]

Tue, 23 February 2010 01:32

USAussie

Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia

Karma:

Senior Member

Ken,

I specifically picked the AT tread for better off road traction and so far
no traction problems. Neither Helen nor I can hear them over the wind noise
at highway speeds Double Trouble.

As mentioned I've got about 8,000 miles on them and they still look like
brand new. I rotate them at the end of each season. Fronts go to the rear,
rear go to the middle, middle go to the front.

Thanks for posting the Tire Rack search, much better than the list I
provided!

CAUTION: If you decide to order a set of these MAKE SURE you order the RIGHT
LOAD RANGE! They sell the KL 78 and KL 51 in both the D and E load range.
The E range costs a bit more than the D range. This has already happened to
someone on the GMCnet; they ordered the wrong ones but was able to change
his order.

That brings up a question; do "we" think that Kuhmo really makes two
different tires or it's the same tire (E load range) "de-rated" so people
who don't understand the Load Range system and insist on load range "D" will
buy them?

Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426

-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Burton
Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 4:59 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires

I also have them only mine are 2 years older that Rob's. They were highly
rated by users in the Tire Rack feedback from customers. They were the
highest rated tire in our size. The KL78 had great traction. Yes, they
are soft but who wears out a motorhome tire. I'll run the 10 years, which
is the Michelin recommendation, and if they wear out sooner, which I doubt,
then I'll replace them.

The KL78 is an off-on road tire. When I ask Lauire says they whine slightly
at 65. So if you are getting Kuhmos and you want absolute quiet, you might
want to look at their all season KL51 instead instead of the KL78. My
neighbor has the KL51s on his delivery trucks. One has 80,000 on them so
far.

At 1/2 the price of Michelin you can not go wrong with Kuhmo KL78s or KL51s.
I just checked and the Obamatire tax has kicked in on them yet but......

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?skipOver=true&width=225%
2F&ratio=75&diameter=16&x=11&y=11
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
List Information and Subscription Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist

_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
List Information and Subscription Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist

Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Confused about Tires By: Oldngray on Mon, 22 February 2010 19:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Gary Worobec on Mon, 22 February 2010 19:27
		Re: Confused about Tires By: WayneB on Mon, 22 February 2010 20:02
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Luvn737s on Mon, 22 February 2010 20:04
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Chr$ on Mon, 22 February 2010 22:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: USAussie on Mon, 22 February 2010 23:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Mon, 22 February 2010 23:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: USAussie on Tue, 23 February 2010 01:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Tue, 23 February 2010 02:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: USAussie on Tue, 23 February 2010 04:17
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Tue, 23 February 2010 10:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Chr$ on Tue, 23 February 2010 13:15
		Re: Confused about Tires By: kingd on Mon, 22 February 2010 21:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: USAussie on Mon, 22 February 2010 21:29
		Re: Confused about Tires By: kingd on Mon, 22 February 2010 21:39
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Luvn737s on Mon, 22 February 2010 21:56
		Re: Confused about Tires By: mike miller on Tue, 23 February 2010 14:44
		Re: Confused about Tires By: mike miller on Tue, 23 February 2010 21:17
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Duce Apocalypse on Mon, 22 February 2010 22:17
		Re: Confused about Tires By: hal kading on Mon, 22 February 2010 22:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: John Wright on Tue, 23 February 2010 09:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: WD0AFQ on Tue, 23 February 2010 16:49
		Re: Confused about Tires By: WayneB on Tue, 23 February 2010 12:41
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Carl S. on Tue, 23 February 2010 13:24
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Duce Apocalypse on Wed, 24 February 2010 20:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Steven Ferguson on Thu, 25 February 2010 06:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Steven Ferguson on Tue, 23 February 2010 06:07
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Oldngray on Tue, 23 February 2010 07:24
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Jim Galbavy on Tue, 23 February 2010 08:13
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Tue, 23 February 2010 10:56
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Oldngray on Tue, 23 February 2010 11:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: k2gkk on Tue, 23 February 2010 12:09
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Wed, 24 February 2010 03:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Steven Ferguson on Wed, 24 February 2010 08:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Wed, 24 February 2010 20:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: WD0AFQ on Wed, 24 February 2010 21:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Thu, 25 February 2010 03:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: MikeT on Thu, 25 February 2010 17:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: USAussie on Thu, 25 February 2010 17:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: k2gkk on Thu, 25 February 2010 18:34
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Charles on Thu, 25 February 2010 19:19
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Don A on Tue, 23 February 2010 09:10
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Larry on Tue, 23 February 2010 13:44
		Re: Confused about Tires By: WD0AFQ on Tue, 23 February 2010 14:42
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Ken Burton on Wed, 24 February 2010 02:57
		Re: Confused about Tires By: Rick Williams on Thu, 25 February 2010 18:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: jayrabe on Thu, 25 February 2010 19:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Rick Williams on Fri, 26 February 2010 07:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: jayrabe on Fri, 26 February 2010 13:38
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: MikeT on Fri, 26 February 2010 14:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Rick Williams on Fri, 26 February 2010 15:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Steven Ferguson on Sat, 27 February 2010 07:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Rick Williams on Sat, 27 February 2010 09:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: MikeT on Sat, 27 February 2010 09:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Confused about Tires By: Steven Ferguson on Sat, 27 February 2010 11:04

Previous Topic:	[GMCnet] Fw: Fw: GMC in TV Commercial
Next Topic:	Duo-therm furnace

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Tue Jul 02 18:32:22 CDT 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.00871 seconds