| Re: [GMCnet] Tires for My "New" 76 (ex-Palm Beach) [message #78104 is a reply to message #78089] |
Fri, 26 March 2010 16:57   |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030
Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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Here are your choices from the most expensive to lest.
Michelin
Cooper
BF Goodrich Commercial TA (Costco and Sam's Club)
Kuhmo KL78 (Tire rack)
The first three are an all season highway tire
The last one that I and Rob Mueller have are an on road - off road tire with superior traction on wet grass and mud. Also the last one is the cheapest of the bunch.
There are a lot of other tires available with names you know and names you have never heard of.
If the tires are more the 10 years old I would consider replacing them. If the are less, look at their condition both the inside and the outside. Air them up to 65 PSI. Drive them for 25 to fifty miles, stop and check the temperature of all of them with you hand or a digital gauge. If one is hotter then you have a problem. If not then drive double the miles and check again. After the 3rd or 4th check (doubling the miles each time) you will be happy that they are all OK.
Also if you start feeling a thumping like a tire out of balance stop and find the problem. More then likely you have a tire going. I have moved a lot of old coaches and only once ever had a flat tire enroute. On that particular coach the tires were over 20 years old and we got the coach out of a junk yard for $999.00
Good luck.
Enjoy the new coach.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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