Dual Tire Matching January 18, 2001, 10:07:32 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1660Excuse me,I just finished reading through the message files and thought that you colleagues might find these experiences of use.In the boondocks of Montana, my wife found her self with an irrepairable tire. She managed to get a near-size replacement.This turned out to be a bad thing to let go. Later, the unequal load sharing caused the heavily loaded, slightly oversized tire to separate its tread. The flying tread took out the plywood wheel house.Needless to say, we now do like club members and buy our tires in sets of seven. $850 spent before this failure would have been worth avoiding the scare.bob phillips Oxford, MI
Dual Tire Matching Reply #1 – January 19, 2001, 10:10:37 am Yahoo Message Number: 1669Bob, you don't say why your wife bought the new tire, but if it had run flat, it is wise to replace both in the pair even if an exact replacement is found. Chances are the other tire was weakened by overloading when the first failed.Unless you intend to rotate tires, though, which means you drive a lot more miles than average for RVs, five new tires if replacing rears, or two if replacing up front, should be perfectly as safe an option.Steve
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