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Tire replacement - Event Date: 18 Jan 2023 |
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James07 
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 Calendar Event: Tire replacementPosted: 08 Mar 2023 at 8:33pm |
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I went with Toyo Open Country A/T on 178. Drove over 7,000 miles round trip California to Alaska.
Handled pot holes and frost heaves on the Alcan without any damage. Happy with tires, except they were already two years old when purchased from Sam's Club. Lesson learn is to exam tires before they install them.
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jato
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Posted: 09 Mar 2023 at 5:33am |
Funny you should mention that as when I went to replace my original "Tire King" tires on a 177 at 5 years, it was noted that even though the build date was January 2011 the tires were manufactured during the summer of 2009, so even though they were china tires with 20,000+ miles at the time, no issues were encountered and the tires looked great, even after 7 years. 2016-2020 had Hartland "C" tires - no issues and since then Carlisle Radial Trail "D" tires - a great tire!
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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lostagain
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Posted: 09 Mar 2023 at 5:50am |
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I wonder if the delay between the build date of the trailers and the manufacture date of the tires is the result of supply chain delays or whether the trailer builders are stockpiling tires and not using them up fast enough. My speculation is that it is a supply chain delay issue. Perhaps it's time for the trailer builders to be a little more strict with the date of the manufacture of tires when they receive them. On the other hand, there may be some very good deals on aging out tires when purchased by the thousands and the opportunity to reduce material costs is just too tempting for Mr. Buffet and others.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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jato
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Posted: 10 Mar 2023 at 12:21pm |
This seems like a very plausible answer as when our 177 was built, January 2011, supply chain issues or the like which is experienced today wasn't a factor or even spoken about as they are today.
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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gpokluda
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Posted: 10 Mar 2023 at 2:26pm |
My understanding, at least from the small manufacturer that made our current trailer, is that the manufacturer purchases the axle, wheel/tires and in our case, even the frame as a unit from a third party supplier. In the case of our Escape, the frame, tires, wheels, and axles come from Dexter. I think the last thing a manufacturer wants is inventory like tires and wheels laying around consuming valuable production space.
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Gpokluda
2017 Rpod 179(sold 2023) 2022 Escape 5.0TA 2022 Ford F150 4X4 3.5EB Kawasaki KLR650 |
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lostagain
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Posted: 11 Mar 2023 at 6:33am |
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It is likely that FR and the other large RV companies are able to require their chassis manufacturers to build to their specifications, including suspensions and tires. They have the capacity to tell the chassis manufacturers that they want tires that are reasonably fresh instead of 2 or 3 years into their life span. Where there are 2 or 3 year old tires being installed on new trailers, it is clear that somewhere in the supply chain there are some sort of delays occurring to the detriment of new trailer purchasers.
From my personal experience, when I've purchased new Carlisle tires for ourPod and our Sonoma, the new tires have never been more than 6 months old, per the sidewall dates. If I purchased a "new" tire that was over a year old I think I'd either return it or demand a prorated discount from the price.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 11 Mar 2023 at 10:57am |
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+1
After learning about tire date codes, I've made it an informal practice to check, and the tires have always been relatively "fresh" in the neighborhood of 3-6 months. I would think that with the high demand for RVs in general plus the supply chain issues that it would be hard to find tires that are more than a few months old. That is not based on fact so much as noodling here in my chair.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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hank*pod
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Posted: 11 Mar 2023 at 4:15pm |
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I just bought some Goodyear Endurance tires from Discount Tire Direct and they're dated 3722 and 3822 so mid-September - about 6 months old.
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