Westlake Tire
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Topic: Westlake Tire
Posted By: Rana
Subject: Westlake Tire
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:27am
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Thanks, please mark as Taken, and delete post. New, unused, still has the labels on, LT 235/75R15, CR 857. $25.00 Cdn.
Cannot ship, must be picked up, Canmore area.
 ------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:31am
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What is the DOT date code on that tire? ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: Rana
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:59am
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I don't know the answer to that, I'll get the tire out of my storage locker, find something that says DOT and take a photo for you, OK? Might take me a couple of hours. ------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:45pm
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Hi Rana.
The date code on a tire is usually set into a small elongated oval on the side wall of each tire. It consists of 4 numbers...for example... 5120...the first 2 numbers note the week manufactured (52 weeks in a year so this example shows it was made in the 2nd last week of December) and the last 2 numbers are the year of manufacture (2020 in this example). December of 2020. Tires are considered "timed out" at 5 to 6 years and are recommended to be changes out even if they have not been used, due to excessive age. This is applicable to trailer tires and your passenger/tow vehicles as well. Good luck in your search and I hope this helps you out! Andy ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: Rana
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 5:47pm
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Thanks Andy, most helpful, 3914, which means it is 8 years old, which means it should really be recycled. I'll reply to the other post, and then find out how to take this one down! ------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
Posted By: Rana
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 5:56pm
Here is a photo of what I found. Thanks to Andy, Campman, I see that the tire is 8 years old and so it should be recycled. I'll pay the $10.00 recycle fee. I guess someone c ould use it as a boat dock or tow truck bumper rather than have it consigned to a landfill somewhere overseas!------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2022 at 7:59pm
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Glad we could help. It is a common question people have, and where a forum like this can be such a big help.
I wouldn't worry about taking it down as someone can be doing a search in the future and find the info useful! Take care till next time, Andy ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 2:53pm
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There are a lot of uses for old tires like this, but the easiest is recycling.
We used to use them for holding tarps down on hay bale piles, on trailers that are used around the farm but never go on the road/highway, or let your inner redneck out and use for planters at the end of the driveway. If you have a big tree, some rope and a drill you can make a tire swing. Cut it up for dock corners and edging as you said. For me the limit is what my better half will allow! ;-) As for the new Westlake tires that came on my trailer last year, I put better tires on it, got steel rims and had the Westlake tires installed on them. Now I swap them out when I put our rp192 away for the winter. In spring I just put the good rims and higher rated tires back on and off we go. Gives me plenty of time to check everything on the trailer (brakes, greasing etc) while doing it in the comfort of my garage. Cheers Andy ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: Rana
Date Posted: 01 May 2022 at 12:50pm
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Thanks Andy, yes, some great ideas for tires. Westlakes came fitted, but unfortunately we had one blow out on the road, luckily going slow enough to control the sway and make it to the kerb. When we looked at the other one we noticed several large pieces of the tread were missing. Have now fitted some Carlisle tyres and put one on the spare rim, hence the unused Westlake. For the winter we put the trailer up on axle stands and store the tires in the crawl space, a laborious job, but worth it. Just planning a cross-Canada trip to Halifax in the Fall, and busy pre-booking campsites, seems to be lots of space. Enjoy your summer, Alasdair. ------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 01 May 2022 at 9:41pm
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Ah, a cross country adventure, I hope you have a wonderful trip.
I would caution you not to "shortcut" through New Brunswick via Highway 108...we made the mistake last year on our way to Halifax to see family...it is a glorified goat track in awful surface condition. It is also a racetrack for logging trucks. As for camping, we utilized an app called boondockers welcome though it is now under Harvest Hosts. Almost free camping most places and met the nicest hosts. It might not be for everyone but worked for us. We also used iOverlander for some nights and stayed at Big Ax Brewery in NB, a nice flat spot overlooking the river. Great spot to stop and bought some of their product. :-) Have a great one, Andy ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: Blue Highways
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2022 at 10:11am
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WANT TO BUY your used virgin or lightly-used WESTLAKE CR857 SPARE TIRE that you don’t want to be employed as your spare anymore. We don’t care if it is 4-7 years old, as we would only use it as a spare to match our existing Westlakes. We do NOT need the rim at all ! If you will be touring thru or near the Asheville NC region that’s ideal, or we’ll come meet you up to 125 miles or so away. That could include Greenville / Spartanburg SC area on East, Northern Georgia small towns to our south, or Seiverville / Knoxville TN to west. Love an excuse for a non-towing road trip! We’ll have cash and the transaction could be mutually beneficial!
We would give you accurate ETAs (phone or text) to make it convenient and hassle-free. (2017 Rpod 179 originally purchased & brought down from our former state of Alaska; Tundra towed). Thanks 4 your consideration ! (See my other post if you’ve suffered a slide-out failure.) Brad & Layli |
Posted By: Rana
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022 at 3:39pm
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Thanks for your reply, and offer to buy the tire. A neighbor picked it up and is apparently using it as a dock bumper on his dock at the Shushwap in British Columbia. yes, a non-towing road trip would have been fun! Thanks so much, ------------- Rana Stay well and stay healthy in these difficult times. |
Posted By: seafans
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2023 at 6:51pm
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Please be careful with this tire. It is "C" load rating. The Westlake on the pods are general "D" rated at 8 ply this one is 6 ply rating. |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2023 at 7:42pm
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The original tires on our 2016 RP179 were load range C. I switched to load range D and have been much happier, even though I had a blowout with a load range D and not with the original load range C tires. If we had gotten just that little bit further to our daughter's house, I was going to change that tire as I did not want to go back across the US with the one that blew out. It became a moot point and our RPod has the scars to prove it. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2023 at 7:48am
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We were pleased with the "C" rated chinese tires that originally came with our 177. The unfortunate thing was when it was time to replace it was noted, for the first time, that the tires were nearly 2 years old when the R-Pod was built/purchased, so actually the tires were almost 7 years old when they were finally retired. Our the 3rd set we finally upgraded to Carlisle Radial D (including the spare). This was the first "D" rated tire on the 177 and it has resulted in much less bounce and less tire flex seen when traveling when there is a significant amount of cross wind. ------------- God's pod '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." |