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Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Yahoo Message Number: 69152
The Toyo 22.5 tires on my rear axles are dated 2002, and the shop they're at has recommended replacement. The front tires are Goodyears, dated 2007, and were quite possibly replaced due to the NHSTA recall on them, as they were exceeding their recommended load ratings and were having failures. They're currently in very good condition.
I know that people seem to love the Toyos, for ride, price, and reliability, but Toyo has a bulletin where they appear to advise against use on Country Coaches. Also, none of the Toyo truck tires I find on their website have a huge margin of error on weight handling, given the axle weights I measured at the scale. I'd probably be comfortable with a little more room for error, so I'd like to have at least 6500 lb rating, preferably 7000 or more.
So OTHER than Toyo, what specific rear axle 22.5's do people recommend? Since this is an RV, they'll likely time out before wear out, so reliability, traction in all conditions, and ride are more important than max tire wear, which is often a primary consideration for truckers.
I plan to use 303 Aerospace Protectant to help with UV life, maybe it'll help, maybe it won't, but given what I read I don't think there's much to lose.

Thanks,

Jim Walsh
2003 Lexa 42

Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 69154
The tire that came on the coach was a 12R on rear and Tag, They are rated more than the drive axle

and the Tag axle are rated. So no need to change size. Michelin makes the XZE 12R and will handle

your weight issues with the proper tire inflation. Make sure you add ten pounds if you drive over 65+

mph. Check and see what the rating is on the wheels first. Weigh your coach front to back and side to

side to get everything correct. Michelin has published tables on their website. 2004 Intrigue 11731
12R all the way around.

Original Message:
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From: Jim Walsh jimw@... Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:06:10 -0800 To: Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Country-Coach-Owners] Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

The Toyo 22.5 tires on my rear axles are dated 2002, and the shop they're at has recommended replacement. The front tires are Goodyears, dated 2007, and were quite possibly replaced due to the NHSTA recall on them, as they were exceeding their recommended load ratings and were having failures. They're currently in very good condition.

I know that people seem to love the Toyos, for ride, price, and reliability, but Toyo has a bulletin where they appear to advise against use on Country Coaches. Also, none of the Toyo truck tires I find on their website have a huge margin of error on weight handling, given the axle weights I measured at the scale. I'd probably be comfortable with a little more room for error, so I'd like to have at least 6500 lb rating, preferably 7000 or more.

So OTHER than Toyo, what specific rear axle 22.5's do people recommend? Since this is an RV, they'll likely time out before wear out, so reliability, traction in all conditions, and ride are more important than max tire wear, which is often a primary consideration for truckers.

I plan to use 303 Aerospace Protectant to help with UV life, maybe it'll help, maybe it won't, but given what I read I don't think there's much to lose.

Thanks,

Jim Walsh

2003 Lexa 42

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Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 69165
Jim,

I'm shopping for tires also. My Lexa has the original 315/80R22.5 on the front, and 12R22.5 on the rear and tag.
I was told by a couple of dealers in Tennessee that the 12R is not ver common any more, and is hard to get. One of the recommended 315/80R all around.
I would appreciate any feed back that I can get on the scarcity of 12R, and any issues that I might have with putting 315/80R on the back.
I'm leaning toward Michelin. The 12R would be ZXE if I can get them, and the 316/80R would be XZA2

Mike Edwards '03 Lexa

Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 69166
So far, very happy with 12R's Mich's ZXE * (The * is a bit different then the standard ZXE.) Handles well in rain conditions, ride smooth, and at our four corner weight, running fronts at 105 all around, with the rears actually OK by the chart to run at 100. (My numbers are all with a 5 PSI extra added for contegency.) Our 04 Allure 40' Tag, are not as heavy as some of Magna's, Affinity and Lexa models - so these PSI's work well for me.
8 months ago in San Diego, I had tire dealer I went with ordr the 8 tires, and they all were less then three months old (A 'date code' of 3 months or less was what I said I would pay for, and they made it happen. Only took 4 days to get the tires in and waiting for my job.)

Best of luck,
Smitty

04 Allure 31017
04 Allure Sold to a nice new owner! Now enjoying a 07 Magna Rembrandt 45' ISX600 #6775
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Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 69191
Thanks Smitty, the XZE* 12R22.5 is exactly what I was looking at. Exact same weight ratings (to the pound) as the Toyo M111Z's that I'm replacing. Good to hear it's a smooth ride. I've always run Michelins as replacement tires on my pickups and trailers, they do a great job with sidewall protection and reliability, and with a big rig or trailer, hitting curbs just sometimes kinda happens.
According to the Michelin website (I had to search carefully in the fine print on the XZE* versus XZE pages), the * version has a 'chip and cut resistant' compound versus the regular XZE. Sounds good to me.
Since I'll be passing by that way, I'm thinking of having them done at Bob Dickman Tire in Junction City, which at least claims to be 'RV Tire Experts', I know I definitely won't be the first Country Coach to stop by! Anyone have a reason I might consider another shop?
I'll probably have duallyvalves (which they carry) put on at the same time, they carry Pressure Pro but I'm definitely leaning towards the TST 507 tire pressure monitoring system. The TireSafeguard has internal strap-on sensors, which I like esp. when getting tires done, but reading the manual it apparently to have only single high and low pressure setpoints, and I definitely want per-axle as my fronts for example will be almost 50% higher normal pressure than the trailer tires.

Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42 Posted by: "GSmith77_7" gsmith77_7@... GSmith77_7 Wed Mar 9, 2011 8:18 pm (PST)
So far, very happy with 12R's Mich's ZXE * (The * is a bit different then the standard ZXE.) Handles well in rain conditions, ride smooth, and at our four corner weight, running fronts at 105 all around, with the rears actually OK by the chart to run at 100. (My numbers are all with a 5 PSI extra added for contegency.) Our 04 Allure 40' Tag, are not as heavy as some of Magna's, Affinity and Lexa models - so these PSI's work well for me.
8 months ago in San Diego, I had tire dealer I went with ordr the 8 tires, and they all were less then three months old (A 'date code' of 3 months or less was what I said I would pay for, and they made it happen. Only took 4 days to get the tires in and waiting for my job.)

Best of luck,
Smitty

04 Allure 31017
 

Re: Rear tire recommendations for Lexa 42

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 69196
GSmith

I have been there several times with different coaches and they seem more than competent. I had the dually valves installed and can not be happier. I also have the tires siped for those frosty mornings up in Montana. I had them install the Michelins there last spring. Their prices were competitive and I like no sales tax.

Dan 2006 Allure 31348