Newell Gurus

I run B.F. Goodrich on drive and Tag.  Michelin on the front.

sorry, I mis-quoted those tire sizes (thanks for the heads up Michael)... I am putting 365s on the front and 11R24.5 on the rear :-)
I did finally find some General S371 11R24.5 16-ply H-rated tires in stock near me at $405 each...
I called Newell and Prevost and neither of them have 24.5 size in stock...

Thought that might be the case but was concerned. The 365's are a good move.

Got the coach back and the wheels and tires look great!!!  The turning radius does not seem to be affected at all but we just drove it a few blocks from the shop that did the work.  

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Thanks Chappell, I cannot find BFGs anywhere! No one has 24.5 tires around here - I found 2 places with Generals in stock and one with Dunlop so far. I ordered the Dunlop so ask me in 2 years if I like them...

Can you please post the Prevost part numbers for the wheel studs & nuts that you used for the change over.

Thanks.............................

My dealer here in Nacogodoches  sell Michelin and other brands of course.  The reason I chose B F Goodrich is because 11R are truck tires not MH tires and Michelin in 11R  24.5 only goes to H in load rating and BF Goodrich goes to a higher load rating of J and is slightly cheaper than Michelin and are owned by Michelin as I was told.

I know that this is a little off topic, but I remember reading an article saying that mileage was substantially better with tires that had 60,000 miles on them. I don't know of any motor home owner that had to replace tires because they were wore out, but because they were 6 or more years old. Newell Gurus needs to find a used truck sales company that will sell us tires with 60,000 miles that are a year or two old. This would allow them to sell trucks with brand new tires and us to get better mileage...win win.

I don't have any hard data that says Michelins are more reliable. I have had good luck with them, and the Advantage program puts them close in price to others.

This is an area that I don't try to save money, and like Tom I have all of them spin balanced.

The thread is at: http://newellgurus.com/showthread.php?tid=2517&page=8 post #72 shows parts for lugs and nuts - The valve stem is also different and had to use and extension to get my TPMS sensors mounted.