05-31-2017, 08:26 PM
quick update.
we went to the TCI Tire in Denham springs, LA and they were great. i went there because i lost 70 pounds of tire pressure in the rt front from tuesday morning to wed morning. they couldnt find anything obvious but when we were both examining the tire, i noticed the outer row of tread nearest the outside side wall was totally separating from the tire core. the picture doesnt do it justice. given the problems everyone has been having with tires shredding and ripping up the coach, i decided they were unsafe. now the problem we all talk about of finding the 365 michelins. tci found some outside of mobile alabama at their warehouse. in fact, they had 13 of them. to wait for an inter site transfer it would take 2 days. so, darlene went and rented a F150 from enterprise, and off we went on a 3 state drive to get the tires. we picked them up, and raced back. 430 mile round trip and we got back to the tire shop at a few minutes to 5 which was closing time. they kindly took care of us and by 615pm we were off to the walmart parking lot to hook the car up in the pouring rain and head off. we drove 120 miles and stopped at 830pm for the nite. at an rv park that said they do big rigs all the time. well the show we put on getting into our spot was epic with quite an audience. thats another story.
by the way, the tires i got were date coded week 40 of 2016. they picked the newest ones for me. they said they got this batch in december of 2016. they dont get them very often. ron skeen told me the ones he got were the same date and that he was told that was the last batch that michelin made.
i did feel a noticeable improvement in handling so i am sure we were blessed again to avoid disaster.
thanks for those that reached out to help today
we will be in austin thursday afternoon.
forest, we will still meet you as planned
tom
we went to the TCI Tire in Denham springs, LA and they were great. i went there because i lost 70 pounds of tire pressure in the rt front from tuesday morning to wed morning. they couldnt find anything obvious but when we were both examining the tire, i noticed the outer row of tread nearest the outside side wall was totally separating from the tire core. the picture doesnt do it justice. given the problems everyone has been having with tires shredding and ripping up the coach, i decided they were unsafe. now the problem we all talk about of finding the 365 michelins. tci found some outside of mobile alabama at their warehouse. in fact, they had 13 of them. to wait for an inter site transfer it would take 2 days. so, darlene went and rented a F150 from enterprise, and off we went on a 3 state drive to get the tires. we picked them up, and raced back. 430 mile round trip and we got back to the tire shop at a few minutes to 5 which was closing time. they kindly took care of us and by 615pm we were off to the walmart parking lot to hook the car up in the pouring rain and head off. we drove 120 miles and stopped at 830pm for the nite. at an rv park that said they do big rigs all the time. well the show we put on getting into our spot was epic with quite an audience. thats another story.
by the way, the tires i got were date coded week 40 of 2016. they picked the newest ones for me. they said they got this batch in december of 2016. they dont get them very often. ron skeen told me the ones he got were the same date and that he was told that was the last batch that michelin made.
i did feel a noticeable improvement in handling so i am sure we were blessed again to avoid disaster.
thanks for those that reached out to help today
we will be in austin thursday afternoon.
forest, we will still meet you as planned
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH