[Latitude 28]

Yes on balance beads in all the tires. I use counteract with great success.

Now 110 bucks will buy you two truck tire irons.  660 bucks will buy two irons, a Milwaukee impact gun, and a 20 ton bottle jack.
Plenty of videos out there on how. If you go that route, I can tell you how to dismount and mount without the iron ever touching the shiny side of the rim.
Just sayin that a scrawny old feller like me mounts his own tires. I learned because I was tired of the tire gorillas tearing up my ride.

The only additional cost to consider would be the cost of disposal.

And if you are worried about getting them to seat on the bead on initial inflation, a bucket of Murphy’s tire grease is amazing.

BTW, I mounted the front tires on your coach.

Richard you sure did with not a scratch on the shiny side of the wheel in December 2023...date code of the steer tires is around Sept 2023 if my memory serves me correctly..

Tyler, Toyo and Yokahama tires allow a two retread casing ....not that we would ever retread the implication being their tires will hold up and be worth retreading.  Seems like I saw Yokahama factory literature indicating a 10 year calendar life limit on non steer applications.

[bigtasteefarms]

If you’re looking for decent tire prices go to Walmart.com, ( I know walmart?) I have purchase many tires from here, we buy the Blackhawk tires, they are run on steers, drives and tags. We run them on our coach and big trucks and several trailers, no problems. Also a lot of people don’t know you should only run tires on a coach for 3 - 4 years at most they start to crack and dry rot between the treads, this lets moisture into the belts, gets hot, steam expands, poof tire blows! Side walls of the tire crack after the treads, look at it this way, what’s your families life worth. Ps. I do safety inspections on commercial, farm and motor coaches, it’s scary what I find.

[Latitude 28]

If you’re looking for decent tire prices go to Walmart.com, ( I know walmart?) I have purchase many tires from here, we buy the Blackhawk tires, they are run on steers, drives and tags. We run them on our coach and big trucks and several trailers, no problems. Also a lot of people don’t know you should only run tires on a coach for 3 - 4 years at most they start to crack and dry rot between the treads, this lets moisture into the belts, gets hot, steam expands, poof tire blows! Side walls of the tire crack after the treads, look at it this way, what’s your families life worth. Ps. I do safety inspections on commercial, farm and motor coaches, it’s scary what I find.

I checked out the load rating for the Blackhawk tire.....run @120psi, 7160# for a single and 6610# for doubles.  That gives you roughly 40,000# for the back end which is plenty of head room.  So for the price of two Michelins you get your drive end with ALL new shoes.  Thanks for the tip....I am filing that in the memory bank for future reference.

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[cwl1979]

I'm running a full set of Uniroyal. 4700 with all associated fees included.Way better price than I thought it would find in Alaska. Came in with 8 old rotten tires drove out with 8 branbrand new ones. Tire size 11x24.5

[Pluto]

Thanks for all of the information everyone. I wasn't getting a notification of replies and have just now got to read them.

I would definitely try to mount the tires myself if we had a shop and I had a place to store the tools. Trying to work on gravel in direct sun just doesn't appeal to me ha.

I've got an appointment for the 5th at a diesel shop in Kanab, Utah to have the 6 rear tires replaced. They'll be putting General tires on. The shop owner had high praise for them so I'm going to take his word.

I was originally going to order the tires from Walmart but the logistics of transporting them was going to be more than I wanted to mess with.

Going to have the oil changed as well while we're in there.

[Richard]

Diesel fuel is the key to tire longevity.



What ?????????? Yeah burn some diesel at least every other month and drive for 50 miles. The driving, and heat produced in the tires, moves chemicals contained in the rubber compound to the surface, protecting the rubber better from oxidation and UV.

[HoosierDaddy]

An illustration of Richard’s point. This is the spot my front left tire sets during the winter. I’m wondering if the heated floor adds to the effect. ?

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[Jack Houpe]

Dean good picture to illustrate they are meant to roll.

[BusNit]

Mine would leave contact patches if parked in the same spot.

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My tires were aging out and decided to get 4 tires for the rear 11R 24.5 was wanting something a little aggressive for use in Colorado Utah this fall .
Found a wholesaler in Round RockTx. he had the Amulet. AD507 and I really like the tread design for traction. Did a little homework and amulet has been around for a long time. With good  reviews. Believe they're manufactured in Vietnam. He got me fixed up with installation on a Saturday Aug 16, in his parking lot with one of his tire technicians from another company
INSTALL everything else out the door for around eighteen hundred dollars. Manufactured date on all four tires were in the past 5 months
Jay with CTW 737-738-1896
I did not do any balancing on the tires. And so far, they seem to ride, okay, the first forty miles. I do have some toyos on the front that we're not balanced, either. They're 3 years old.