Yuma Lakes RV
Resort
Yuma Arizona
First off,
let me thank everyone for suggestions, words of encouragement and just reaching
out to Pat and I over the tire issues. It has been frustrating for sure.
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My B-I-L, John, called last night with words of encouragement and recommendations. He pulls a similar size trailer, slightly lighter than ours, and gave me the name of a tire he has used for the last couple of years with no issues, they travel to Mexico and drive on much rougher roads than we do. He also gave me some web sites to search and read for myself.
Over the
years, he and I have discussed trailer problems and fixes, and I value his opinion.
With all that said, we have decided to go with his tire recommendation, it
being Sailun tire (the one I chose is the Sailun S637 215/75R17.5) with a 3
year Tire Replacement Coverage. They are purchased on line from Simple Tire and
will be shipped to a Tire Shop here in Yuma. I will be notified when they’re in,
six days at the most, and take the trailer there to have them installed.
I have been
to the shop and spoke with them there and also to make sure there is room to
get the trailer in their yard to do the work.
After already
replacing two tires in the last week, it hurts to get rid of them. But we will
now have 4 brand new tires, all of the same make. The last tire we bought will
now become the spare, as the spare we are using right now is the original spare
that came on the trailer when it was new 10 years ago.
Also want to
thank Andy Thomson, our RV Dealer from back home. Although I bought tires
before I read his message, I am going to follow his recommendation for weighing
the trailer and then a re-weigh with only one side of the trailer on the scale.
I’ll post those results when done.
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Pat and I have made our decision (right or wrong) on recommendations and affordability, just starting our winter, not at our destination yet and the exchange rate of 43 cents on the dollar, played heavily on our minds. Today, after making that decision we are relieved, feeling good about it and looking forward to rest of our winter.
Again, thank
you for all your support and stopping by for a read. Don’t forget to check out
Pat’s blog HERE
Excellent decisions. The best thing is that you made decisions you are confident with. It relieves the stress and worry. Brighter days ahead.
ReplyDeleteDeb
Thank you. It sure does feel better.
DeleteAll new tires. Excellent! Weighing - even better according to my RV guys. Now to relax and enjoy the sun!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy. Looking forward to relaxing.
ReplyDeleteMy recommendation is to have your tires setting on something inert. We use plastic cutting boards - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GBIXNU4?th=1
ReplyDeleteMy tires sit on strips of rubber, this was recommended by a tire shop owner.
DeleteI hope you can relax now and enjoy some well-earned down time.
ReplyDeleteYes so do I.
DeleteGood luck with the tires. After researching two words made me nervous, “budget & Chinese. Ask your pilot friends if they would fly planes with budget repairs. Tom
ReplyDeleteBudget always makes me nervous, Chinese is almost non-possible.
ReplyDeleteJust make sure to get the date of "new" tires you are buying!!!!! If that tire brand is not often purchased tire in this region, you could end up with tires that are already a year or more old. So CHECK TIRE DATE BEFORE installing... I know from experience one can end up with "brand new tires" that have a manufacturing date of tires being 4 years old!!!
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