Vacations and RV travel season is upon us. Because of the cost of RV tires and the risk associated with blowouts on a large vehicle or towable, routinely maintaining your RV’s tires is essential. To help bring awareness to the importance of tire safety, Coach-Net is reminding RV owners to follow tire safety best practices. Proper care and maintenance of your vehicle’s tires can improve vehicle handling, fuel economy, increase the life of your tires and help protect you from avoidable breakdowns and accidents. The following tips outline the fundamentals of tire maintenance in your RV care routine:
- Tread. The days of measuring tread with a coin are long gone. All modern “P,” “LT” and medium commercial tires have integral wear indicators built into the tread. These indicators are molded into several locations around the tread grooves. When the tread ribs become worn to the point where they’re adjacent to an indicator, it’s time for a new tire.
- Pressure. There’s no need for expensive digital readers. Use a simple rotary gauge at least once a month when the tires are cold (even a one-mile drive can result in an inaccurate reading). If you find you’re regularly losing pressure from a tire, it’s time to call in professional help to locate and rectify the problem. Your tire’s pressure should math the recommended tire pressure for your vehicle.
- Load Weight. A tire’s ply rating describes the maximum load the manufacturer recommends the tire be used to carry (at a specified pressure). It is imperative that you calculate the correct minimum ply rating suitable for the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of your RV, and this should be done by a professional. Also, never overload your RV. Exceeding the GVWR is one of the leading causes of RV tire failure.
- Balancing. New tires are balanced by the installer, using the perhaps familiar semi-circular lead weights that can often be seen clamped to wheel rims. Tire balancing eliminates vibration that would otherwise contribute to driver fatigue, premature tire wear and suspension failure. Missing weights should be replaced immediately.
- Rotation. Rotating the tires on your vehicle is important to keep wear patterns even. If your operator’s manual doesn’t give a specific guidance, it’s a good idea to do this once every six to ten thousand miles. This may not be practical while on an extended RV vacation, and may in fact be unnecessary so long as your inspections aren’t revealing conspicuous wear on one corner.
- Mixing Tires. To ensure good driver control, and to encourage vehicle stability, tires with different tread patterns, different sizes and mismatched internal constructions should never be mixed.
To help take the sting out of those unexpected expenses, Coach-Net’s Hazard Protect product provides comprehensive tire and wheel hazard protection. With terms available from one to seven years, Hazard Protect covers all types of new and used recreational vehicles from common road hazards such as metal, nails, screws, potholes, glass and debris.
Coach-Net 
Magnificent web site. A lot of useful info here.
I’m sending it to some pals ans also sharing in delicious.
And of course, thanks to your effort!
LikeLike
Thanks! Glad you like it.
LikeLike
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say
that I have really loved surfing around your weblog posts.
After all I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you
write once more soon!
LikeLike
Thanks for subscribing!
LikeLike
Thanks for finally writing about >Tire Care – Your
Guide to Safetyy | Coach-Net <Liked it!
LikeLike
It’s actually a cool and helpful piece of information.
I’m happy that you shared this useful information with us.
Please keep us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
LikeLike
Great information, will keep it in my file. I’ve had great success using a high performance tire sealant that is used in 18 wheelers, construction vehicles as well as off road units. It’s called “Multi-Seal Heavy Duty”. I use the “Environmental” formula that contains propylene glycol, which is even used in makeup! This stuff will seal a puncture up to 5/8″ according to the label, and also seals bead and valve stem leaks. It contains corrosion inhibitors according to their website to keep rims free of rust. Anyway, for about $25 a quart (enough for one tire), it’s cheap insurance. Saved our rears more than once.
LikeLike
In response to Laperruque, the US authorities has used pen registers and lure-and-trace devices to conduct bulk surveillance to this point. For ongoing investigations that started earlier than Half 215’s midnight expiration, the government can really nonetheless use the bulk assortment program. The lone wolf provision permits the federal government to conduct surveillance of an individual who is likely to be inspired by nonetheless isn’t really affiliated with a terrorist group or foreign vitality.
LikeLike
If you’re careworn in another job then I am positive you
will have to dig very deep to make all of it happen and to face
a superb likelihood.
LikeLike
Checking pressure once a month is the absolute minimum one can do. Personally and professionally I suggest constant monitoring with TPMS can provide warning when you pick up a nail or have a valve leak. Most “Blowouts” that I have examined are in fact “Run Low Flex Failures” which result from the driver continuing down the road at speed while unaware that the tire is loosing 1 to 5 psi a minute. Bu the time the driver feels the difference or is flagged down by passing motorists the damage is already done. At a minimum. the tire is scrap and there might even be other damage to the RV that will cost much more than the purchase price of a TPMS.
LikeLike
Do you recommend putting gas in the RV tires to prolong the life of the tires?
LikeLike