Tire Question...12R22.5

[birdshill123]

The 315's will not work with the FC coaches. Mine has 8.25 inch rims.
Toyo does indeed make tires that can be used on an RV. They did get
into a battle with National. Apparently some Country Coaches were
coming from the factory with Toyos. But these coaches were overloaded
on one wheel. They blew tires and CC issued a recall. I guess they
tried to recover the $'s from Toyo. Toyo then issued a notice that
they do not recommend using their tires on any National Coach
product. It appears that Toyo does not advertise them for RV's like
they did previously. I think the problem with finding 12R's is
regional. According to CC owners Les Schwab has 12R's from more than
one manufacturer. They are available in Arizona. Maybe the problem is
an East Coast thing? There are lots of RV'rs that have the same
difficulty finding tires. The infamous Michelin XRV's 235/80 and
255/80 are also very hard to find. For a number of years almost every
Freightliner chassis had one of these tires. For what it is worth I
did a factory tour in 05 of both a Fletwood and a Newmar plant. Both
were using Good Year G670's. Beaudry's lot is full of RV's and almost
every new coach has the Goodyears. Of course this does not mean they
are using them because they are better. Could be just a better price.
Like the XRV's the G670's do have some compounds in them to help
prevent premature cracking due to UV.


Bruce 1988 FC35