Not Much Luck Buying Tires for our WL in San Antonio, TX :(

[mbrund]

Larry,

Look at the following Michelin link and you will see 8.25" and 9"
are approved rims for the XZA1 and XZA2's:

http://www.michelintruck.com/michelintruck/report.do?
ReportType=NewTread&tread=XZA2+ENERGY

cheers,
Michael Brundridge
1992 WB40
Georgetown, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Larry
wrote:
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> Michael
> I Did not see, where I was looking when I was researching the
BFG's, did it say that the 315's would be OK on 8.5" rims, they
specifically said 9" rims for the 315's, so I did not even give them
a second thought... Which I find unusual as BFG's are made by
Michelin... I think the BFG's are just as good as the Michelin's as
they are made in the same plants... And at $132.00 less on each
tire, I think it is worthwhile...
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> Sea Ya
> Larry
> NYC
> 84 35FCSB
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> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 12:46:22 AM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Not Much Luck Buying Tires for our
WL in San Antonio, TX
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> Actually. both the Michelins and Firestones state you
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> And I can say that the ones that came on my coach do not as they
are
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> too close for my comfort. But the coach ran on 315's for ten
years
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> before I got it, with 15K a year avg and never had a tire
failure.
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> The tires do not touch when axles are aired up, just really
close.
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> They do touch when the tag is down.
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> The big concern is, since the spacing is so close, it is possible
to
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> pickup a small stone and take out both tires.
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> Michael Brundridge
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> 1992 WB40
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> Georgetown, TX
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, Larry

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the
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