RE: Motor home tires
OK, I know this is an older post, but wanted to answer a couple of questions on the tires being used by truckers thing. being a driver for 32 years & an owner operator for the last 7 of them. The "trade in" tires probably will be put on Trailers to finish out there tread, then the casing if not blown apart will be recapped and sold again & again. These types of tires would Never have been put on my tractor, (never owned the trailer), But the BIG co.'s will use them. because there cheap & it's not the owners of these co.'s that have to drive on them. No used or recaps are allowed by D.O.T. to be put on the steer axle. as far as how many years, Well lets see they will last about 100,000 to 150,000 miles. So I put new ones on my rig every 12 to 18 MONTHS, depending on how much I went home, lol So if I can get 6 yrs out of a set of tires man will that be a blessing . I guess if I had a question it would be does Bridgestone make 19.5 tires because that has been the best brand for me the last 7 years. FYI : Most of the big trucks run either 22.5's or 24.5's ,