Hey JR, don't be so hard on Ed. The last time I looked the D range tire was
stamped with a maximum weight well above that needed for our vehicle. It's
a much better tire than the cotton sidewall ones I grew up with. Also, if
blowouts were as catastrophic as they are being painted, I would be dead.
I've had a wheel well destroyed and a wall moved 6 inches on a blowout in
this thing but it didn't drive all that badly when it happened.
That being said, I don't care much for repairing damage or changing tires in
traffic so I want the best I can get which currently is E range. I'll even
change out my G159s next year when they go over 5 years old.
Some of us amateurs like to hear all views so keep up the controversy.
Bob McLaughlin
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-gmcmotorhome
[mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of
Jrwheeler7
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 5:06 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: Re: GMC: A fool and his tires are soon parted "TIRES AGAIN"
Ed,
I have to agree with Tom Warner. I don't know why you bring up the "D" tire
issue time and again. You have had good luck with your cheap D tires, but
that luck may run out someday. I hope it doesn't for you and others that
continue to run the D's; but if it does, may the life you take be your own
and not that of your family or innocent bystanders.
You other netters, especially new ones, read the article by Wes Caughlan of
Cinnabar in their June 1999 issue of the GMC Motorhome News. Wes is
responding to the "D" tire issue raised by our own Tom Warner. Wes goes on
to say that his firm proved to GM that the General Tire "D" tire was prone
to
failure on the GMC coach and GM allowed General Tire to recall all the "D"
tires to be replaced with "E" tires. GM also recommended the "E" all steel
tire as the only one that could withstand the unusual lateral forces the GMC
Motorhome exerts on its tires. Wes sez that the reason for Load Range E
tires is the inflation pressure and this pressure determines the load
carrying capability of a tire. The article explains much more than I am
writing here.
In his final paragraph, Wes sez "One of the problems with Internet
Newsgroups
is you can't tell the experts from the amateurs. Also, know-it-all amateurs
seem to be more vocal, and are all-too-frequent contributors".
Ed, it sounds like this paragraph was written for you. It would be best
for
all of us if we just followed what GM recommends; and that is the "E" tire.
Enough said.
JR Wheeler 78 Royale with "E" all steel Bridgestones.
stamped with a maximum weight well above that needed for our vehicle. It's
a much better tire than the cotton sidewall ones I grew up with. Also, if
blowouts were as catastrophic as they are being painted, I would be dead.
I've had a wheel well destroyed and a wall moved 6 inches on a blowout in
this thing but it didn't drive all that badly when it happened.
That being said, I don't care much for repairing damage or changing tires in
traffic so I want the best I can get which currently is E range. I'll even
change out my G159s next year when they go over 5 years old.
Some of us amateurs like to hear all views so keep up the controversy.
Bob McLaughlin
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-gmcmotorhome
[mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf OfJrwheeler7
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 5:06 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: Re: GMC: A fool and his tires are soon parted "TIRES AGAIN"
Ed,
I have to agree with Tom Warner. I don't know why you bring up the "D" tire
issue time and again. You have had good luck with your cheap D tires, but
that luck may run out someday. I hope it doesn't for you and others that
continue to run the D's; but if it does, may the life you take be your own
and not that of your family or innocent bystanders.
You other netters, especially new ones, read the article by Wes Caughlan of
Cinnabar in their June 1999 issue of the GMC Motorhome News. Wes is
responding to the "D" tire issue raised by our own Tom Warner. Wes goes on
to say that his firm proved to GM that the General Tire "D" tire was prone
to
failure on the GMC coach and GM allowed General Tire to recall all the "D"
tires to be replaced with "E" tires. GM also recommended the "E" all steel
tire as the only one that could withstand the unusual lateral forces the GMC
Motorhome exerts on its tires. Wes sez that the reason for Load Range E
tires is the inflation pressure and this pressure determines the load
carrying capability of a tire. The article explains much more than I am
writing here.
In his final paragraph, Wes sez "One of the problems with Internet
Newsgroups
is you can't tell the experts from the amateurs. Also, know-it-all amateurs
seem to be more vocal, and are all-too-frequent contributors".
Ed, it sounds like this paragraph was written for you. It would be best
for
all of us if we just followed what GM recommends; and that is the "E" tire.
Enough said.
JR Wheeler 78 Royale with "E" all steel Bridgestones.
