(not?)GoodSam Roadside Assistance + Great Tire shop in Daytona Beach, FL

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20FromNow

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We bought our '99 Monaco Dynasty May-2014.

The front tires were mid-2013 and the sales person said they were all that age.
There were all the same tires so we didn't doubt him...but we should have gotten on the ground and checked the manufacture date for the rear tires.

We found out a few days ago they were manufactured Week 42, 2007.
NOTE TO SELF and all RVers...check the manufacture date of every tire on a used RV.

We drove from Fort Meyers, FL to NW Washington state. Then we drove around WA before heading to Texas in November.
We've put 9,700 miles on tires that were past their life span, and we didn't know it.

Sunday we were driving across Northern FL on I-10 and blew the tread off an inside right rear tire.
The tire didn't deflate so we limped along at 20mph on the shoulder until we were able to exit at MM152.

It was Sunday PM in the boonies so I got on the phone with GoodSam Roadside Assistance. They sent me to a tire specialist. Since the day was very busy it took them three hours to get a guy out there with a tire.

$500 for a tire and another $285 for installation and we were back in business. GS paid the 2 hour minimum for the after hours emergency call out ($250) so I think that paid for my membership.
They installed a Goodyear G316 LHT tire as per the GoodSam Roadside Tire Expert. (Think "Lows Pro"...has maybe never changed a tire.)

We were pretty excited to be back in business...BUT when the tire came off I saw the 4207 manufacture date and realized I was about the spend $2,000 on tires I had not planned to do....sucky sensation.

We headed down the road and put our RV in the shop until Friday to get the AC fixed...different story.

Today, Friday, we took the RV to Steve Bell at McGee Commercial Tire & Service (McGeeTire.com) in Daytona Beach, FL.
I figured I'd get 3 more Goodyear G316s to match.

However, Steve explained that G316s are not all position drive tires...they are TRAILER tires.
http://www.goodyeartrucktires.com/technology/g316.aspx
He said the specs for the G316 are for trailer use.
He bought my G316 and paid me full wholesale ($350) and installed 4 new tires for us.

I'm grateful for GoodSam getting us back on the road, but I'm not excited about loosing $400 getting the wrong tire installed. The tire specialist said many people put G316s on their RVs and I believe she thought she was doing me a solid. I bet there are folks here who have G316s and have had no problem.

However, I'm not going to take any chances with tires that are not intended for use as RV drive tires. That axle runs right around 20,000 pounds most of the time which is maxed out so no margin for error.

Takeaways:
1. Always check the age of every tire when buying a vehicle.
2. I love my PressurePro. We were able to monitor the tire pressure while limping 20 miles down the shoulder to the exit.
 

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They are semi trailer tires, but probably would work elsewhere on an rv.
 

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They are trailer tires, and as such are constructed to be a Rolling tire only, DRIVE tires have a stronger side wall due to the addition torque and flexing that comes with the tire actually driving the MH down the road.  While a trl tire will work in a pinch it'll be more prone to side wall failures. 
 
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