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I've given this some thought from time to time, like every time I hit the road. I wouldn't consider it quite so scary if I didn't travel with a cat.

14 hours ago, noteven said:

11R22.5 and 11R24.5 are the most common tire ever in western Canada, eh?

I wouldn't know.  I've never lived in Canada

On 10/14/2021 at 8:46 AM, noteven said:

are 11R22.5 tires available?

I'm not familiar with that size spec.

Tires done, crisis averted!  Thanks all.

I pulled off onto the shoulder towing a 5th wheel. What looked like a normal dirt shoulder was mud! I sank to my axles and thought the RV would fall over. I barely had cell service to call road service, but within 10 minutes some Mexicans showed up in pickup trucks. They chained me up and by some miracle were able to get me out. Not a fun day, but we survived. No more pulling off onto unknown ground.

On 10/12/2021 at 8:19 AM, GeorgiaHybrid said:

Another thing to put in the back of your head is a 265/75r22.5:

 

thanks..that may result in nearly the same diameter as the -80, but, there's only 3" between my duallies as it is

Tire shop just called, said they'll be here this week!  Yay!  Would hate to head south with that on my mind.

Interesting topic...

Well, that's where they do big trucks.  I'm a big truck.  

There's a big tire shop at Love's in Quartzsite.  I'm hoping to have success there. 

31 minutes ago, Pat & Pete said:

What are the manufacturers tire size recommendations for your rig ? 

The door sticker says 255-80.  It's getting moot as they are difficult to come by.  I'm actually entertaining the idea of putting a set of 255-70 Falkens on there and wait  out the shortage of Michelins.

28 minutes ago, Pat & Pete said:

80 series tires will be a little taller than 70 series tires and the difference should have an effect on the speedometer readout . How much is ???

 

Thanks.    The speedo reads too fast as it is (actual 55 is about 58), so I pretty much use the GPS as my speedometer.

12 hours ago, SWharton said:

You can get a different size. Any tire store should be able to tell you the substitute size.

I would hope so.  Isn't this just a "semi" tire that any truck shop should have?

10 hours ago, Pat & Pete said:

How much room between your current mounted Michlins ?

About 3".  The tread width is the first number, isn't it?  255 mm is about 10", but the actual tread with is more like 7.5".  Not even close.

Needing 4 Michelin 255-80-r22.5 for my 2008 m2 -106 Sportchassis.  Steers are fine.

I'm hearing everything from they're discontinued, to back order, to 'we have them but transportation issues getting here.'  Tirerack dot com says 'Backordered.'    And I can't seem to find anyone who has anything decent in any other brand in that size.  The best I could do was a Falken tire (cheap) from a dirty, pig-sty of a tire shop.   At about 1/3 of the price of a Michelin I'm just slightly skeptical.  And another shop wants to sell me Toyos that are a different size, claiming the 'sizes are different from each maker'.  That's sounds fishy to me, but I could go measure them myself.

So... what to do?  Anyone out there with similar issues?  Can I put a 255-70  on there without too much disruption?    

It never pays to wait to the last minute for truck issues.  Trying to head south.

50 minutes ago, sandsys said:

Which is why it is in the "other" section. 

Now it is.

Which has nothing to do with RVing.

Michelin

4 hours ago, rbertalotto said:

STREAMING.....You need good internet connection. Streaming is NOT WiFi at an RV park....I've never seen this work.

I've been streaming for 7 years, all over the country. Mostly boondocking. I've never, repeat never, not been able to watch TV. 

Last fall I found a couple RV parks with good enough wifi to stream.  

Cooler days and crisp cold nights.  

I plan on never being anywhere I have to worry about this.

Scott

21 hours ago, ALLOY said:

Our Starlink dish showed up just before the trip and we were able to change the location to the campsite so everyone tested that out.  At this point Starlink is not as mobile as we hoped. Half of the places we like to go are either full or do not have service.

At this  time  it is not designed for mobile use...at least not easily.

17 hours ago, vermilye said:

.  I agree that the compression is terrible, however since I mostly listen to voice, it is do able...

I'm a musician with a pretty good ear... I don't know what the compression is you're talking about.  The music sounds fine to me.

XM/Sirius at home and in truck.  You bet.. that's all I listen to.

Drives you nuts, doesn't  it?  You have the ideal spot, and then a generator moves in, and runs until 10pm so they can watch TV.  Champions aren't the quietest around.

I carry several Hondas and have been tempted to lend one to the generator-dependent rather than sit and stew about it.  Then I have to worry about them leaving with it.

I also would consider running an extension cord to their place, given I have a lot of solar and a  big inverter.

49 minutes ago, docj said:

Does that make your head spin? 😂 

Yes.