sgtjoe

Talked to the dealer today. Continental says that it is the different size tire, plus the thicker rubber and that I am at a lower altitude. 20 psi increase is nothing to be concerned about. When I hit 20psi in the two tires, they never went any higher. They said if my weight is correct then to stay at the 100psi. We will see what happens when I head home and the elevation is a little higher.

Got a lot of different thoughts on this. This morning I called the Dealer I purchased them from and he is going to contact the Continental Engineers and get back to me on what they might have to say. When I get an answer I'll post it. Today on my trip from Sierra Vista, AZ to Gila Bend, AZ the highest PSI was 118 on my TST Monitor, starting cold psi was 100, outside temps were 60 degrees. Tire temperatures never went above 78 degrees.

If I raised the PSI from 100 to 110 would this affect the 20 psi increase on the road?

My cold PSI is 100. My Michelins were 235/80R 22.5 and these Continentals are 255/70R 22.5. They are a little shorter then the Michelins, but not enough to affect my speedometer. The width is less then 3/4" difference then the Michelins. These were installed by a major Trucking dealer.

I recently bought Continental 255/70R 22.5's for my Tradewinds, it has always ran Michelins but none were available. I'm traveling from Southern Utah to Southern Arizona and am running 100psi in all 6 tires. I have a TST TPMS that I've used since TST first started that monitors each tires temperature and psi. The 100psi goes up to 120psi going down the road at 65mph. Outside Temps were running high 50's/60's. The Michelins never went up this much. I don't think they ever went more then 6-8 psi, even in 108 outside temperatures. My Honda CRV tow vehicle only gains 2 to 4 psi and these are with Continentals also. My old Michelins were 14 ply and the new Continentals are 16 ply, could this be the cause??? Is there anyone on here who is running the same size Continentals with a Tire Pressure Monitor System that monitors PSI and Tire Temps?? One more thing my Tire temperatures were running a few degrees above the outside temps. The tires were not hot at all, only problem is the 20 degree rise of the psi. Thanks, Sgtjoe

Is this a common thing with the freightliner chassis that my tradewinds has?

I was having new tires installed on my MH when I saw that one of the rear shocks was damaged. It looks like the shaft connected at the top of the frame was pulled out of the shock and was bent at the top of the shaft.Has anyone else ever experienced this same problem? The shocks are Bilsteins. The chassis is a freightliner. What could have caused this? Is it possible that the leveling jacks could have done it by being set too high?

Now that is interesting, I learned from the first residential fridge, Magic Chef, that the owners manual said not to be installed in a RV. So I returned it and saw the Haier, I sent an email to Haier asking if it would work and be covered under warranty in my MH. They replied saying yes, so I bought it and an extended warranty. I keep a copy of their response saying YES along with all the fridge paperwork in a sealed plastic bag in the fridge freezer.

I've tried it but even the fridge light would not come on. Whats weird is that I have power to the plug but it won't run the fridge. Even more weird is that when I had a shop take out the Dometic and install a Magic Chef it worked on the inverter and the readings were in the 120 range. I changed out the Magic Chef after reading the owner's manual that said "not for RV installation" and not to be run on an inverter. I'm thinking maybe my inverter needs to be checked out. My battery bank is four 6v golf cart batteries and two sealed (new) 12v chassis batteries and the MH has two solar panels on top from the factory.

I have a 2000 Freedom Inverter in my 2001 National Tradewinds but I just installed a residential fridge and this inverter is a MSW. The fridge doesn't run off of it. Fridge is a Haier 9.8cf. My question is while traveling I would need to run the genny to keep the fridge cool, so I've been thinking of having a smaller PSW inverter installed. If I did this can I bypass the current inverter and only let the PSW run the fridge. Any thoughts as how I could do this or should I take her in and have it done?

Where do I find the different dealers psi rating based on their tire size and my MH weight?

So what you folks are saying is that even though I get Continentals or Hankooks almost the same size as my Michelins the required PSI may be more or less??

My MH has always run Michelins, the factory weight shows 100psi, my question is if I switch brands (Hankook or Continental) can I still run the same psi as the Michelins? Or does each manufacture have different psi requirements because the tire size would be different. Only Michelin has 235/80R 22.5

What I'm looking for are other Tradewind owners who have switched tire brands and if there was no problem in doing so, especially on the duels.

I checked the main page but there is no cross over from my Michelin tire size to other brand tire size.

Thank you.

Hi, just joined this group and am looking for new tires to replace my Michelins. Mine are the XRV 235/80R 22.5 that National/Freightliner originally installed at the factory. The biggest problem is trying to figure out what the current size will cross over to Continental or Hankook. So if anyone on here has switched out their factory Michelins to the other two tire outfits, would you please let me know. BTW, my 7 year old Michelins still look like new, no dents, even wear and not a crack anywhere. My MH is a 2001 National Tradewinds 7390