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I am good with a pushrod engine, especially with roller lifters and roller rockers. Ran many high HP engines over the years with that set up and never had an issue. Anyone else notice the size of that exhaust valve . Looks like a monster from the factory!

No such thing now a days as a million mile diesel. The base engine is capable but the emissions system cost 2x the price of the engine it it will not last that long!

Bill, good information! From the sounds of it I'm impressed!

Moonwink, vacuum is for the blend doors behind the dash. They all operate off of vacuum. Defrost is the default when not enough or no vacuum is present. Most will have an electric pump and some sort of storage, usually a small plastic tank within close proximity to the pump. The pump will usually overcome small leaks, I have had pumps that run but do not create vacuum. Leaks do not usually occur on their own, often created by someone bumping a hose loose. The majority of the time it’s the pump.

Yeah, but at least he has his coach information listed

Shot me down, toad, tow bar and coach are 60'.2' Great research Wayne!

Denny, good location, we stayed there back in 2016, beautiful resort and the owners were very pleasant.

Congratulations!

Eddie, when this happens what are your air pressures on the gauge? I have a similar issue with ours on occasion, I have found if I quickly stomp the brake pedal and let off the pedal just as fast it shuts off. Ours will come on in the same scenario as yours (I get only the audible alarm) and on occasion it will come on driving for no reason. I have the replacement pressure switch to install.

Bob, can you have it bench welded for repair and bolt it on?

I believe the real issue is most people aren’t tech savvy. The person on the other side of the counter is in sales, that’s the foremost qualification. Knowledge of tires is most likely what pays the most. Shop personnel, they might be trained how to install tires safely, but do you think they know where or how to determine my axle weight ratings? If that person is good at sales and the end user is not tech savvy you could walk away with the incorrect product. Take my coach as an example, the National tire distributor (big company, they even have a wheel refurbishment plant) sold the dealership and installed the wrong load range tires on our coach. The dealer took it to a State Certified inspection shop afterwards, a Certified PA state inspection technician missed it. Me, the end user caught it and forced everyone’s hand to make it right. load range is a safety issue and was still missed. Where am I going with this , in today’s world the end user unfortunately must become a subject matter expert. Luckily for my family I am also a PA State certified inspection, emissions and emissions repair technician, that actually follows the letter of the law. Had I not caught it I would have most likely lost a steer tire as they were underrated for the axle and actually over loaded.

YUP, I missed your point

Wayne, DP’s cater to a couple, not usually family oriented. Gas A’s tend to be designed for more people and C’s seem to sleep the most. I altered the interior of our DP for the kids just in case they wanted to bring friends and to have options on long trips so they could change their seating positions. 7 seat belts, seating for 11 if you spin the drivers seat around, sleeps 5 or 6 depending on if two can sleep in recliners or not. Our C slept 8, had seat belts for 10 and it was 10’ shorter than our DP.

Spend time in the coach? You need to drive farther from home. We get set up, awning out we all hop out and set up under the awning. Kids usually wonder off to check out what the campground has to offer or do activities.

Line haul, regional tires are no different. Being in the trucking industry now I can say when a tire goes onto a tractor in our shops vs what that units delivery schedule means absolutely nothing to the tech installing them nor does he or she even have any idea. We run sleepers into NYC for store deliveries one week, the following that same unit might be headed into Tennessee bumping docks right off of an interstate. We are also on a mounted tire program where the wheels are refurbished and the tires are match mounted. The only differences are drive axle tires, steer axle tires and trailer tires. The only reason drive axle and steer axle tires are different is the drive axles are recaps and a more aggressive tread (we are in the rust/snow belt). To sum this up it’s for winter traction and the recaps are to keep tire costs lower. I use the Michelin truck tire website to look at tire options/differences due to this particular website being very simple to navigate. You can see they recommend the same tire for either application. https://www.michelintruck.com/ For the little amount of time an RV is off road, I wouldn’t recommend a tire suited for that application nor would I recommend a transit bus tire which is designed for low speeds and has a reinforced side wall for bumping curbs.

We started camping in 2008, kids were 6 and 8 back then. You quickly learn where to go to keep them entertained and what to do for good family fun. Pools, water parks, amusement parks, campgrounds with activities, good snacks and hand dipped ice cream was a must in those days. We called it Destination camping, didn’t have a toad back then either!

Eddie, you have a lighter front axle than us. The 295/75 is rated at 6610 lbs each on a single which totals out over your 13,000 front axle weight rating. I would be comfortable with that if it were me. As Richard mentioned obtaining a true axle weight rating with the fuel tank and propane tank full all of your belongings onboard and the fresh water tank full would be ideal. You never know, it might be heavier than you realize. Don’t forget to add the driver and passenger weights into the figure also.

Your quote is for a 275/70R22.5 which is 3.5” shorter and .7 of an inch narrower than the factory 295/80R22.5. That is significantly smaller and much to far of a change for my comfort. My concerns are the coach will not have as much rubber on the road and that much smaller overall size would be similar to driving in 5th gear vs 6th which will increase engine RPMs enough to have a noticeable decrease in MPG’s. here is the link to the factory tire size that came with your coach: https://www.michelinrvtires.com/tires/selector/#!/info/x-multiway-3d-xze

Andy, that’s a new one for me and I spent a good amount of my career in automotive dealerships between service and sales and that left me scratching my head.

Eddie, if you sourced the 16 ply you might be close to your front axle GVWR which is good. Check the decal in the coach for your axle weight rating. What year Windsor do you have? Our coaches are similar depending on the year.

Eddie, just make sure those can handle the GVWR of each axle. You'd be surprised how many tire dealer will not verify that first and just assume it will be ok. The 295/75 I had on ours were overloaded, especially on the steer axle and it really handled like it was overloaded.

How many will your coach safely transport and how many will it comfortably sleep? That is the number I would begin with and make sure you have full hookups, the water will disappear quickly.

Back in 2008 I was going to give that a run. I'm not sure but I think I could have taken it back then.

I bought the BF Goodrich ST230 in a 12R22.5, all 6 cost me $2300.00 out the door tax included. I put them on myself.

Eddie, I also have a Monaco product that had the 295/80R22.5 from the factory. When we picked it up it had the 295/75R22.5 on it which wasn't adequate to handle the weight of the coach. After research I went with the 12R22.5. In our situation the 12R was a little overkill for the weight (not a bad thing), it was a tire that is easily sourced should I need one, it fit our factory wheels, had no clearance issues under the coach and it was lighter than the other option (315/80R22.5) which helps reduce rotational mass for MPG's. Being such a common size pricing was fantastic. Sounds like you have some research to do. Here is the link from the previous discussion;