90 miles east of Baton Rouge need tire help

[rbeecher]

It's 10:30 p.m. and we are sitting still in Slidell, LA about 90 miles east of Baton Rouge. Needing to find a 315 80 22.5.

Stopped at the T/A, had a visit from a roadside assistance outfit, and are waiting until morning to hear of tire availability. Also have a call into a big bus outfit that will not be open until the a.m. Not real confident the news will be good.

We lost the inner drive tire due to the rubber valve extension stabilizer having gone missing somehow. The valve cap which is the kind you can put a gauge on and get a pressure reading w/o taking the cap off rubbed on the outer wheel and caused the inner tire to lose pressure slowly until there was a hole in the tire.

This was discovered when I started feeling a slight vibration in the bus on I-10. We pulled into a rest area and found the problem.

The bus has the same size tires all around. Can we put a different size on the tags and use a tag for the drive? We are supposed to be in CA on Sunday

If anyone in the area has any suggestions where to locate a tire we could sure use the help.

Thanks,

Richard Beecher
954-292-5786

[Ray Davis]

Richard,

I'm guessing here, so hopefully someone else can chime in.

If you can't get a 315/80, and you can get something close, you might want to (as you said) move a 315/80 to your drive, BUT replace both tags with the "other" size. I wouldn't drive with mis-matched sizes on the same axle.

Yes, you'll end up with an extra tire that way, but actually I would assume you could drive with two new tags for quite awhile?

I think (please verify this), that you could instead use a 295/80R22.5 for you tags. They are load range H, and rated for 75mph. They are slightly smaller radius than the 315/80. They are load rated to 7830 pounds, which I would hope is well within your weights.

Ray

ps: Make sure you call when you get in CA area. 949-463-0707

[rbeecher]

Ray,

There are plenty of 295 75 22.5s here at the T/A. We are in the VOGUE which is around 42,000 lbs if I recall correctly, full fuel and fresh. I didn't know if the 75s were ok so I took a pass for the night until more info is available. If I can use the 75s and no 315 shows up on our doorstep in the a.m. that is what I will do.

Will call when we get in, only 1900 mi to go, all depends on when we get on the road tomorrow.

Thanks,

Richard

[rfoster]

Richard: Sure am sorry to hear about your tire trouble. Micki and I just got in the door from Atlanta and we are bushed but thought I would see what is going on in the world of POG.

As I see it you have two things going for you. You got Barb for company and in a bind you could pass for Cajuns. Remember Tuga and Karen. They look like they are from Florida, south Florida that is.

Good luck on the tires.

[dalej]

You'll be fine with the 295's or what they have that fits on the tag, it only carries 10-11 thousand pounds on that axle. Usually the 315's end up there since they were used on the steer, way to much tire for a tag but it matches the others.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Rich,

I agree fully with using one of the tag tires and putting the closest rolling size you can on the tag. If the size is appreciably different it may fool the ABS into thinking the tire is sliding so rolling diameter is somewhat important.

[Danss]

I am about 20 miles East of you and will call about 7:30 am to offer any help, however I do not have a tire. Dan