90 miles east of Baton Rouge need tire help

[rbeecher]

Thanks for all good information.

Joe, the only question I have is your comment on the 11-22.5. Last night here at the T/A they said the 11 was much smaller so I took a pass.

The good news came this a.m., that a Michelin in the same size/model as on the bus was on it's way.

The bad news is, the guy who gave me that information fell in a hole somewhere and there is no Michelin.

The other bad news is I have just spoken to the guy the Michelin was supposedly coming from that the other store was going to sell to me, problem is no one confirmed the availability. Bottom line, he has no Michelin.

The good news is, I have a tire showing up soon.

The bad news is someone got in big trouble this afternoon when his boss found out about the screw up.

The good news is I will have a spare and everything I need to change a tire by the next trip.

Richard Beecher
96 VOGU XL 40

[Coloradobus]

Do you think its time for a little circus music........Aahhh...Life on wheels.

[Ray Davis]

An 11R22.5 is only available for 7.5 and 8.25 in wheels. I know that my older CC had 8.25 wheels (at least on drive and tag), but I believe most newer coaches have 9.0in wheels.

Ray

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Inside steel wheel is 8.25. Aluminum wheels on coaches that came with 315's are 9 inch.

[Coloradobus]

An XL like our 1999 shell, 2001 CC 2 slide has 8.25 inch inner steel\ the rest were Alloy
An XLII, like 2001 shell, 2002 Marathon 1 slide had an 8.25 inch inner steel/the rest were alloy wheel.
An H3-45 1999 shell, 2000 Marathon has 9 inch alloy inner wheel/and the rest are alloy as well


All tires on the above coaches were 315X80X22.5. Prevost would pinch the inner dual onto a 8.25 inch steel wheel. I imagine they still do. Has something to do with keeping the drive axle at 102 inches. We tried to put iinner 9 inch alloy our CCXL and our XLII Marathon and were told NO!! You can't!

[Joe Cannarozzi]

I do not know if you should put an 11-22.5 on a 9 inch rim. I guess not.

I do know that the rolling radius of an 11-22.5 and 12-22.5 are almost identical but the 11 is slightly skinnier. This is one of 2 sizes semis use and are VERY COMMON, and very reasonably priced too.

[truk4u]

Jim & Chris,

FYI - My CC had alloy 9" inside rims. They were so tight they pushed out the fender flairs when the air was dumped out. I took them off and put 8.25's back on. Prevost Jacksonville said they put 9" on the inside all the time because some customers don't like the steel wheels. I think the bus exceeded 102" wide with the 9" inside, but who cares.

[Coloradobus]

The 12RX22.5 has a 505 revolutions per mile. the 315 has 491.
Our 2000 CC Affinity had alloys steer and on the drive and all wheels were 9 inch. The steer on that coach were 315X80's and the drives were 12R.



SOOOO, Richard., are you on the road yet??????????

[0533]

The 12RX22.5 has a 505 revolutions per mile. the 315 has 491.
Our 2000 CC Affinity had alloys steer and on the drive and all wheels were 9 inch. The steer on that coach were 315X80's and the drives were 12R.



SOOOO, Richard., are you on the road yet??????????

When I replaced my tires with Energy 2's I had Prevost place Aluminum wheels on the inside drives. It does push out the wheels and tires toward the fenders by about an inch on each side. I have fiberglass fenders and there is just enough room inside the fender wells under all conditions, but not a lot of extra room. So I guess it is possible that I am now 104" on the drives now.

[rbeecher]

Heading to El Paso hopefully further. Will update when we get a chance.

Thank you for your help.

Barbara Beecher