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[Jon Wehrenberg]

FLY-IN-LOW..........95% rubber is meaningless on coaches.

You are unlikely to wear the tread off tires. The key is the date of installation plus the date of manufacture.

No manufacturer will honor any warranty after six years from installation or 10 years from the manufature date. The sidewall checking or cracking defines when the tire is beyond safe use. There is a ton of information on the internet about tire life. There is also pages of information from this site which you can find with a search.

Michelin may be expensive, but unless you know something we don't know I doubt if I would claim them to be the best. Joe, our Chicago representative on washing with gasoline has worn out more tires than most of us and I expect he will voice an opinion on tires.

[FLY-N-LOW]

Hi Jon,

I suppose your correct for most the members coaches, this coach was not purchased to become a Hangar Queen are placed on a parking spot at an RV park for an extended period of time, this coach along with my 1970 Eagle model 10 are used in the line of business, I travel as a Commercial Aircraft Maint & Engineering Representative all over north America and and the Globe weekly and have a Crew that works for me doing various work at various locations.

So I do expect to see wear on my tires and a few other items and will consider it routine for my nature of the usage of the machine.

I have had the opportunity to visit most the major tire Mfg's here in North America inline with the Aircraft Tires and was able to see various Tire engineering details along with the mfg process of the tires and the Quality Control of such production and these plants also mfg other tires as well and I was able to catch a glimpse of that also, and I like what I seen at the Michelin facility..but its a matter of opinion and what works best for one I suppose based on what most folks have access to and the like. I can tell you that most large commercial aircraft operators utilize Michelin tires on the aircraft and they are far more expensive than a bus tires, not sure if your aware of what happens when an Aircraft tire is filled with Compressed air and know the science on that matter but they explode due to the methane gas that is generated due to the heat expansion, and when they are retracted into a wheel well after rotation the heat continues to build until they explode and create additional damages to the airframe of an aircraft, thus the reason no regular compressed air is allowed for use in these tires, the aircraft tires are filled with Dry air nitrogen via a low pressure regulator to the recommended Mfg Tire pressure, even if one landing gear is heavier or lighter than the other. Dry Air Nitrogen does not vary with changes in Temperature
and remains stable and has very minimal to no moisture in it, so I like to service all my vehicle tires with Dry Air Nitrogen here at the Shop Facility cause unlike the normal checking and rechecking and servicing of tire pressures during seasonal changes with the varying temperatures outside it pretty much eliminates this and keeps the tire at a consistent pressure which is a Key to long life of the tire as well.. you will be very surprised at how often you don't have to add air to your tires after servicing them with Nitrogen and it is completely safe thus the reason the commercial airliners use it .. I did'nt say it was cheap, when were talking rigs of this class if I have to worry about tires and what I fill the tires with I damn sure don't need to be operating or trying to maintain it, I did'nt buy it to slip buy with low dollar items to keep it maintained and in reliable status so when I have a call to make I am on side of the road somewhere, I have to have and need the Proven Reliability components and that's my situation and it does not apply to many others I am sure.they can use whatever fits there budget and the likes ...

Year Date code of Manufacturing is the number one Key in the tire as with many other life limited items rubber is one of them and a later production is always going to provide a newer used material or compound and will leave for a longer shelf life or installation interval, stands to reason. with regards to Warranties and Road Hazards I suppose they all vary with the Mfg and their particular warranty stipulations which can be another whole can of worms and science itself at times on how a discrepancy was originated.

Enough time out west will give you valuable lessons on Dry Rot of Rubber and heat damage to tires.. side wall cracking comes in a few various forms from age, heat and fatigue due to various parameters. most of the common ones would be Under inflation or over inflation and age, on most RV rigs from what I have seen with regards to side wall cracking... I suppose that any applications of Petroleum by products that some use on their tires to clean them up also contributes to the equation as well according to the OEM ...
Sidewall Cracking due to Fatigue or Rot has allowable limits per the OEM but when i see sidewall Cracking beginning even with allowable limits it only means that it is a matter of time before you have a failure, so you might as well bite the bullet and have it changed good tread on it or not, it is fixing to come apart very soon, so avoid the additional damages to your rig and replace it.


I don't know Chicago Joe or anything about washing tires with Gasoline but maybe that works best for him, but like you say I suppose he would go through a few tires with this approach ... I just stick with the Old time proven solution and OEM recommendations Soap and water myself and a mild bristle brush to remove debris and road grime.

If this don't do it and since this blog is on the subject matter of Weapons... I take out my AK-47 and blow the hell out of the damn thing and go get a new one.

[flyu2there]

LET THE FIGHT BEGIN


Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009
It has already started....Ammunition Accountability Legislation

Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns? Well, it seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammo! The bill that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacturer, a data base of all ammunition sales. So, they will know how much you buy and what caliber. Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the ammunition is coded. Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011. (Including hand loaded ammo.) They will also charge a ....05 cent tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or more! If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your gun! This legislation is currently pending in 18 states: Alabama , Arizona , California , Connecticut , Hawaii , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Maryland , Mississippi , Missouri , New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Washington.

To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this legislation and the specific legislation for each state, go to:
http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

[Joe Cannarozzi]

If they incode the ammo wouldn't that help law enforcement actually catch bad guys and take the wind out of the sails of those who want to take away ALL guns

The added cost is bad for sure, what am I missing?

[truk4u]

Joe,

Your missing the fact they are slowly attempting to take away your 2nd Amendment rights. Ballistics can already tie the bullet to the gun. Think about it, the scum bag steals or buys a black market gun, then steals your ammo. He ends up shooting someone and the new coded bullet comes back to you! Have fun with that scenario!

[Joe Cannarozzi]

You are a regular comedian Tom.

Are you suggesting that I do not comprehend what it would be like to be charged and convicted of something I did not do?

If someone steals ammo and shoots it through another gun wouldn't ballistics verify that?

I understand very well how our liberty gets incrementally eroded without notice by many small continual changes.

If you commit a crime with a gun weather it is fired or not weather someone is hurt or not should carry a very long prison term without parol. That is what I would do.

I asked the question because I truly am confused.

IMO coding amo may be a good thing but the fact that it was slid in under the radar makes me wonder

[flyu2there]

Joe,

Your missing the fact they are slowly attempting to take away your 2nd Amendment rights. Ballistics can already tie the bullet to the gun. Think about it, the scum bag steals or buys a black market gun, then steals your ammo. He ends up shooting someone and the new coded bullet comes back to you! Have fun with that scenario!

Right on...then out comes a new amended bill and fairly soon...2nd Amendment..GONE! Tomorrow we get a new "sin" tax for tobacco, beer, wine and whiskey are surely next! Personally, I am going to go out and buy a new Ford.................

[Jon Wehrenberg]

So in order to enforce this new law requiring ammunition to be coded can we expect another army of mental giants like the Homeland Security and TSA weenies going through our homes checking for illegal ammo?

This is getting political and I know that is a no-no, but as long as we sit and bitch, but don't do anything we can expect this kind of idiocy.

[FLY-N-LOW]

Hi Folks,


This has been in the works for some time already it is not new, it all started quite a some years ago and was found unconstitutional and shot down.

Now they try and start this same crap again, a few guys in Seattle, Wa a few years ago got wind of two cops on scene that had a shoot out with a suspect fatally injuring the man, when the internal affairs investigated the shooting because both cops had emptied out their service revolvers towards the suspect they were not certain as to which officer actually fired the fatal shot... now with this in the media a few guys got a hold of this and first suggested that the local police force provide the officers with "COLOR-CODED" ammo so that anytime a similar incident like this happened in the future that could tell who fired the shot that took out the suspect.. stands to reason to some degree, now the Brain Stormers took it a step further and suggested that hey we can become overnight millionaires with such an idea.

They decided to patient AMMO CODING with a laser technique on the back of the bullets and got this in production after doing almost all their homework they approached the AMMO Mfg's and asked for their assistance .. all the AMMO Mfg's told them to go piss up a rope and get lost basically as this was a huge invasion to the Second Amendment Rights of Legal Gun Owners in this Country...

So the two would be almost Millionaires left the AMMO Mfg's with the asses tucked between their legs and tried to recalculate how they could make their idea come to life... after a few more months at the drawing board they found that by getting a few senators and congressmen in their hip pockets and pushing this via the legislative process they were sure to have their idea put into action and production soonest.... out of the 18 states that have entertained this idea all have already declined it and it has been shot down and found Unconstitutional due to the Second Right infringements ...

Its a great idea but it was tried once before in this country and shot down.

Like Tom has commented we the legal owners abide by the laws and when a Criminal wishes to break in and steal your AMMO and uses it in a Crime this then places you at the scene basically and they also do not want to have to face these issues in the future either... if it were not for that and the additional cost imposed it would be one hell of an idea...

If you wish to follow up on this check with the NRA and do a Google on AMMO Coding and follow the various Links ... you can learn a lot on the Web here on that subject matter....

It is not law and Mr. Obama is well aware of the Second Amendment Right and the status of it.. Brass and all metals have been expensive lately, all AMMO has been expensive for the past year ... this is mostly contributed to the Fuel Surcharges we had there for awhile, the cost of all metals, and the war in Iraq... if you wish talk to the folks at "BLACK HILLS AMMO" in Rapid City, S.D. and they will verify all of what I have stated.. they specialize in .223 & 5.56 rounds of all types New & Reman and the demand on that factory is so high for filling the Military allocations they cant keep up with filling the civilian market ammo here at home...

Want to be Pro-Active with Keeping your Weapons as a Legal Citizen join the N.R.A. and be pro-active ... write you senators and congressmen as I do and let them know how you feel and what you think..dont ever set back and wait on someone else to do it.. the stronger the force the louder the message becomes....

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Right, Tommy. They will listen just like they have listened to the aviation community's pleas regarding Homeland Security and TSA.

Forgive me if I think writing to an elected weenie gets us anything more than a Xeroxed copy of a form letter and kills a few more trees.