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Terrible Tires
I have a 2006 Model 2955 Montana. A couple weeks ago I had two blowouts within 50 miles. Course the spare took care of one of them, but as I only have one spare,I had to request a new tire be provided by Good Sam roadside assistance people. ($250+) I soon found out that the tires on my Montana were an odd ball size and no one within 100 miles of Gainsville Florida had one that size. 235/80/R16E. I had to settle for a truck tire slightly bigger, wrong load range, and (of all things) used.
When I got home I checked with a friend at Tire Kingdom and he did some research and found that it is not a common tire size and is only made by one brand name supplyier, Goodyear. He could get them but he had to ship them down to Ft Myers from Atlanta. The original tires were made in CHINA!!! It was suggested, for reasons of acessability, I change to a more common tire so I replaced all four with a Uniroyle 235/85/R16E. They are only about 1/2inch larger and you can find them all over the place. I kept the original spare.
One other thing he found, My truck tires are 16" 8 bolt with the same pattern as the rims on the Montana. I could have used the spare tire on my pickup in an emergency. I'm towing the Montana with an 2006 Chevy 2500HD Disel Crewcab.
My suggestion is to check availability of your tires and if you have the same problem as I did change sizes to a more common one. Also check the tow vehical tires for compatability.
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