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current price 315/80X22.5
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One of the things I wondered about was the size difference but I found two seperate threads on this forum just now that discussed 12R vs. 315 and was pleasantly surprised to discover that not only was there no issue with these but in some opinions the 12R’s were actually preferable. Evidently this is what our coaches (older coaches, mine is a 97) came with and owners switched to the 315’s out of no supply for the 12R’s. I was asking the tire place to see if he could trade the unused 12R’s for 315’s but I don’t think I need to bother with that now if I elect to get them.
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A 97 coach came equipped with 315 tires at all positions.
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My 97 IFS came with the 12R on 8-1/4 wheels Prevost did change mine to the 315 on 9 inch wheels after 4 months -
~~ Price update ~~
The price for four 315/80×22.5 XZA2’s at TCI in Phoenix, Arizona today was $2611.32 ($600 + $52.83 FET each). Salesman, Erik Stewart (480-466-8619) drove 96 miles one way in the rain to deliver them personally at no charge. DOT dates were the 35th week of 2014. Thanks PC and Dupree Products for the great discount program!
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I just purchased 8 new tires mounting and balancing and stems 61000 out the door . i also went thru the advantage program! January 2015 in tacoma washington.. great services… tires were back ordered .. had to wait 2 weeks
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What is the most current price from the Michelin program on 365’s. I saw no mention in this column on the 365.
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Thinking outside of the box, which is a character flaw of mine, I was wondering if anyone has ever thought or or contacted a large Charter Company running Prevost in their fleet. They probably go through a lot of tires and buy thing on a bulk basis. Here in Arizona “All Aboard America” runs 104 full size Prevost Coaches and if I had a coach I would at least contact them and see if they would be willing to sell and mount new tires at an upcharge over their cost. I would suspect the more tires they buy the better the price they get for their fleet. You never know they might like to see tires to a Private Coach if it is to their advantage. Just my two cents for what it is worth.
PS: they might even work out some arrangement for inspection of your coach in their facility; they have the equipment and pit for inspections and maybe even service.
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On tires, I suspect all you’ll save is nickels in the long run. We’re supposed to have a pretty good tire deal.
I would be interested in hearing from Forum members who have used larger Prevost operators for their chassis service work.
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Most bus fleets use leased tires and few use Michelins.
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We just had our steer tires (365’s) replaced with new and the current steers put on the Tag axle. All were mounted and balanced. The total cost including Florida tax was $1800. I understand without the discount, just the 365’s would have been close to $1000 each.
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Mystery solved, IPad snafu, all is well.
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Dick, pay close attention to the tires you moved from steer to tag. We experienced along with a few others premature failure of those tires not long after. Geo.
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I might be wrong in my opinion on this but when I have moved a tire from the steer to tag any unusual wear pattern on the steer was increased when it was on the tag. At one time Michelin 120 X 22.5 tires had a tendency to scallop around the edges, maybe as a result of an out of blance condition. But when it was moved to the tag the tire wore to the steel threads within 5000 miles.
Subsequent uneven or odd wear patterns were moved to the drive axle and the wear pattern was straightened out. That option is no longer available to those of us with the 365 tires.
If I had steers that were useable, but had an unusual wear I would likely put them on the tag, but I would closely inspect them very often. I would also make sure I had very good shocks on the tag because as lightly loaded the tag tires are I suspect they would bounce all over the place if the shocks are not controlling the axle.
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The 365’s we moved were less than 2yrs (bout 10K mi) and had no weird wear pattern and were rotated frt to r same side. Geo.
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I’ll keep an eye on the Tag’s for unusual wear. I did the same thing last time I replaced the steers and never had any issue. In reference to the OP. I believe a failure on a steer can kill you or someone else. Generally (I know from experience) a failure on a tag just costs a lot of money. I would be very concerned with what the OP has on his steer axle. Off hand I know of 3 people that lost a steer tire. One of them rolled the coach, one ran off the road into a tree and died and the other almost lost control.
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