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RV Tire Safety: What is the “10% safety margin” for tire inflation referring to?

By Roger Marble Roger: "When you refer to a 10% safety factor, is the tire any safer at 10% over its rated load psi? If...

RV Daily Tips. Wednesday, September 9, 2020

This newsletter is for intelligent, open-minded RVers. If you comment on an article, do it with respect for others. If not, you will be denied...

RV Tire Safety: Tires are more than just round black things

By Roger Marble A question came up about the maximum speed recommendation as published by Goodyear, Michelin, and Bridgestone for tires in RV use. To...

RV Tire Safety: More on tire cold inflation vs. “set pressure”

By Roger Marble I got this question from a reader of an RV Forum: Thank you for all of your informed comments regarding proper tire care....

RV Tire Safety: Leaking valve stems – Does your tire dealer know what it’s doing?

By Roger Marble I recently got this question from a reader: "I just replaced 6 235/80R 22.5 XRV Michelin tires on my 2013 Monaco Monarch Class...

RV Tire Safety: Bad ride? Can’t “balance” your tires? Maybe it’s something else

By Roger Marble I can't remember the number of times I have seen someone post about the "bad ride" they had in their motorhome. They...

RV Tire Safety: One tire fails – Is its “mate” still safe to use?

By Roger Marble I had a question from a friend about replacing both tires when one failed on the same side of the RV. In motorhomes...

Shield your tires from exhaust heat

By Roger Marble Some RVers notice the inner dual tire on one side seems to run hotter than the outer dual or the inner on...

RV Tire Safety: Why don’t more big tire companies make ST-type tires?

with RV tire expert Roger Marble I was asked by a fellow RV owner if I could recommend a tire for their trailer. He said:...

RV Tire Safety: What valve stem to use with a TPMS – Part 2

with RV tire expert Roger Marble As a follow-up to last week's post of why I recommend people NOT use rubber valve stems with their...

RV Daily Tips. Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Issue 1379 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

RV Tire Safety: What valve stem to use with a TPMS – Part 1

with RV tire expert Roger Marble Here's my opinion on the ongoing discussion regarding what valve stem to use with an external tire pressure monitoring...