I do not plan to remove my XCA's until the tread is gone. Mounted on a
Vanagon or Westy it's a good match. Strong tire. As Joel has said, an
overloaded tire is a bad tire on any vehicle, and a blowout waiting to
happen, as is an under-inflated tire. The pecs on the XCA are pretty
stout for the Vanagon based vehicles.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver.

John Rodgers wrote:

> This came from the fowlling web site.
>
> http://www.gmcws.org/techcenter/93-05tc05.html
>
> DANGEROUS TIRES
>
> At the Mount Hood Roundup, Wes Caughlan warned us to get rid of the
> Michelin XCA load range-D tires. Since then I have seen several coaches
> still running the tires. Owners still running these tires risk expensive
> damage to their coaches. When the fires blow out they damage the lower
> fiberglass body parts. Even though the fires are warranted for four
> years, they may fail much sooner than that. Eugene Slanter had two of
> these tires blow out through the tread while the fires were mounted on
> his spare fire carrier!. The tires had less than 1500 miles and were
> less than one-year old. The age of the tires can be determined by
> checking the three-digit code on the sidewall. The first two numbers
> indicate the week the fires were manufactured, and the third indicates
> the year (for example 345 would be week 34 in 1985).
>
> Scarey!!!!.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Chelsea, AL
>