by dwwaters » Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:26 pm
I live in California, Palmdale to be exact. I have called all of the truck salvage yards I can find from Sacramento area to San Diego with no luck.
I am about to ready to resort to buying an old Dodge one ton beater, switching the wheels with my class C and reselling the truck. Don't know that I would want to stick someone with the same problem I'm facing. Although you can still buy 8.75x16.5 tires, they just won't clear the wheel wells on my Establishment.
I have had thoughts of selling it and upgrading to a little newer unit, but my wife and I love the design of ours, supposedly it was custom made. It has large 26" x 72" windows on both sides in the rear seating area and a 26" x 62" window in the rear. with the shades open it is almost like sitting on a patio. I have not seen the same amount of window space on any of the other class C motorhomes. Not to mention rebuilding the fridge, extra heavy duty leaf springs in the rear and coils in the front, rear air bags and all the extras, built in air compressor and exterior fueling station for the desert dirt bike trips on Thanksgiving and New Years. Etc, Etc, Etc. I also have it set up with heavy duty tow package and trailer brakes for towing my wife's horse trailer, that is one of the main reasons I am looking to replace the tires as we are going to be taking a 500 mile trip later this year for my wife to compete in the California state NBHA barrel races. Don't need to get stuck on the side of the road with the horses.
1977 Executive Class C on Dodge Sportsman chassis, 440 engine (4mpg) OUCH! 98,467 orig. miles.