New Tires for Uma

I've got to be more thorough when it comes to examination of my tires on the VRRV.Last week, I'd noticed an unusual wear pattern on the RV's front tires:Notice the tire thread portions that are darker? I did too. So today I took the RV over to the tire alignment shop early to have them look to see if I needed to remove the cargo rack for the motorcycle. Yes, it would have to come off but before it came to that, I asked to look at the strange wear pattern.The tech said nope, a front end alignment won't fix that.So at least I was saved the trouble of removing the front rack! I then drove over to my mechanic in Parker and he pronounced the problem as "cupping". The wear I saw happens when the shocks involved are getting weak and not maintaining full contact with the ground for the tires, allowing them to "skip". Sigh, I got an estimate from the mech and headed home.Once I got home I went to get better pics of the cupping and discovered this:I wonder how long that had been there, hence my…