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Date stamp on new tires

Been pricing new tires for the Phenix and latest date of mfg I can locate were made the last week of June of this year. Where would you draw the line on the manufacture date for new tires? Is a four month old tire acceptable?

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You'd be lucky to find any with less than four months since manufacture.

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Mine were 9 months old. Brand new from Les snobs.I was told truck tires have older dates.
The ones I got for the Jeep, where 6 weeks old from Discount tire

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They're not like pancakes: still warm. Gotta give the manufacturer time to produce, wholesale, load, ship, receive, inventory, etc. Lots of steps that would make a 4 month old tire a bargain. I'd jump on them if the price is right.

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Thanks guys. I'll jump on em...appreciate the quick input. Travel safe!

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Quote from: lgshoup –
They're not like pancakes: still warm. Gotta give the manufacturer time to produce, wholesale, load, ship, receive, inventory, etc. Lots of steps that would make a 4 month old tire a bargain. I'd jump on them if the price is right.

And the boat ride from China!

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I do not think that Michelin's are made in China
 

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IIRC, if these are 275/80R22.5, Michelin doesn't run production continuously for this size.  They tend to batch production on it as needed around the high motorhome demand times.