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Oldest tires on your purchase.........

May 18, 2021, 10:37:45 am

     Good Morning!!
After crawling under a recent purchase/project to evaluate the extent of a bulkhead separation, I noticed the inside tires on the rear looked a little old.  To be exact, it appears date coded 04/98.    23 years old.        Looking a little closer still, visible tires from outside are 295/75,  inside rear 275/80.     
  I was definitely fortunate to drive the 180 miles without a blow out...  23 years

David .

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Reply #1 – May 18, 2021, 10:41:53 am

Yikes! 23 years.
If your tire was a single malt scotch, that would be great. But a tire?
Mmmm, Not so much.

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Reply #2 – May 18, 2021, 11:40:00 am

When I replaced the tires on our U300, the very old Coopers had lots of small cracks but one was in a different spot close to the wheel and was deeper so I pulled it for the drive to Sac for the new tires. I left a 2009 Firestone on the outside rear as it shows no wear, zero cracks and looks like it was just made. I know Bridgestone (Firestone) has a recommended limit for recapping of 15 years for the 22.5s and has the reputation for great casings so we will see as the years go by.  Interesting that our new LingLong tires are made in Thailand but our Firestone was also made in Thailand. Thailand has become the center of the tire manufacturing in the world. See article: Why Thailand is the new center of the tire universe

No big deal with a 295/75 on the outside and 275/80 on the inside as the diameter is the same. The compression/flex would be slightly different for the two different profiles but not much difference in the real world. Lots of trucks and RVs with older tires than 04/98, not that it's a good idea but it obviously worked on your new to you coach.  The difference brand to brand between tire casings is amazing.

Pierce

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Reply #3 – May 18, 2021, 12:04:46 pm

3 yrs old for or Toyo's, as soon as they hit 6-7 yrs, no matter how good they look, they are gone.

Had too many issues with tires coming apart.

Cheap import glue

Chris

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Reply #4 – May 18, 2021, 12:40:51 pm

I have seen a few times tires that are old and sitting in the sun blowout. 

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Reply #5 – May 18, 2021, 02:02:36 pm

Same here turbojack.. I've had one tire and one airbag blow out on a trailer sitting on my lot. I thought both to be fit for service a minute before. A little off subject but I have a friend who was adding air to a tire while waiting for his load of gasoline to pump into the ground tanks. Airing the tire off the compressor of the truck so we know he didn't overinflate. The tire blew off the rim and hit him in the face and chest. He left there on a helicopter and woke up a week later. Took him a year to recover enough to work again. The last 10 lbs of air that I put in a tire either on the coach or semi has me nervous as a cat as the locking chuck won't always let you walk off. Rubber under pressure is hard for me to hug.

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Reply #6 – May 18, 2021, 02:57:57 pm

Dub think 210 psi, hot as hi as 250psi daily event for me., oh joy
Scott
Lot of Kinetic energy

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Reply #7 – May 18, 2021, 03:21:07 pm

If you feel imported tires are somehow substandard, it's easy to check to see complaints and recalls. You can check car seats, tires and lots of other stuff as well as making a complaint yourself by going to the NHTSA's website here: Check for Recalls: Vehicle, Car Seat, Tire, Equipment | NHTSA  I only noticed one complaint for my new brand but quite a few for others. Just type in your tire, the size and the recalls and complaints will come up.

I do remember a tire factory in Decatur, IL that produced some faulty Firestones that were mounted on the first generation Ford Explorers. The Ford recommended 26 psi killed quite a few people.

I've had quite a few flats in my driving history, but only one tire (almost new) that zippered. Guess.

Pierce

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Reply #8 – May 18, 2021, 07:40:32 pm

I was just inspecting the trailer tires for my 1984 Aquasport 222CCP!!!
Do you think I should eventually get new tires?

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Reply #9 – May 18, 2021, 08:01:50 pm

Only when you go to use it or sell it. I have put new tires on vehicles that I never used again

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Reply #10 – May 18, 2021, 09:06:24 pm

Done that before on a utility trailer.

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Reply #11 – May 18, 2021, 11:38:06 pm

Age unknown. They still are on my old Ford. No dates on them. Montgomery Wards Riversides. Still drive around Boulder with them. Probably should change them out sometime, best I can tell they are 1976 or prior. Sorry photos are upside down
Scott

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Reply #12 – May 19, 2021, 12:04:36 am

My wife bought her very first new car, a 1970 MGB, 2 years before we got married.  When we sold it 35 years later it still had the original Michelin ZX 155SR-14 spare tire in the trunk.  In all the time she (we) owned the car that spare was never pressed into service.  Still had the little nubbies on the tread - still held air good as new. 

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