phil-t
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Who has the statistics on the failure rate of properly maintained 6 year old tires compared to new?
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Oregun
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Just replaced four 245/70/19.5 tires on my F-350. Old tires were about 7 1/2 years old and looked to be in good shape. Had some trouble finding new fresh tires to replace them. Tire places don't track DOT codes when ordering. Some I turned down were a couple years old.
BTW, Discount tires now sells and installs 19.5 tires.
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monkey44
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phil-t wrote:Who has the statistics on the failure rate of properly maintained 6 year old tires compared to new?
Have no clue, but even if it's one in a hundred, you won't care about the other ninety-nine if you're the one.
Think like the insurance companies, or the medication manufacturers - they hire risk actuaries to decide what the failure rate is on the products they sell. Which category would you like to belong, the failure side or the safe side. We'd never test the longevity limits on our tires ...
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JimK-NY
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I have tires just hitting 6 years old and 16K miles. I have been watching cracks appear on the edges of the tread. Now I am starting to see very faint sidewall cracks. I don't trust them anymore so decision will cost close to $2K.
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Grit dog
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Fwiw, and I’m serious, any of y’all that live near me and plan on paying the tire shop a couple bucks a piece to throw away any perfectly good brand name 6 or 7 year old tires with 50% tread or better, get ahold of me. I’ll take ‘em.
Help fight inflation by using or selling your tires to someone who will happily use them!
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wildtoad
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If I remember correctly, both Michelin and Goodyear (for RV tires) says dump them at 10 years, but to have them professionally inspected starting at year 6 or 7. With proper care this should be doable. If all you do is check air pressures from time to time they won’t make it. Wash them regularly, don’t put anything on them, keep them properly inflated, especially when stored and you should get 10.
However if it helps you sleep better at night, change them at 5,6,7. Your call, your money.
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Grit dog
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Wash them regularly and don’t put anything on them?
I mean, a clean tire is a happy tire I suppose, but do you wash the insides too? Lol
Anything like what, mud, dog p!ss, tire shine, 303? (Fwiw, none of those things hurt tires.)
Basically UV light and improper inflation/alignment are the only real things that “hurt” tires. And only excessive UV causes them to degrade quicker than their cousins they get to live in a garage.
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JimK-NY
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I have always wondered about having tires "professionally inspected". Exactly what sort of trained professional are we talking about? Is that the salesguy at the tire shop? Or perhaps the guy with just enough training and experience to change tires?
Then exactly what are these professionals looking for and what are the exact criteria which would show the need to change tires?
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RetiredRealtorRick
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JIMNLIN wrote:I would replace them and sell the old ones on CL. Used tires are popular with those folks that need them for their old beater truck.
^^^ I agree 100% ^^^
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mbloof
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I bought a set of Toyo's in 2014. They have < 8000 miles on them.
Am I going to replace them anytime soon? Unless I see visible signs of rubber degration (cracks/discoloration/etc) it won't be anytime soon.
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