Posted by ScottyHOMEy on August 14, 2009 at 19:06:08 from (64.222.246.254):
In Reply to: O/T Tire Failure posted by 37 chief on August 13, 2009 at 21:48:14:
A seven year old tire with 95% tread left.
What'd you do, buy three and mount the spare that had been riding around underneath all that time? And then did the worst thing possible by letting the pressure down on a dry-rotted tire so that it could flex more as it went around, accelerating what was an inevitable failure?
I'm not sure what you expect of tires, friend.
They don't last seven years. Granted, quality tires to put under motor vehicles are easier to come by than good trailer tires, but my trailer tires, as much as I fuss over them, are typically replaced for age, not treadwear, at five or six years.
My truck came with 17" Michelin Load Range E Michelins. I'm on my second set with about 85k on them, and I nursed them through last winter, but I'll be replacing them this fall for weather checking after almost six years. Plenty of tread but they are reaching a point that I wouldn't want to haul a heavy trailer with them.
You need to get a grip. 7 years old with 95% tread left? That's a good'n.
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