Posted by locojim on March 22, 2010 at 20:12:59 from (173.24.113.26):
In Reply to: Stop tire rot posted by Cas on March 22, 2010 at 10:25:59:
Cas said: (quoted from post at 10:25:59 03/22/10) I read an article in a magazine a couple months
ago that said Ozone in the air is also a culprit.
Can not verify if this is true
think its the main culprit
and tires are dated nowadays if you can read the code..
not sure about off road but I would imagine they're dated also
When it comes to determining the age of a tire, it is easy to identify when a tire was manufactured by reading its Tire Identification Number (often referred to as the tire’s serial number). Unlike vehicle identification numbers (VINs) and the serial numbers used on many other consumer goods (which identify one specific item), Tire Identification Numbers are really batch codes that identify the week and year the tire was produced.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requires that Tire Identification Numbers be a combination of the letters DOT, followed by ten, eleven or twelve letters and/or numbers that identify the manufacturing location, tire size and manufacturer's code, along with the week and year the tire was manufactured.
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