16 year old Bridgestone faired better than 17yo Michelin's

I bought a 2000 Hurricane in 2013 that had 19,000 miles on the original tires. I carefully drove it 90 miles to my house and then the next day 6 miles to a tire shop.

Don't worry about the "pompous donkeys" (former law enforcement, etc.). There will be a few. You will find many helpful people on this forum.

The Hurricane had a new spare that had never been on the ground. The original tires had air showing through the big sidewall cracks, but I stopped half way and did a walk around and they were all still inflated. The weather was cool and it was cloudy.

Ours has a rack for the spare under the propane tank, so rides in the same bay. No space wasted for the spare.

JimInMich wrote:

Two Hands wrote:
The fact that you didn't care about you or your spouse's life is fine. But, by continuing to drive on tires that old you had no concern for the lives of others really bothers me.

What ever. Dont care if it bothers you or not. I had no way of getting the new tires, other than drive the motor home to get them.

And BTW, I just bought the motor home. So it wasn't like I had been driving this around willy nilly.

Man, some people sure act like pompous donkeys around here.

totally agree too self rightous

Two Hands wrote:
The fact that you didn't care about you or your spouse's life is fine. But, by continuing to drive on tires that old you had no concern for the lives of others really bothers me.

lol

Wow, over 3,100 views in a couple hours.

I could put a spare in a compartment, but that would take a huge amount of space and would mean the grandkids may have to ride up inside the motorhome. I can't put up with that noise!

msmith1199 wrote:
My plan was that if I ever went on a long cross-country trip, I'd throw the spare in the bed of my toad which is a pickup so I'd have it if needed. My pickup is gone and now my toad is a Jeep, so for the next cross-country trip I'll just go without a spare and take my chance.

I'm lucky enough that the motor home has a spare tire compartment. I also have the other in one of the basement compartments ( unmounted ).

gbopp wrote:

While you were driving to the tire store on those old tires I hope you put your beer in the cup holder and kept both hands on the steering wheel. :B

No, wife was holding my beer. She complained a little because she was also holding the FRS talkie so the grand kids could talk to her while they were riding in one of the basement compartments.

I think there are many of us on this forum that keep the best old tire for an emergency spare. Mine's been riding along unused since 2009. :)

Enjoy your new motorhome, and ignore the "judgement" posts that sometimes appear here.

Fred

I kept one of my old tires as a spare also. I don't carry it with me, but keep it at the house in the back shed. In the event I ever need a spare, I'll attempt to purchase a new tire, but there's a chance it may take a couple of days to get the proper tire. When I put the current set on they had to be ordered and took a week to get them. So the spare tire would only be used to get the motorhome home if nothing else was available. My plan was that if I ever went on a long cross-country trip, I'd throw the spare in the bed of my toad which is a pickup so I'd have it if needed. My pickup is gone and now my toad is a Jeep, so for the next cross-country trip I'll just go without a spare and take my chance.