Aging 22.5 tires - how old is too old?
I read an article created by: Guy Walenga, director of engineering, tire products and technologies at Bridgestone Americas In it he tells how tires "properly maintained, inflated, repaired and ret...
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There is no definitive answer to your question. Tire manufacturers can give you a tire life expectancy under perfect conditions but not in the real world. How many times have you hit a really serious pothole or scuffed a curb. How many times was a tire under inflated or carrying a little to much weight for the inflation.
We may think we are great about tire issues but on any given day a situation can arise that might impact tire life. The perfect time to replace a tire is just before it fails. Unfortunately that's not a viable replacement schedule.
The above 2 paragraphs from a previous poster is spot on! Definitely have tires check once they hit 5 or whenever your particular manufacturer recommends it. But after that be aware that "anything can happen any time".
Our 5 year old Michelin's, finally got recognized as a bad set blew at age 5! We replaced the whole set and they have been good for now almost 5 more years so...we indeed will need inspect them often.
We may think we are great about tire issues but on any given day a situation can arise that might impact tire life. The perfect time to replace a tire is just before it fails. Unfortunately that's not a viable replacement schedule.
The above 2 paragraphs from a previous poster is spot on! Definitely have tires check once they hit 5 or whenever your particular manufacturer recommends it. But after that be aware that "anything can happen any time".
Our 5 year old Michelin's, finally got recognized as a bad set blew at age 5! We replaced the whole set and they have been good for now almost 5 more years so...we indeed will need inspect them often.
