I am not questioning the 'seven-year' rule on replacing MH tires. I am wondering however how that particular number of years was decided upon. For example, why not six or eight or some other number...why seven? Any thoughts about the origin of the '7-year' rule? / Thanks... Larry

Experience.. Just here in the forum we have hundreds of RVers, thousands of years of RV experience. and that is just here in THESE forums, I belong to 3 groups of RV forums this adds to the totals very fast, plus of course the thousands who are NOT in the forums... Lots and lots of Experience.

DOT guidanceHere is some guidance on the subject

Here is a link that may provide some historic information!http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138Personally, I prefer to err on the side of safety! I've seen too many tire failures that were consistent with tire related age issues.AL

tomgagne wrote:DOT guidanceHere is some guidance on the subjectTomgagne: Thanks! This appears to the be answer I was looking for... . / Larry

goufgators wrote:I am not questioning the 'seven-year' rule on replacing MH tires. I am wondering however how that particular number of years was decided upon. For example, why not six or eight or some other number...why seven? Any thoughts about the origin of the '7-year' rule? / Thanks... LarryI think this boils done to people's experience.As has been pointed out, there is quite a difference between the aging affects of a hot climate - say Phoenix - vs a cold climate - say Minneapolis. This difference makes the idea of a single value uncertain. But I think the way MH's are used is a bit more consistent than the average car. They tend to take longer trips and to warmer climates - and I think that tends to even the differences out a bit more.

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Dreamer88
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Jun 01, 2014
Here is a link that may provide some historic information!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138

Personally, I prefer to err on the side of safety! I've seen too many
tire failures that were consistent with tire related age issues.

AL
tomgagne
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
DOT guidance

Here is some guidance on the subject
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jun 01, 2014
Experience..

Just here in the forum we have hundreds of RVers, thousands of years of RV experience. and that is just here in THESE forums, I belong to 3 groups of RV forums this adds to the totals very fast, plus of course the thousands who are NOT in the forums... Lots and lots of Experience.

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