Boards under tires

DutchmenSport wrote:

EV2 wrote:

Effy wrote:
Rolling tires under weight keeps the oils moving, flexes them and keeps them in good shape. The worst thing for any tire is to sit, drying out and hardening. So your argument is moot because it's apples and oranges.

How often should the oil be changed?:h

Wouldn't it still be equally as bad for the tire if it WERE sitting on a lumber, and the tire never moved during this time? Your's is the mute argument. It's not the surface the tire sits on that degrades a tire, it's the fact the tire does not move and sits in one spot. This is the number one reason why tires dry rot. ... The type of surface they sit on has little or no affect. It's the lack of mobility of the tire that degrades it (that and direct sun light).

It's moot, not mute.

Anyway, yes some surfaces can have degrading effects as mentioned on tire manufacturer's websites. I think a link was posted below from Michelin. I agree not moving at all is the number one reason as mentioned in my other post. Your comparison of putting tires on boards was to a tire not moving for 6 months to a daily driver. It seems you obviously know the difference as you just said it yourself. Putting boards under a daily driver is worthless, putting them under a tire that sits for 6 months has value in defending against degrading surfaces as mentioned by the tire companies themselves. The comparison you made has no real correlation. they are different - as reiterated in your own comment. So I don't know if you are arguing for arguments sake but I am not sure what other point you are trying to make.

And I am not sure if you're trying to be funny about the oils or not - it's hard to tell - but yes tires have oils in them which react better when exercised.