Could 10 year tires really be safe?
Hi all. We have a MH with tires that are original. Manufactured in 2005 (the tires). We have taken it to get new tires now twice at the local truck/tire center and while I'm sure they would have loved...
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gbopp wrote:
Ask the tire center to buy your 10 year old tires. You can put the money towards a new set and they can sell the old ones for a profit. The old tires are that good, right? :@
We just did that with our 9 year old tires. Like the OP, ours have been stored inside since they were new and still looked great. The tire store has some customers that do short hauls on equipment trailers, so this was a win-win-win for everyone.
Could we have pushed them another year or 2 - probably, but why? In another 9 years we'll do it again, and then again in another 9 years. At the end of a 27 year run we may have gained or lost 3 years. To me it wasn't worth chancing.
msmith1199 wrote:
If it were me, I'd replace the front tires and get some more use out of the rears.
Not me, I'd be changing them all. See above. The risk isn't worth the reward.
Have you ever seen the damage caused by a blowout? I have, on my parents MH, and I was the one who ended up fixing it. The destruction caused happens in seconds and it's very, very ugly - and the best case is it's just the MH. Add in the potential for injury and it's just not worth it.
