Could 10 year tires really be safe?

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Ten years is plenty of usage for any tires on any motorhome. Their is a lot of weight riding on these tires and 10 years is pushing the limit for a blowout, major damage, and a possible bad accident risking lives, yours and others.

One needs to define safe. Will the tires hold up the rig if it is parked at a site for a lengthy time? Yes.
Will the tires hold up if traveling cross country? probably not.

When first bought our ten year old class c it had original tires on it. At the time i didn't even think about tire age. They looked brand new. First trip down the interstate blew two of them out. After that I looked into this whole tire thing and bought new.

As mentioned, the existing tires have lasted 10 years with the way that YOU use and maintain them. I would replace them with the same brand and continue what you have been doing.

Michelin, Toyo, Hankook, BF Goodrich are examples of good tires for your consideration. Michelin will likely be the most expensive.

If it were me, I'd replace the front tires and get some more use out of the rears.

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.

I concur with the majority here. Change them out to new tires. The cost is cheap insurance when you consider the possible ramifications of a blow-out while traveling down the road at 60+ mph.

Happy with my Yokohama RY023 truck tires. Sixteen ply H rated. If you have them internally balanced, use beads instead of Equal(sand). I'm having a hard time keeping the valves clear of the sand.