Tires - The 10 Year Rule
Hey gang, Regarding big, DP tires... I know most adhere to this rule and some prefer to replace tires within 7 years or so of date code. Others replace the steers every 5 and the drives every 1...
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Desert Captain wrote:
One salient fact that I inadvertently omitted was that I consistently put 8 to 9,000 miles a year on our coach. That means at 5 years I have 40,000+ miles on those tires and it is clearly time to start shopping for replacements. As noted above folks that don't use their rigs much, that spend most of their time sitting only exacerbate the potential for catastrophic tire failure {such as I experienced} due to the the low use tires "drying out"{for lack of a better description}.
Yeah, I gathered that since you had such little tread left. I definitely envy you for that kind of RV mileage. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same someday.
And now you bring to mind another thought...
If tires spend most of their lives in a foggy place like Santa Cruz, will they dry out as quickly as those who spend their lives in Yuma?
It's an interesting thought, but I'm in agreement. I don't want my family to be the beta tester for such a theory.
It will be interesting to see what those 9+ year-old Toyos look like on the inside when they're replaced.
