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Cbones's avatar
Cbones
Explorer
May 05, 2014

Typical tread life?

I know that most folks tend to replace tires by age, but if age was not an issue, what would expected tire tread life be? I am at almost 90K on my 4year old Goodyears 275x70x22.5 rear tires and they still have decent tread. I replaced the fronts with Michelins at 20k due to severe rivering, and I can't wait to get rid of the rears, but I am also not looking to throw $$$ away. I will replace them when they wear out. As a side note, the Michelins have been totally trouble free for 70k miles, and there have been no changes to suspension or alignment, only change was steer tires.
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  • Mr_Mark1's avatar
    Mr_Mark1
    Explorer
    May 05, 2014
    Cbones, if it were me and you have plenty of tread, I would go up to the seven year mark and maybe change them all. If you want to keep the steers, put that set on one dually side and keep a fresh set on the front.

    Our seven year old Michelins had 57,000 miles and had plenty of tread. The tire shop gave me $50 each for the take-off's as they will resell them to re-treader, a guy needing a tire or two or to a guy who needs tires for his farm trailer. They still have life in them some way or another.

    Safe travels,
    MM.
  • the_bear_II's avatar
    the_bear_II
    Explorer
    May 05, 2014
    Commercial type tires will last longer.

    Most RV'ers end up replacing due to age because they don't put on a lot of miles each year. A typical RV'er travels about 150 miles to their destination.

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