Chinese RV tires... holding up!
Got a new RV with factory installed Made in China tires with unknown brand. I figure I'll have it replaced after a year. But to my pleasant surprise, after a thousand miles and 5 months in deep ...
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dedmiston wrote:StirCrazy wrote:JimK-NY wrote:
Finally, replace the tires at a minimum every 5 years!
I learned that tires will dry rot faster if they are not used or used infrequently. Replacing tires roughly every 5 years is part of the cost of ownership. Again, you can always take your chances and again old tires are fine until they aren't.
this is another wives tale, 8 years is the recomended change out due to age from a tire manufacture. but there are things that can shorten that. in your case the most likely cause was moisture in the air you used to top it off. Mositure inside the tire will cause it to fail prematurly and so many tire places are cheeping out now days and not putting dryers on there air. also people at home dont think about this and when they fill up at home they are putting moisture into the tire causing dry rot. this is where nitrogen in tires shine as it is dry, but thats not practicle for most. I went to the store and bought a desicant dryer for my air compressor for this purpose and to help extend the life of my air tools.
Steve
Anybody who gets eight years out of their RV tires isn't camping enough.
or maybe there camping more and just driving less haha. my firs ttrailer I got 10 years out of all the tires before I had to change one. I camped every weekend all year around, but I lived on an island where I only had to drive 20 min to the main camping site I went to , others we did were about an hour drive max.
Steve
