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Road_Phantom
Explorer II
Oct 22, 2016

Do RV tires deteriorate when sitting on dealer lots.

I bought a four year old used 5th wheel and had a blowout on my first run. Suspecting that it might be lot rot in the tires, I changed the whole set even though the treads looked new on them. The enti...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 22, 2016
Road Phantom wrote:
It's my belief that when an RV is sitting in a lot for a year or more in one spot, all that weight on one small portion of the tires undermines the inner core. Watchatink?
Perhaps. Also constant sun exposure.

Simply not driving causes tires to get 'brittle'.

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