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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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darsben1
Explorer
Oct 22, 2016
Just cause the rig is 4 years old does not mean the tires were only 4 years old. What is the DOT code on the tires?
The tires could be a year or two older than the rig.
The tires deteriorate anytime they are exposed to the sun unused for long periods of tie

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