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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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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Oct 23, 2016
The short answer is YES. in fact sitting without rolling rollign rolling down the highway for years on end is the WORST thing for a tire.. They need to roll. Even sitting on a tire rack (not mounted) they go bad.

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