Do tires have to be changed at a certain age?
We took our 5er to the local RV dealer because a branch fell over the winter and cracked a vent cover. Currently fixed with duct tape! He said he is an inspection station and will have to check th...
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A lot depends on so many things I can't list them all.
But the general wisdom is the max SAFE life of a tire is somewhere between five and ten years (Who you talk to determies the age,,, I'm not narrowign it down any) as you get older and older the odds of a catastrophic failure (blowout) increase big time.
Now on many modern RV's both trailers and motor homes, if you blow a casing it often takes out plumbning and wiring as it breaks apart... Nice isn't it.
With some older trailers there is a genuine steel wheel well and no wires or pipes or lines to be tore up. But alas, they don't build 'em like that.
DO, search these forums for a thread "Watching these videos" (may save your life is the rest of that) and watch the video it links to.. Please do that. I used to have to type that message that startes out "Reference fatal accident, 29-xxxx-yr. and trust me.... I never liked typing it.
But the general wisdom is the max SAFE life of a tire is somewhere between five and ten years (Who you talk to determies the age,,, I'm not narrowign it down any) as you get older and older the odds of a catastrophic failure (blowout) increase big time.
Now on many modern RV's both trailers and motor homes, if you blow a casing it often takes out plumbning and wiring as it breaks apart... Nice isn't it.
With some older trailers there is a genuine steel wheel well and no wires or pipes or lines to be tore up. But alas, they don't build 'em like that.
DO, search these forums for a thread "Watching these videos" (may save your life is the rest of that) and watch the video it links to.. Please do that. I used to have to type that message that startes out "Reference fatal accident, 29-xxxx-yr. and trust me.... I never liked typing it.
