Old Good Tires?

Thanks Tatest. I was back and forth on the whole thing - but figured - cough up the dough and not the blood.

A lot of times you won't see how badly they are weathered until a tire goes down, then the cracks open up all the way into the fabric.

well....ordered new tires. Thanks all.

I would say about 95 percent of ST tire issues I've heard about on rv forums, and all types of forums where a trailer is used, were undetermined....... and the owners said the tires were at the proper pressure/wasn't overloaded/no speeding/etc.

Very good point Capri.

But one would think in over 50 years of running ST tires (counting my dad too) I would have statistically more than 1 failure especially after breaking almost every tire rule know to mankind?

After seeing some of the discussions on RV.net some think that if I go 3 MPH over the maximum speed rating of the tire for 10 seconds I'm risking all of my families lives and dozens of people around my RV on the road. :R

I guess my point is, IMHO around 80 to 90% of the ST tire failures we hear about on RV.net are puncture/ low pressure failures and NOT actual "blowouts."
Agree or disagree Capri?

Vulcan Rider wrote:
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I wouldn't buy anything BUT Mechelins as replacement tires. Been using them for about 25 years now and maybe close to 500,000 miles without a single failure.....except those caused by an obvious road hazzard. Edit: That is for my cars. I'm not as picky about the brand for my RV tires.

Like Vulcan, I have had nothing but Michelin tires on all of my cars, trucks, and SUV's since the early 1970's and have never had a single problem with them. All my trailers have had either Goodyear Marathons or Maxxis tires. Never a problem with them either!:)
Barney

Turtle n Peeps wrote:


I do know one thing. I've had Michelin tires that blew up in my driveway. A lot of them. 5 years just like clockwork. That's why I do not like Michelin tires to this day.

Maybe it has something to do with running them 10 PSI OVER the recommended pressure ???? Just maybe.

I wouldn't buy anything BUT Mechelins as replacement tires. Been using them for about 25 years now and maybe close to 500,000 miles without a single failure.....except those caused by an obvious road hazzard. Edit: That is for my cars. I'm not as picky about the brand for my RV tires.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
......Maybe you or Capri can come up with some ideas of my success?

I hope you realize that statistics plays a role here.

For example, if the tire failure rate is 10% (that value is way high!!), then the probability of a single individual getting a single failure is 40% (4 tires on the vehicle X 10%).

But there exists the possibility of someone getting 2 failures in the same set (40% X 40% = 16%) ...... and 3 failures in one set (40% X 40% X 40% = 6%) .... and 4 (3%).

On the other hand, the probability of not experiencing ANY failure is 60% (Keeping in mind that we are ASSUMING a 10% failure rate, and that value is way high, so the real probability is much higher then 60%)

So most people will NOT experience a tire failure even on failure prone tires.

CapriRacer wrote:
Tires in AZ age much faster then tires in MN. How does the Federal government go about deciding what is correct? If this is done at the state level, then we have 50 different regulations.

A 2 year old tire in Arizona ages at the same rate as a 2 year old tire in Minnesota..... the days, months and years are just as long no matter where you go, so something can't "age" faster in one location verses another.

The correct terminology would be a tire "deteriorates" faster in Arizona than in Minnesota.

Ya I know what you're saying Ben.

I do not like the idea of dated tires. And if they have an expiration date it will drive the I have tires on my ranch on some things that are over 50 years old and are just fine.

I do know one thing. I've had Michelin tires that blew up in my driveway. A lot of them. 5 years just like clockwork. That's why I do not like Michelin tires to this day.

Vulcan I also see what you're saying but think about this. You make an airplane but everybody says it's dangerous. But you fly it anyway. In fact you put 10,000 hours on it without any incident whatsoever. Is it really dangerous or tempting fate?

I do know one other thing. When I got up my radial tires I picked up a bias and the bias was about twice as heavy. The sidewall of the bias was super heavy compared to the radial.

Like I said, I just don't have trailer tire troubles. Why? I don't know...........I just hope my luck holds out until they put me in the ground. :B