Should I cover my tires?

wildtoad wrote:
Well it may be “Old wives tale” here is what Goodyear states for storing. You choose what parts you may or may not want to use.

storing your vehicle properly helps protect your tires.

• Keep your vehicle in a cool, dry storage area out of direct sunlight and UV rays.
• Unload your vehicle so that minimum weight is on the tires.
• Inflate your tires to recommended operation pressure plus 25%, but don’t exceed the rim manufacturer’s inflation capacity.
• Thoroughly clean your tires with soap and water before storing them to remove any oils that may have accumulated from the road.
• Move your vehicle at least every three months to help prevent cracking and flat-spotting, but avoid moving it during extremely cold weather.
• Place your vehicle on blocks to remove the weight from the tires. If the vehicle can’t be put on blocks, make sure the storage surface is firm, clean, well-drained and reasonably level.

Yeah, putting on blocks? :R

I would expect that coming from a manufacturer that doesn't wish to pay for warranty replacement in case of irate customer.. All they have to do is pull out the fine print that states the nonsense above and they are free and clear of any and all defects since the customer failed to do any one of the items in the list.

Listen, vehicles of all types and sizes sit outdoors ALL the time.

Vehicles sit outdoors all the time with weight on the tires.

Vehicles sit outdoors with varying tire pressures.

Vehicles sit outdoor all the time unwashed.

Vehicles sit outdoors all the time for more than 3 months in cold and hot weather..

AND very few if any of those vehicles will ever experience a tire blowout due to never following that list..

And by the way, flat spotting goes away after a few miles and unless you flat spotted by allowing the tire to go completely flat (IE rim on the ground), no damage is going to happen..

You follow those rules, you must not have much to do in life..

I don't "baby" things like tires, they are expendable wear items and giving them baths and blocking them up every night will not give one second more life to them but it will eat up your personal time in doing so.

What next? Perhaps we should all wax the underside of the RV? Maybe tell the RV a bedtime story? Tuck it in and say it's prayers?