Tire Surprise

I sold the 5 reasonably good tires to someone who wanted them for a cargo trailer, so they were not wasted. That covers wasteful, and environmentally irresponsible. Now, economic insanity and a total waste of time is countered by my greater peace of mind by going with a more heavy duty tire not made in China. How has that worked out? I had no tire issues during the time I was travelling.

The new fiver will come with more Chinese tires. I will have to decide what to do. Perhaps 16" wheels with..........don't know yet.

Even though I have room to park at home, I will pay for covered parking to help protect the new unit.

Now the environmental issue resurfaces in that though my Dodge tow vehicle has a little less than 10,000 miles, its tires are over 5 years old, and I feel, in light of this experience, that they will also need replacement.

4X4Dodger wrote:
Where are the Maxxis is perfect brigade beating their drums? They are curiously absent here.

This damage does not look like the normal heat of an AZ summer. This looks more like a Fault at manufacturing. To me it appears that maybe the rubber compound was not at the right temp (too cold) when injected into the mold.

with all due respect to the op: throwing away 6 perfectly good tires just to buy 6 new ones is economic insanity, wasteful, environmentally irresponsible and a total waste of time.

But they are his tires.