New Maxxis tires are 2 years old???
Hello, I enjoy reading topics on this forum and have learned a lot from you guys. This is my first post. With all the controversy of ST tires vs. LT tires, I decided to buy what many think are the be...
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4X4Dodger wrote:spadoctor wrote:
Per Goodyear and others....as soon as a tire is made it starts to age and the life of a tire is 6 years. Call them up and have them exchanged for current stock
If you google tire aging you will find that the manufacturers themselves, those invested in selling tires, say that tires are perfectly good up to SEVEN to TEN years before needing to be replaced for age alone.
Every product ages before it is sold as NEW and the warranty starts. This is just the common practice and the realities of the manufacturing and distribution systems.
If the warranty starts on the date of Purchase, as it clearly does, that is when the tire is truly "new".
So much of the misinformation offered here as fact causes needless concern.
Some people here have reported that Maxxis warranty is from the manufature date...
But it really doesn't matter what the warranty is.
A tire coming apart on a TT slinging those steel belts around at highway speed acts like a chainsaw.
The amount of destruction can boggle the mind.
They have disintegrated wheelwells/fenders and ripped open full wastwater tanks. If this happens it pretty much ruins the trip. A few bucks saved on tires then looks insignifignant.
