The China-Bomb debate Put to rest
Almost every week or more a thread appears with someone with a tire question. And just as predictably the China Bomb experts come out and start decrying all Chinese made tires. Then usually they re...
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SprinklerMan wrote:FishOnOne wrote:gmw photos wrote:
Sadly, for the most part, of the people I see and know, most of them seldom check the air in the car or truck tires either. I wonder if part of this trend over the last few decades is because in general, tires have gotten so much better, failures just don't happen as much. Tires have become part of the car that folks just assume will continue to function without any attention.
In addition some people think tires are supposed to last 10 years as well.
I have some tires I am running and they are 45 years old . On my old ford tractor . ( they are hard as a rock )
I can beat that..
I have some clincher tires that I took off a car that are not only 60 yrs old at the time but to fit them on the rim they were SPLICED (cut, vulcanized back together).. Old timers did what they had to do when the correct tire was not available.. Yep, they were pretty darn stiff but they held together as I had to stretch them off..
I kept them as wall hangers..
