another blown goodyear

JackMS wrote:
OK, I'll probably get flamed hard for this but I can take it. 3 of my tires, which are GY G169's, are the original with date codes in 2004. One on the rear got replaced after a piece of road debris got stuck through the sidewall. I replaced the steers last summer before a trip because the posts on here about tire age got me worried. The tires were inspected inside and out and "looked" perfect.

I have only 18,000 miles on the coach. It sat on dealers lot for a year before I bought it. I know they take great care of the tires, just like the batteries. I religiously check pressure every 6 months whether it needs it or not. I do hit them with a stick before I drive it. I never cover them, park in the south MS sun on any surface where I am and let them sit in one place a month or 2 at a time until I drive it for it's regular exercise. The 2 steer tires are on a drop deck trailer now hauling freight to oil fields and that has been over a year now.

I exaggerate some but not a lot. I will probably keep the other three tires until I have a problem with one of them. I got 6 extra years beyond what some say is time to change tires and about 5 on the 2 steers. I know I'm taking a risk and people are gonna say I am endangering all the people around me. Maybe, maybe not

Ok. Flame on

I'm not going to flame you, but the damage that a blowout will do to your motorhome is not worth the risk (to me anyhow). I can't see risking thousands of dollars of damage to the body to run a tire that long, and that doesn't even take into account the risk you run if/when you have a blowout. I hope they last you another 10 years, but I wouldn't run them that long.