New Tires

[anconn]

I have read so much on here about tires aging out. I understand it, but what is the time. I have heard anything from 6 years to 10 years. And how likely is it to be a problem if you go an extra year?

[J-Rooster]

prstlk wrote:
What kills Rv tires the most is U V Rays ie sunlight
Second is tire pressure
Keep em covered even for just a few days
Check tire pressure weekly with good a guage when your on the road. Visual every day you move a must. And always before you move it when it's been sitting. Even 20 miles on a heavy loaded under inflated tire can break belts and or cause future failure
How any rv tire "looks" doesn't mean a thing

I agree with your post and I don't have any facts to back this but, I can't tell you the number of RV's that I see in driveways at home and campgrounds with blocks that the RV drives up onto and the tire is not fully on the block! Result is inner sidewall damage, which you can't see and it can cause tire separation! Then the tire manufactor is blamed!

[Bruce_Brown]

2oldman wrote:
Depends on where in the country you are. Here in the desert SW where there's lots of dry and sun, 4 years is not bad.

I would agree with this one. A tire that has spent its life in the hot, dry deserst sun won't live as long as a garage kept tire that only sees the light of day when it's out for a trip.

[Don_Don]

goodcruisin wrote:
Mine were 9 years old. For the past three years I took the MH to the tire dealer for inspection and was told they looked good. A few weeks later I experienced an inner blowout. After the tire blew the tread came off. The resulting damage was nearly as much as a set of tires. I will now replace my tires at the 5-7 year mark.

What's to say you didn't run over something? Inspections can't predict that.

[goodcruisin]

Mine were 9 years old. For the past three years I took the MH to the tire dealer for inspection and was told they looked good. A few weeks later I experienced an inner blowout. After the tire blew the tread came off. The resulting damage was nearly as much as a set of tires. I will now replace my tires at the 5-7 year mark.

[prstlk]

What kills Rv tires the most is U V Rays ie sunlight
Second is tire pressure
Keep em covered even for just a few days
Check tire pressure weekly with good a guage when your on the road. Visual every day you move a must. And always before you move it when it's been sitting. Even 20 miles on a heavy loaded under inflated tire can break belts and or cause future failure
How any rv tire "looks" doesn't mean a thing

[darsben]

If you push the envelope to far it could cost you more than the new tires. I had a 6 yer old tire suffer tread separation and the tread went into the fresh water compartment and destroyed the tank, Pump and some plumbing not to mention the floor in the compartment. I did the work myself to repair but the cost was still near $1000.00 for the parts.

SOOOOOO .......

[wallynm]

Read this thread.

anconn wrote:
I have read so much on here about tires aging out. I understand it, but what is the time. I have heard anything from 6 years to 10 years. And how likely is it to be a problem if you go an extra year?

[Bob___Ann]

Mr.Mark wrote:
Our tires were 7 yrs. old with 57,000 miles. I didn't want to push the envelope so I bought new Michelins through the FMCA program. Pete's tire service gave me $50 each for the take-off's (8 tires).

MM.

Ditto!

[J-Rooster]

There is no limit on tire wear due to various conditions that effect a tire. But to get the maximum life out of your tire you should have a strict maintenance procedure that you follow and take your coach down to your tire shop once a year to have your tires inspected. I had my last set of tires last 10 years using what I suggested. It's really important to keep proper air pressure in your tires, keep some of the coaches weight off your tires (when stored), don't use tire black on the sidewalls of your tires and use a barrier between the ground and your tires and block out sun exposure to your tires. Sorry, I couldn't give you a specific number of years everyone's tire history is different.

[Mr_Mark1]

Our tires were 7 yrs. old with 57,000 miles. I didn't want to push the envelope so I bought new Michelins through the FMCA program. Pete's tire service gave me $50 each for the take-off's (8 tires).

MM.

[timmac]

6 years should be the max for tires on a motorhome.

[Fishinghat]

Our DOT suggests a limit of 10 years. However, in BC you get about as much sunlight as we do in Western Washington, so 10 years is a reasonable estimate for a limit.

I replaced my tires at 10 years although they didn't look hardly used and had most of the tread left. The tires had about 50K miles on them. We spent about 4 months in Yuma each winter and that may have "aged" the tires more than while up north. We never had any tire problems.

Bottom line though, you don't want to have a tire fail. Most of us don't carry a spare, and if you do, you'll have some difficulty trying to change it. Those things are heavy. A blown tire can cause other damage to the coach and may even cause you to go out of control.

Since your coach is a 2002, I suspect your tires may be more than 12 years old. You may be pushing your luck.

[2oldman]

Depends on where in the country you are. Here in the desert SW where there's lots of dry and sun, 4 years is not bad.