Aging tire law???
Maybe good for consumer?? Maryland House Bill 580 would require a tire dealer who sells a tire more than three years old to give the buyer a written statement that the tire is not new, and that ma...
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hooligan wrote:
Dealer had new 21 month old RV tires "The warranty starts when the tires are put in service" --I asked him to call me when fresh stock came in. The concern is not the warranty but service life....
Found it interesting that his supplier would not shop dates on tires in the warehouse. Although once that started the older tires would die on the vine...
Good call.
The "old / new tire" thing is more prevalent with "unusual" sizes and types, eg: trailer tires.
Several years ago I was looking for replacement 15" ST tires for a small (19') TT I had at the time.
Figured Wally would be high volume. Tire guy rolls out a "new" GY Marathon that was over 3 years old.
Called him on that, he said it was his "only one in that size, and of course they would order new(er) tires".
So went over to a local tire shop that had been around for a long time. Told the owner/mgr I needed replacements for my current tires, which although they looked beautiful - I was aware of the 6-year thing - and mine were about 8-9 years old.
We chatted a bit - *HE* said - no, not 6 years, tires should be replaced after FIVE years.
No convincing req'd - he ordered me 4 new GY Marathons..:C
Called a day or two later - "your tires are in".
Took two of my wheels & tires to the shop to be swapped over.
Go back in a few hours, his employees have new tires mounted.
Just as an afterthought, I check the date codes.
Oops! What the hey? - Seventeen (17) months old..:(
Collar Mr. Five Years, he admits *HE* didn't bother to check!
(Hmmmm - that's over 1/5th of the lifespan gone by *his* experienced opinion!)
Politely told him - no way Jose, send 'em back - have your supplier find newer tires or re-mount my old ones, and I'll go elsewhere..:M
He gets on the phone to GY - or his supplier.
At the end of lengthy conversation, wait times, etc. - -
He says supplier claims GY only does production runs of STs in that size once a year. Supplier has nothing newer.
OK - so find me a different brand..:R
Bingo! Cooper ST tires about 5 weeks old.
And NO, he didn't offer any "deal" on the out of date tires.
(BTW - I don't run ST tires on my 5th wheel.)
IMO - Congrats to MD!
Lots of "regular folks" are clueless about date codes.
No big deal for high volume car sizes - but for anything else,.....
Buyer Beware!!..;)
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