(Update last page)I have a seasonal unit that extremely weathered tires. I need to take it two hours away for repairs. I am replacing some aged out tires on a camper at home that show no signs of weather checking but are old. I thought of reusing the tires from at home for the repair trip. The other option is to purchase some cheap new tires for the seasonal for this one time trip. When the seasonal gets back it won't be moved for years. The question is reuse or replace? Can get Tow max tires for around $270. plus mounting.

I'm confused. Why not take the wheels off the seasonal unit and take them to the tire shop? Or , if it won't be moved for years, why do you need tires at all?

jplante4 wrote:I'm confused. Why not take the wheels off the seasonal unit and take them to the tire shop? Or , if it won't be moved for years, why do you need tires at all?I take it. He has to tow trailer to have it repairs. The current tires on the trailer are questionable and not road worthy.Should he buy a cheap set of tires or use a set of questionable tires he already owns.My answer buy the cheap set that should be decent enough to survive a one time trip.The set you already own are questionable as well? Why replace one deteriorated set with another faulty set?

Lantley wrote:jplante4 wrote:I'm confused. Why not take the wheels off the seasonal unit and take them to the tire shop? Or , if it won't be moved for years, why do you need tires at all?I take it. He has to tow trailer to have it repairs. The current tires on the trailer are questionable and not road worthy.Should he buy a cheap set of tires or use a set of questionable tires he already owns.My answer buy the cheap set that should be decent enough to survive a one time trip.The set you already own are questionable as well? Why replace one deteriorated set with another faulty set?The ones I own show no signs of deterioration but our out of date. The ones on the seasonal are shot. Home and seasonal are 900 miles apart. Just bought a set of the new Goodyear endurance 10 ply for the trailer at home.

jplante4 wrote:I'm confused. Why not take the wheels off the seasonal unit and take them to the tire shop? Or , if it won't be moved for years, why do you need tires at all? I need to take the seasonal 2 hrs away for repairs and then back to the seasonal site. Then it will sit for years before being moved again.

colliehauler wrote:Lantley wrote:jplante4 wrote:I'm confused. Why not take the wheels off the seasonal unit and take them to the tire shop? Or , if it won't be moved for years, why do you need tires at all?I take it. He has to tow trailer to have it repairs. The current tires on the trailer are questionable and not road worthy.Should he buy a cheap set of tires or use a set of questionable tires he already owns.My answer buy the cheap set that should be decent enough to survive a one time trip.The set you already own are questionable as well? Why replace one deteriorated set with another faulty set?The ones I own show no signs of deterioration but our out of date. The ones on the seasonal are shot. Home and seasonal are 900 miles apart. Just bought a set of the new Goodyear endurance 10 ply for the trailer at home.Got it. Only you can answer this. Do you trust the out of date tires? Are they capable of one more trip? Why did you take them out of service?

Different kind of tire dilemma (update last page)

colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 13, 2018
Ordered tires the 11th received them today.
John_Wayne
Explorer II
Mar 12, 2018
Why not check he price of tires and rims then deliver the trailer to the repair shop and back put the old tires back on and sell the ones you used for the trip.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2018
I have already ordered the replacement tires.
naturist
Nomad
Mar 12, 2018
Scottiemom wrote:
I think I would buy a cheap set of new tires for the trip. You could probably resell them and get some of your money back if you wanted to go the trouble. That beats having a blowout at interstate speeds and tearing something up on the trailer.

Dale

That beats having a blowout at interstate speeds and killing someone.

If it ain't roadworthy, it has NO business being on the road. $270 is the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy (relative to the possible downstream costs).
jdb7566
Explorer
Mar 12, 2018
colliehauler wrote:
I have a seasonal unit that extremely weathered tires. I need to take it two hours away for repairs. I am replacing some aged out tires on a camper at home that show no signs of weather checking but are old. I thought of reusing the tires from at home for the repair trip. The other option is to purchase some cheap new tires for the seasonal for this one time trip. When the seasonal gets back it won't be moved for years.
The question is reuse or replace? Can get Tow max tires for around $270. plus mounting.

For $270, I would replace. Why risk using questionable tires.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2018
Will bite the bullet so to speak and get some Tow Max 10 ply tires for the seasonal. That will make 10 tires I've purchased this month, LOL.

The other issue I might of had is getting a tire shop to mount 10 year old tires.
Scottiemom
Nomad
Mar 12, 2018
I think I would buy a cheap set of new tires for the trip. You could probably resell them and get some of your money back if you wanted to go the trouble. That beats having a blowout at interstate speeds and tearing something up on the trailer.

Dale
colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2018
Lantley wrote:
colliehauler wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
How old is "old"? I've been driving on some tires that are 10 years old, but they are getting sketchy, and would have to be replaced soon if I'd kept the car.
They are about 10 years old but trailer has always been stored out of the sun in a pole barn.

So you have been using these tires without issue up until your last trip.
If that is the case one more trip with the 10 year old tires on the the seasonal trailer is a reasonable idea.
However how much $$ time and effort to install the 10 year old tires on the seasonal vs a set of El Cheapo's?
I might be penny wise pound foolish trying to reuse the tires. I was on the fence is why I even posted. I guess what bothered me was buying tires for a single trip to probably age out again. Just always been frugal.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2018
time2roll wrote:
I would just air up the existing and run max 50 mph to the shop.
Carry a couple spares.

Not sure what work is getting done... maybe a mobile RV mechanic would be easier.
I tried to schedule a appointment with a Mobil rv tech but he is always to busy to do it in season, off season to much snow to get to trailer. Tires on seasonal would not trust except at extremely low speed.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2018
fj12ryder wrote:
I'd look at them very closely after I removed them from the trailer and make a determination at that point. If they looked good and held air for a couple days with no leak down, I would probably use them.

This, of course, depends on those two hours not being 2 hours of 65 mph interstate. Driven gently I would do it.
It is 2 hrs of interstate.

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