Would you feel good about selling 3 YO LT Tires?

[Vulcaneer]

Was in a RV tire discussion with a neighbor. We both feel LT's are the way to go on our trailers. He has had good luck taking his tires out to 5 years before replacement. Me? I prefer the 3 year replacement rule. His thought was that if I replace my LT's at three years, I could probably offer them up for sale, to be used on a light pickup truck. It could be a way to recoup some value. If that is the case, he might replace his tires earlier than he does now.

Footnote...sometimes some interesting ideas comes out of beer discussions around the campfire.

Frankly I never thought about it before. But he could have a valid point. And if the tires then get daily usage, they might actually last until the tread wears out. And at half price (or less), could be a good value to someone that can use them. Then use apply the proceeds to the cost of new tires, so the replacement tires cost less out of pocket.

For the way I use my truck, I would never spend the money for used tires like that. But I can see where some local small businesses just might like to have them. And they could work for those applications.

What would be your thoughts?

[milo]

Shoot I got an extra set of 16 inch LT's ( for Off road use) I had on my 91 F-250 still setting in the garage . Bet they don't have 10,000 miles in em. Have listed on Craigslist every year for the last 15 yrs.. not a single hit ..not even a scammer hit. Anyone interested ....LOL!

[Me_Again]

I sold XPS Ribs after 6.5 years use and around 40K+ miles. They had about 65 percent tread left and got $200 on CL for the four. Guy had an old beater truck that he drove to the dump once in a while and was happy to get them.

[cpaulsen]

Put new tires on my F350...5 year old Goodyear Wranglers with about 20K on them......sold them on CL in 1 day for 40 bucks each.

[John_Joey]

beemerphile1 wrote:
I'd wager that if you left your 3yo tires at the tire store they went on another vehicle after you left. They were sold or went on an employee's vehicle.

X2, I can only imagine how much thread was left on them after being used on a vacation trailer.

[Cummins12V98]

Sold the original GY G tires and aluminum wheels including the spare that were 5 years old on CL for $1,000.00. The person knew how old they were and was installing on a utility trailer. Also sold another 5 year old set of GY G's on CL for $400.

[kvangil]

JIMNLIN wrote:

Would you feel good about selling 3 YO LT Tires?

I would feel real silly selling perfectly good tires.

X2. 🙂

[JIMNLIN]

Would you feel good about selling 3 YO LT Tires?

I would feel real silly selling perfectly good tires.

[beemerphile1]

I'd wager that if you left your 3yo tires at the tire store they went on another vehicle after you left. They were sold or went on an employee's vehicle.

[azrving]

Huummm....I sold four 14 year old Marathons on 15 wheels for $150..

[Jim_Shoe]

I just gave away a six pack of tires off of my 'C' to a friend that can use them for local use only on a service van. Plenty of tread, but they were on a 'C' that hadn't been used for 2 years. Unless you're a full timer, tires are already past their safety window before the tread wears out. And I didn't want a blowout 500 miles from home. My RV dealer drills holes in the sidewalls of MH tires that they replace to keep people from taking them from the scrap heap and using them.

[mowermech]

When I was young and broke, we all ran our cars on used tires or recap rejects.
Even within the last 10 years, I have gone to a tire store and bought "take-offs", tires that people had replaced for one reason or another.
So, yes, I would sell used tires and think nothing of it, "As is, where is, no warranty expressed or implied!"

[Bionic_Man]

I would have no problem putting 3 year old tires on my truck. I only get around 40,000 miles/set, and that would put them as less than 6 years old at the end of their life.

I have had Discount Tire give me credit for tires I was switching out that they thought had useful tread life.

[larry_barnhart]

I have always thought if the tires are not good enough for me they are not good enough for another person. I do not know what happens to our tires after new tires are bought at the 5 year time limit for me. With no real wear somebody would think they are almost new.

chevman

[calamus]

I have a flat bed and a horse trailer that gets My Old truck tires. and Old camper tires. I would spend a ton of $$ if I bought new tires for everything every 5 years. I run them out till they blow on the horse trailer.