Average life span for trailer tires?
I was just wondering when I should start thinking about new tires for my 2012 Outback? What is the average life span for these tires? Obviously they don't have a ton of miles but this summer will be o...
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Terryallan wrote:Huntindog wrote:
I run Michelin XPS RIBS. I change them out at 5 years. They still look good, and I sell them fast on CL to help defray the cost of the new ones. Got 250.00 for the last set.
Since I am in Phoenix AZ, where the sun is brutal, I think that is as far as I want to push them. Probably only possible to get another year or so out of them before the dry rot starts appearing. At that point, they would be a hard sell.
You do tell the buyers that the tires are old, dried out, and no good don't you? You do tell them that the tires could pop any second?
Selling tires that you are scared of to an unsuspecting person is kind of well just (trying to be nice) a very wrong thing to do.
Don't get hysterical with the "scared" word. I would have driven those tires cross country at that point...
Has a tire dealer ever volunteered the date code to you? Why do you sell a car or truck when it hits a certain point in it's life? When you do, do you tell the buyer that it's a worthless heap? Or do you get what you can for it?
There is a market price for everything.
I recently sold a Honda EU 2000. I wanted a new one as I had put a lot of hours on it... Some say that they can go forever... Maybe so, But with what I sold it for, I got into a new one for 500.00
That said, the kid who bought the tires was very happy to have them. Said they were in a LOT better shape than what he was driving on presently. He could not afford new ones. So for him it was a good deal.
Now with all the talk on here about tires being good for 10 years.... Maybe they are right. Maybe the kid will get 5 more years out of them... In reality, the truck will likely be scrapped before the tires explode.
For every seller there is a buyer at the right price.
I believe that at a certain point in most of my possesions life, it is time to get the market price for it and move on to new... Wait too long antd it's worth little to nothing. This applies to most everything, not just tires
