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The tires on my wife's SUV have plenty of tread left on them but I recently noticed they have developed small cracks in the tread.
Tires are 8 years old and have 24k miles on them.
Just did a little internet research and see that it is recommended to go no more than 6-10 years on passenger 'car' tires.
Hate to replace tires that appear to have a lot of life left in them but I also hate to worry.
Thinking just spend the money and buy a little peace of mind?
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Yes. and tell her she needs to get out more!
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They'll blow sooner or later due to age and dry rot.
Better safe than sorry. Why risk it?
Your wife is much more important.
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Maybe you can trade a rifle you swindled a widder lady out of for some used ones down in the classifieds.
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Have had trailer tires with very few miles and lots of tread, but also lots of years on them fail more times than I can recall... They always shuck out at perfect times, too!
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She works from home and we rarely travel....
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Probably better swap them out Sammo. Dad had one on his pickup lose a cap and ruin a fender a couple years ago. $4400 worth at the body shop.
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Looks like some tire belts are ready to break loose. I had that happen on a van I was driving at 80mph and they were less then 1 year old Goodyear tires.
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I would not let my wife drive to the grocery store on those tires. Time for new ones NOW.
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Sam ,
My tires are 8 years old also , read quite a while back that tires should be changed at the 7 year mark no matter what .. Especially if they've been subjected to much sunlight . Mine have the little dry rot cracks also . The article I read came from a really bad automobile wreck - a tire failed - real bad .
Article stated two things - tires over 7 years old and tires over inflated to get them to bead on the rim were BAD NEWS or tires accidentally over inflated by someone . Any tire inflated several pounds over max EVER even if aired down immediately shouldn't be used . Friend of mine owns a tire shop , told me my 20 year old spare [factory spare] would be dangerous as hell at highway speeds , warned me that if I used it be careful and get it off there ASAP .
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Sam, just had to replace a tire on my old pickup box trailer that I use to haul junk to the dump with. I know that I had less than 100 miles on those tires from new. 3 to 4 2 mile trips a year. They just plain sun rotted the sidewalls out. Sure wouldn't risk running those on a car. Russ
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I'd run those tires on a farm truck until they failed me, but NOT on the highway or anyplace that matters.
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Dangerous, especially at speed.
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Replaced what looked like a brand new set of Michelins on my 65 Mustang when I bought it. Turns out they had less than 2,000 miles on them but were 16 years old. Just the thought of one of them blowing on that ancient front end when I was doing 60 mph had me at the tire shop the next day. Been 5+ years and I have almost 1500 miles on them now. Few more and they will be replaced.
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Have had trailer tires with very few miles and lots of tread, but also lots of years on them fail more times than I can recall... They always shuck out at perfect times, too! I was dragging my tractor on I-10in Mississippi - car hauler trailer - rear tire drivers side had something in it - kept needing air . Aired it up before getting on the highway a small group of motorcycle riders fell in behind me , I was looking at them in my rearview driverside mirror guy lined right up tailgating the trailer , I thought to myself about how tires blow at the worst time - 2 seconds later POP slung tread all over him/them . One of those times when you just happen to think what could happen and it does happen . They gave me some dirty looks as they went on down the road but in my mind - DON'T TAILGATE - especially a damn trailer . I think the sitting ruins them - a trailer I have now has been sitting for quite a while ,, flatspots ..
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Different I know, but we replace all the tires on our fire trucks and ambulances in my district based on age as they don't get enough miles to wear out the old fashion way.
New set of tires is a small price to pay vs. the alternative.
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Buy you some new tires, you cheap fugger!
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Man, now I feel bad! Thank you for all the replies. To be honest it appears that I should have been paying better attention to their condition. I knew the tread(depth) was fine but haven't bothered to really look at the tread, reach in the wheel well and check the 'grip'...... Guess I'm just used to wearing out tires on pickups and you replace them every 2-4 years. And Jesus, I bet half the old farm trucks around here are running 20 year old tires. Lesson learned! Tikka, my next door neighbor is the tire guy in town and buy everything from him. Sells a bunch of Hankooks. Thinking about these? https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...l=Explorer%204WD&autoModClar=Limited
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Iirc, Discount tire will not mount a tire on a rim if its 8 years old.
I could be wrong, it may be 10.
I would gift those to Diddler.
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