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yep..........that be me..........

but my tires are road worthy.............

no...........thats the SxS wheels.........

Taco wheels weigh in at 22 ish

Yep, tires wear out from age alone, no matter how much tread is left.

On a Suzuki Sidekick I drove mostly on back roads, I bought a good looking set of four used tires and ran them for years, though not a lot of miles. The rig is light weight and does not wear tires much, but after 6 or 7 years they started having one flat after another. The tire guy said that they had outlasted their design life and were starting to break down inside, even though there was lots of tread left. Bought a new set, no more flats.

Good evening Dwayne and company, thanks for the replies!


This was a serious eye opener.

What he said. Summer heat will make them even more no buenoer.

If that tire is on a vehicle on blocks in the yard with no battery and a seized engine you're good to go.

Heat is hard on Petroleum based products.

You don’t let the rubber on motor driven equipment deteriorate, just like you don’t let the rubber in your wallet deteriorate.

Change your rubbers out frequently. It just might save your life.

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Sammer ,

No need for high dollar tires if she doesn't drive much , why spend a bunch for tires that will sit parked in the driveway ..

Thanks loads. I had to count mine. 36 in all if you count 4 spares on vehicles.

Ol Mike, I was thinking we would keep the vehicle another 2-5 years.

Put some super sport tires on and be fancy.

I'm not even going to try and count them.

I'll add that I have been told by 2 different tire shops that I should replace trailer tires every three years regardless of mileage.

Americas Tires wouldn't touch a small trailer tire that was over 5 years old. They recommend replacing a full size spare after 7 years.

Good call, especially if they they are going to rot before they wear.

I bought this truck earlier this year for $6K. Only had 60K miles, and 12 year old tires with perfect tread! You guys just cost me some money. But thank you.

Old dude that used to farm the place north of us had a mid 70’s Versatile that must have still had its original tires. Looked like it had 8 inner tubes on it. No telling how much extra fuel that slippage was costing him.

Great Aunt had an old combine out behind the barn that still had WWII surplus airplane tires on it when I was a kid. Grandad said they couldn’t get new tires for anything during the war but they could buy takeoff tires from bombers that would work on combines for the drive tires. Said they might get stuck but they wouldn’t sink or dig into the mud, just sit and spin.

In my experience General tires are very poor quality. Arizonan (sold by Discount Tires) are OK quality for a very good price. I had several sets on my 2009 Camry that never gave me the claimed mileage, but Discount Tire always gave me credit adjustment when I replaced them and I was good. Finally replaced the Camry recently. What I am really pleased with are Yokohama. They are really holding up well on my 2006 Chevy truck and were reasonably priced. If I were needing a new set and I were planning on keeping the truck/SUV for another 2-3 years/30-40K miles, I would seriously look at Yokohama. Cooper is also supposed to be real good, but I have no experience with them. Michelin makes a good car tire, but their truck tires used be poor quality - weak sidewalls. Not sure how they are now, as that was a number of years ago. Just my .02 worth.

Sam, my wife's explorer has the same size tire as yours. We replaced the factory Hankooks with Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS+. We've been very happy with them so far, been on about a year and 12k miles or so.

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=Scorpion+Verde+All+Season+Plus

Same club had me sign a sheet informing me

My tires are 10 years old ....so what ...they are stored 1\2 the year......run them tires on the rear till u get the best of them...

50K and Fraud puts on Hankooks? My how they have fallen.

Michelin or Bridgestone are the only brands I will touch anymore.I know that Michelin owns one of those oriental brands and it might be Hankook. It does not mean they use the same compounding process and Michelin is the king of compounding tires.