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Do you know how OLD your tires are?...Better find

ArbyArby Member Posts: 668 ✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
I ran across this today and think it is worth your time to watch it and act accordingly.

This some serious stuff.


http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
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  • Oklahoma223Oklahoma223 Member Posts: 2,648 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had Arbys for lunch today. The 5 for 5$ is a pretty good deal.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Arby
    I ran across this today and think it is worth your time to watch it and act accordingly.

    This some serious stuff.


    http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897





    I have known about tire shelf life for many years as I used to sell them back when I worked for my uncle in his service station as a teenager.

    Since then I have actually refused tires at a tire shop due to the date on them.
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  • Dakota308Dakota308 Member Posts: 4,162
    edited November -1
    aside from shelf life

    some people buy poorly retreaded tires[xx(]
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  • oldfordsngunsoldfordsnguns Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just had a new cordovan tire fail on my boys 67 mustang.he had 120 miles on it and the sidewall bulged out when the bead failed.The guy at the tire shop thought it was 10 years old, but now that video dates it as feb 2008.I feel better about it now.Thanks for the link.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,531 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Underinflated. Heat causes separation of tread.. I have driven on old car tires for years. Never had a problem.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    old don't necessarily matter i have got tires around here 15 years old that are better than the CHINESE sh_t 90% tread left that separated on my trailer...with a huge load of ford tractor.....i ordered 4 new six ply American made & had to wait a day because none were in county & then received 4 goodyear 5 ply (one ply nylon) with made in china written all over... had to leave but after 170 mile trip i would take a loss if i could trade for MADE IN AMERICA...last tires i will buy from them
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy Big O's and you wont have problems. Best tites I have ever had and all 3 rides I have sport them and I have owned atleast 8 set and will again.
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had some made in China tires on the flat bed trailer. One by one they shredded, and I replaced them with American made tires. Fortunelly when I travel with the trailer I carry a 20 ton bottle jack, an impact, and a spare. So a tire change on the highway is a fifteen minute job.
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Is this like the GM pickups Fires Story? I have NEVER had a tread separate like that - of course, I have always been certain that my tires are properly inflated and not overloaded - I am kinda like an engineer about that...

    I think that so many folks run their tires underinflated and/or overloaded and/or overspeed. I'll bet that this is the real story here.

    I've been driving since 1966, and for many years, drove over 150,000 miles a year, including racing, offroading, and rough surfaces like gravel.

    Only tire failures I have had were when I hit something, or had the rotten luck to pick up a screw or nail.
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  • zr700zr700 Member Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What a joke! I've seen 30 year old tires on the road and they are just fine. If you run around on an under inflated tires all the time you will have trouble.
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  • hoosierhoosier Member Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very timley.
    I have a 1984 Ford E-150 Van, that gets used 1,200 miles a year for Gun Shows.

    Last got tires 7 years ago, less that 10,00 miles on them. The front right tire seperated two weeks ago. I heard a thump-thump so I knew some thing was up, so started to pull off, but it went as I was pulling to the side of the road.

    If I didn't have the Cargo Cage, I would have been worse off. My Gun Show stuff went flying all around in the van. I survived. Got out and checked, van wasn't too bad off, but the spare was dry rotted.

    Got a good look at the rest and these were starting to show signs too. Guess I never thought that tires with 10,000 miles would fail.

    Got a tow, and parked it at home. Every car I own has been checked and a few new tires bought.

    Think I might need a new(er) Van now too.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Underinflated. Heat causes separation of tread.. I have driven on old car tires for years. Never had a problem.


    +1

    as much as i drive {1,500} a week, i have to get every mile out of them too, i drive em till they cup out or a belt breaks, haven't had a blow out since i was a teenager and drove 90mph
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by HandLoad
    Is this like the GM pickups Fires Story? I have NEVER had a tread separate like that - of course, I have always been certain that my tires are properly inflated and not overloaded - I am kinda like an engineer about that...

    I think that so many folks run their tires underinflated and/or overloaded and/or overspeed. I'll bet that this is the real story here.

    I've been driving since 1966, and for many years, drove over 150,000 miles a year, including racing, offroading, and rough surfaces like gravel.

    Only tire failures I have had were when I hit something, or had the rotten luck to pick up a screw or nail.


    Obvisouly you haven't heard of the class action law suit against China tire manufactures.

    I did and got reinbursed for my bad four trailer tires.
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    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    I try not to buy China anything. Tires, I use Goodyear, Bridgestone, Michelin, Continental, and Dunlop.
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  • turtles11756turtles11756 Member Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    if you don't trust your tires SLOW DOWN or go to goodyear and buy new eagles
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy MICHILEN and never look back.
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  • Blade SlingerBlade Slinger Member Posts: 5,891
    edited November -1
    Had a set of Michelin Pilot tires that spent most of their life in the garage, more that three quarters of tread left, always properly inflated and well kept.Four years later I thought the front end need to be fixed, car was acting funky in cornering, had the car checked out ,front end fine, tires were comming apart, plys were seperating. They cost 158.00 ea. Replaced them with American made tires, problem solved.[;)]
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Wife just bought a set of 4 FIRESTONES, oldest one is 51st week of 2006.
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