Was chewing the fat and heard....

[texasjohn]

Well, there are those of us who are sufficiently aware to know the age of their tires, financially capable of replacing multiple tires at once, and have the time and foresight to decide to do it.

Then, there are those who live so close to an empty wallet that they don't even have a spare and drive every tire until it is destroyed.

There must be more of them than us. Interstate 35 is littered, daily, with rubber from destroyed tires, passenger, trailer and truck, every time I drive.

 

[Pops15]

I was going to be the guy that disproved that RADIAL trailer tires would only last 6 years. I never ran them under inflated. I always parked the trailer on boards so the tires weren't in the mud. Within 8 miles I had two tires change from having a convex tread profile to a kind of wedge shaped tread profile. I was able to get them replaced before they blew. They were both on the same side of the trailer. Both had excellent tread and absolutely no cracks in the rubber. They had never been overheated and they had never run over anything that would damage them. They were however on the side that is exposed to direct sunshine when the trailer isn't on the road, which is most of the time. I do think the tires degraded because of their exposure to UV from the sun. I got about 7 years out of those tires.
My other trailers have bias ply tires. The tires on one trailer are 25 years old and I would be comfortable towing that trailer across country. I've got another trailer with 25+ year old bias ply tires that still hold air but that rig won't leave the yard until it gets new tires. Those are badly checked.

There have been guys running on the Bonneville Salt Flats at 200-300MPH on 70 year old tires. They were of course bias ply tires. There's a huge difference between the life expectancy of radials VS bias ply.

 

[Diamondpilot]

After learning how to read the date codes on a tire, I get the newest ones I can find, just like with batteries. I will get one with the newest production date I can find.
If the tire is going on the road, I look at it suspiciously if it is over 5-6 years old.

Aaron Z

I am with you. Since September I have bought 4 sets of tires. I would never accept tires over 12 months old.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

i think most shops that refuse to remount or work on tires of 'x' age ar emostly doing it for liability sake.. that or liability and sales.. still... I'v had an old 'new' tire blow out on a horse trailer. probably didn't have 200m ont he tires.. but they were old.. and one popped while i was loaded.. and after that short trip downt he interstate.. they all looked real bloated.. i chnaged them all.. probably only have 60 miles on that next set when they get changed..

 

[DarkBlack]

We have more fatalities and injuries around here from old-drivers, than from old-tires. New law needed?

Now it's heating season, every day on the local news, someone's house burned down. Houses are made of flammable wood.
How much more dangerous and stupid can you get? Do we need a new law banning making your house from a fuel?

Maybe we need a new law to force car owners to replace their $1,500 airbags after some years. I imagine the materials in them, like tires, aren't as supple, and safe as new. New law needed?

We already got state inspection, and common sense on the tires. Fatalities attributed to old tires doesn't even make it on lists of US fatalities reasons. You got a better chance of being killed by your dogs bacteria bad breath than some guy who blew an old tire. enough mindless laws.

 

[EE_Bota]

Let the states handle it if they so desire.

 

[JIGBUILDER]

Let the states handle it if they so desire.

Yeah, now how do you know the next state your traveling through does or doesn't have that law.

We have too many state motor vehicle laws now that read different like towing doubles or tag display requirements/different speed limits on the same interstate/etc.

In '00 NHTSA finally came in with fed regs requiring states to use the same FMCSA trucking regulations. Before that it was a hodge podge of different size and weight regulations that restricted many owners and operators to just certain states or had to bypass a certain state. No I'm not for letting a state decide what their regs are pertaining to motor vehicle regulations.

 

[jerrybob]

I think we should let Congress figure it out........they know what's best and always protect the citizens. Maybe we could supplement low income folks with a TREP........tire replacement entitlement program. With all the bad roads and pot holes around the country that we can't seem to fix......we need to make sure all people have good tires so they are safe. Lets work together and solve this problem.....like Congress!

 

[Pops15]

We have more fatalities and injuries around here from old-drivers, than from old-tires. New law needed?

Now it's heating season, every day on the local news, someone's house burned down. Houses are made of flammable wood.
How much more dangerous and stupid can you get? Do we need a new law banning making your house from a fuel?

Maybe we need a new law to force car owners to replace their $1,500 airbags after some years. I imagine the materials in them, like tires, aren't as supple, and safe as new. New law needed?

We already got state inspection, and common sense on the tires. Fatalities attributed to old tires doesn't even make it on lists of US fatalities reasons. You got a better chance of being killed by your dogs bacteria bad breath than some guy who blew an old tire. enough mindless laws.

Amen brother!

 

[Lt CHEG]

No new laws please. Even if it seems like a good idea, we don't need any more laws like this. It would be nearly impossible to enforce anyway and it still wouldn't prevent all that many accidents. I'm sure that EPA regulations on diesel exhaust emissions seemed like a good idea at the time too, and in reality we did need to improve things a bit. Now look at how out of control they have gotten. The political climate of the US right now does not allow for common sense and restraint in regulation and special interests control the government. So in my opinion far more harm than good would be done with any law of this type.