Was chewing the fat and heard....

[johnk]

Work is a dirty word to some folks. Why work when the check is in the mail all your life. I wonder if Armour all would help prevent cracking on tires? should give em some UV protection.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I used to feel the same way until about 2004. I had 6 tires that were about 8 years old and looked brand new. Had maybe 2000 miles on them. Took off on a trip and within 250 miles lost 3 of them. One blew the side wall off and 2 lost the tread. These were 10 ply Continental Tires made by Michelin. Now I was force to buy all new tires on the road. When the guy took the tires off the wheels to mount 4 new ones, I was going to keep the old ones as spares, I was amazed. They insides were breaking down and they had devolved bubbles in the rubber of which some had popped and allowed air to get between the plys.

Long story short I bought 5 tires so I had a good spare and keep the best looking old one as a secondary spare. A year later I was in my house and heard something that sounded like a shotgun go off in my pole barn. I went out and it had blown up and put a hole in the wall it was leaning up against. Good thing my daughter was not in there getting her bike or Barbie Jeep out. They were parked 3 feet from that TIME
BOMB!

Chris

This internal breakdown appears to be a Michelin problem. It is the only tire Iv used that I have seen it on with lo mileage.

 

[mikehaugen]

Work is a dirty word to some folks. Why work when the check is in the mail all your life. I wonder if Armour all would help prevent cracking on tires? should give em some UV protection.

I have heard that armor all actually accelerates dry rot... not sure if there is any truth to it.

 

[DarkBlack]

Around here, we need more laws to rout out corrupt polititians, not new tire laws from them.

 

[clemsonfor]

Ill trade that tire law for a stupid seat belt law. eg not wearing MY seatbelt doesnt endanger anyone else. but running around with 10 yo+ tires is an accident waiting to happen. and when it does, that sort of tire failure is generally catastrophic and likely to involve other partys,

so not such a bad idea IMHO

But the seatbelt law is to save us all money. NOt saying its the case with you, but plenty of people are driving and have cars but have no health insurance or auto insurance able to cover the expense of an accident if it happens. So all the folks that dont pay for thier health care and just go to the ER get into a wreck its more likely they will ahve more injuries without a belt vs wearing one. And if that person goes to an ER and cant pay the bill and ins wont or its abouve their liability us taxpaayers pay it once its written off or in higher premiums.

 

[clemsonfor]

What's the rule of thumb on tractor tires? Worn-out, visible wear, but otherwise rule of thumb?

The point at which they will no longer contain a tube, or that a boot will no longer cover and keep the tube in the tire casing or it keeps getting poked through the lack of casing!!!

 

[charlz]

I have heard that armor all actually accelerates dry rot... not sure if there is any truth to it.

IIRC from the RV forums, Armor All is not to be used but 303 Protectant is supposed to work.

 

[downslope]

If you notice there are more and more of those entitlement people and it will probably double in the next 4 years. ...

Actually, I heard recently that particular portion of the US population amounts to about 47% and you are correct, it expected to keep rising for at least the next 4 years or so. A lot of this will depend on the dealings with the fiscal precipice that is looming year-end