Just to stir the tire pot....

[DONALD BROWN]

We bought our most recent Bluebird in June of 2007. It had 29,750 miles on it
and had been stored in a warehouse in St Petersburg Florida for most of its
life. Lots of things needed attention because of it sitting there for so long
and Parliament Coach completed a list of 27 different items. What was not on the
list was tires , they looked perfect and it turns out they were close to perfect
except for their age. They were made in August of 1999. making them more than 8
years old. Today I replace them with 8 new BF Goodrich 12R22.5 16 ply all
position radials. $459 mounted ,balanced,new valve stems,gator caps plus local
sales tax. I found a local dump truck owner who was willing to pay $50 a piece
which reduced the cost and Callahan Tire which has 17 locations in Florida
delivered the tires to him no charge. I could have taken a chance for the next
year or so but the Florida sun and heat added to my unwillingness to put my
Family at risk justified new tires. I did not want
to say Coulda,woulda,Shoulda, after something serious happened.
Donald & Mary Anne, LX-40, Palmetto, Florida

bubblerboy64 wrote: I find
this tire subject interesting and at the same time rather
puzzling as well. How is it that some ten year old tires show "no"
sign of age and weather deterioration and others are described
as "cottage cheese" at about the same age. (And on the inside of the
tire while the outside shows no problem) Now I wouldn't expect them
all to be identical but its difficult for me to understand what the
variables are. It would be helpful to know because obviously then
perhaps action could be taken to preserve them as much as possible.
Obviously covers and proper inflation etc are important. Then there
is the question, can you really visually see what is going on. Could
you have a situation were the tires looks good on all visible
surfaces inside and out and have issues deeper within the tire? I
have to go with the prevailing wisdom on this and trust that I am
doing the right thing and not wasting money. It seems to me there is
not as much science and more religion on this then I am comfortable
with. However, certainly better safe then sorry. I have seen guys
driving tires which I swear you could see the air inside. But it is
extremely hard to throw out tires which look new isn't it?
John Heckman
central Pa
1973 FC

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> Scott,
> Why didn't you ask the tire dealer to buy them off you??? When I
replaced the tires on my coach, I asked them before I made the
purchase, what would you give me for the carcass??? They told me they
would give me $50 each, I said sold!!!
> HTH
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> Sea Ya
> Larry
> NYC
> 84 35FCSB
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Scott Forman <sforman@...>
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:03:50 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Just to stir the tire pot....
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> I left them there. Interestingly enough, they were not
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> highway treads, but rather the deeper square "drive" treads like
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> those on there, he must have got a deal at some point. Frankly, I
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> don't care what they do with them, I just want to forget about the
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Jon" wrote:
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> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Scott Forman"
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> > > The tires on my tag axle were replaced today. I did so because
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> > > dates on them were 1994 (not 2004, 1994, as in 13 yers old).
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> > > showed no signs of age, cracking, anything, just old age. When
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> > > came off, the insides looked absolutely fine. The tire guys
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> > > while they agreed that changing them out based on age was
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> > > thing to do, if they viewed the tires without knowing the date,
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> > > Scott Forman
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> > > 86 PT38
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> > > Memphis
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> > Scott when I replaced my tires they were perfect but had a dot
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> > of 1989. When I had them removed they showed no sign of wear on
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> > So what did you do with your old ones? I bet the tire guy just
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> > them to a re-treader and now they will be recycled to run down
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> > expensive tires to see whether or not they are need of
replacement.
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> > But for now most us try to play it safe and replace our rubber
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> > new when the magic date comes up at seven years old.
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> > Jon
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