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tires
05-27-2005, 14:31
Post: #25
tires
Hate to tell you this, but your truck driver friend is giving you
poor advice. He is basing it on the trucking industry point of
view. They have their tires in service all the time, which keeps
the rubber alive. Most truck tires see 100,000 miles a year.

You have an RV, which based upon your description, gets very little
use and spends the majority of time sitting. This destroys tires.
I'll bet you don't put 10 to 15,000 miles a year on yours. Any
manufacturer will tell you that 6 years max and you should remove
the tires regardless of how they look. We here horror stories all
the time of folks having blow-outs on older tires. It isn't worth
it to stretch their use. The damage that results from a blown tire
far exceeds the cost of the tire and often an entire set.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dspithaler@a... wrote:
> Bill I just took Michelins off in Dec that were 9 years old &
they didn't
> have any cracks or wear on them & I had made a trip to AZ the
year before on
> them. Its hard to throw them away when they look that good. The
six new
> Michelins cost me $3000 here in Butler. I had a retired truck
driver tell ne in
> FL this year he wouldn't have got rid of them if they didn't have
any cracks
> in the sidewalls. I was just afraid to make another trip to AZ
this past
> winter.
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA
>
>
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