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48th week of 2000. An 18 year old tire is pretty much a ticking time bomb. It might be fine for several thousand miles or blow out within minutes of being put on the road. Tho not real common, it could even blow from just airing up if it's been allowed to go low.
A couple of years ago I put up a post about checking and replacing the spare under the truck. My spare had visible cracks in it when I inspected it, took it out and ordered a cheap load E tire just to get me to a repair shop if a primary went down.
i have tires on the old truck that when i picked it up out of the paddock i know for a fact it had been sitting there for a least 30 years it had 5 tyres on it and one was still pumped up to 29 psi
... Tho not real common, it could even blow from just airing up if it's been allowed to go low.
No fun when they blow up in your face, less fun when they blow up your face. I've had two old tires blow airing up, in both cases with the compressor and me at least 20' away when they went (old cars I was recovering).
Believe it or not old steel belted radials are the ones that have the most problems. Moisture gets in there somehow, and they corrode. The old bias ply tires are a lot safer in that regard.
The last three times I purchased tires, I had serious reminder talks with my dealer, to emphasized my requirements.
First, my Michelins must say Made in USA. Second, they must have been produced within the last six months.
Third, sets of two must have matching DOT codes.
If not, send them back or order more until we get it right.
The last three times I purchased tires, I had serious reminder talks with my dealer, to emphasized my requirements.
First, my Michelins must say Made in USA. Second, they must have been produced within the last six months.
Third, sets of two must have matching DOT codes.
If not, send them back or order more until we get it right.
Good advice. But I have you beat on the spare. I had a slow leak on my aluminum rim. Found out it was cracked. So I pulled the tire off to have it repaired and used the spare. Now this thing looked like new. **** on it and no cracking. I bought the truck in 9-1998. You guessed it it was original. Needed a valve stem. Put it on but didn't need the truck much. I bought all new tires, six being it's a dually. But now I have to look tomorrow. I believe I changed it. It's in the back of the truck because the lift broke. Crank part broke in side and made it unuseable. Never even used and it broke. I have a camper shell so it's not in the sun. They want over $100.oo dollars for those things even at the salvage yard.
Believe it or not old steel belted radials are the ones that have the most problems. Moisture gets in there somehow, and they corrode. The old bias ply tires are a lot safer in that regard.
I've had the same experiences with bias tires not falling apart nearly as early as radials. The worst radial experiences I've had is with trailer spec tires.
