Fiver Captain
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Don't know if this has been posted before, but I don't recall seeing it here. Some interesting info about the tire industry in America.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
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rscraig
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Thanks for posting this. Its well worth watching. One simple regulatory change that could make a big difference would be to require all tires to bear the manufacturing date in a consumer-friendly code such as "Feb 09." I think its pretty clear that the current date code is made purposefully obscure so consumers cant read it.
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cooper841
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GREAT POST.
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wingrider6
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The "code" is no secret and very easy to decipher. I have always checked the date of manufacture of tires I have bought. Buyer beware. Again folks passing their responsibilities off to government.
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Henry Wang
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Wow, what an eye opener. Go figure the lying weasel from the rubber industry says there is no scientific evidence. What about the footage of the professional driver with anti-rolling rig on the test vehicle? Like people just driving around with those attached to their cars? D'uh. That pretty much looked like a "scientific test" to me.
And if he claims rubber doesn't fail with age, he only needs to look at any item that has rubber compound in it that's been sitting around to see the weathering, aging, cracking to know that rubber DOES fail with age!
Anyway, enough ranting. I am going to check the age of my tires....
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Kajtek1
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The program give only part of the story (you know what that means?)
Properly maintained car tires last with no problem 10 years, while I have no problem to drive on 20-years old pickup tires and I still continue experiment with 30+ years old commercial tire on my coach tag.
Than in the past I had my share of blow ups even at 70 mph. It is adrenaline rush, but never brought real danger to me. Than I don't have the habits of hanging on cellphones and don't even drink in my cars.
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mcgillagorilla
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i am with the above poster on tires. i drove 18 wheelers for the last48 years and if tires are inflated properly and have no serious weather checking i would not be afraid to use them . i have a set on a closed cargo trailer bought in 1984 and have never had a flat and would not be afraid to go to south florida with them.
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Pauljdav
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wingrider6 wrote:The "code" is no secret and very easy to decipher. I have always checked the date of manufacture of tires I have bought. Buyer beware. Again folks passing their responsibilities off to government.
I can read the code too. Can my mother? She buys her own tires. If I took a poll at the tire store I doubt I would get 1 percent of people who are buying tires to know what the date is. Does the tire store have a poster in good viewing available for these people to be able to read the tires?
I am all for easy to read date codes.
Paul
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~DJ~
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Very good video and I absolutely agree with 6 year tire life no matter the condition.
I just put 6 new Toyos on my dually and in 6 years they will come off with only 30K on them.
There is more and more evidence of the 6 year tire rule all the time. Tires aren't that expensive to risk the chance so many people and tests are wrong.
I paid $1800 for my M-55's which IMHO is the best tire on the planet for my rig. To replace them again in 6 years I have to save $25 a month.
Let's see, my truck cost $30,000 and my camper cost $20,000. Isn't that worth giving up one dinner out per month?
How many more years should one try to squeeze out of a set of tires to trade for a human life? Is there a certain amount of years to make the trade off worth it? 
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