dbbls
Missouri
Senior Member
Joined: 09/29/2005
View Profile
|
 OMG. I can't believe it!
1999 F250 Superduty, V10 with Banks Power Pack
2004 Colorado 29RL 5th wheel with 3600 watt Onan
|
Jaybird
Yosemite, CA & Desert Hot Springs, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/06/2004
View Profile
|
just got home, switched tires to Goodyear Eagles
|
Victor Benz
Stony Plain, AB
New Member
Joined: 06/12/2007
View Profile
 Offline
|
The date code is CRITICAL to assessing the problem. The date code is a 4 digit number stamped on each tire, in the form wwyy such as 4607. This means the tire was produced in the 46th week of 2007. According to the independent tire shop I use (also agrees with others on trailer forums such as this), one should not count on more than 6 years life from a tire, FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE; regardless of whether it has been used or even installed. Unknowing or unscrupulous tire dealers have been doing this for years. I was caught on my car's tires a few years ago. What I do now is have the date code of the tires entered on my sales invoice, indicating I know what that is and what it means.
Vic
|
Bubby's RV
CA
Senior Member
Joined: 07/22/2003
View Profile
|
There was a story just recently about tire stores (especially those associated with a certain national department store chain) having old (as in years old) tires in stock and selling them as new.
John, Winnebago Minnie 24V
|
BFMC4FUN
Trail Creek, CO
New Member
Joined: 04/11/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
Do you use anything on them? Armorall will crack tires.
|
|
|
topflite51
In The Desert of Nevada
Senior Member
Joined: 05/13/2004
View Profile
|
Jaybird wrote:just got home, switched tires to Goodyear Eagles Eagles? I thought those were performance passenger car tires.
 David
Just rolling along enjoying life
|
Jaybird
Yosemite, CA & Desert Hot Springs, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/06/2004
View Profile
|
ooops!
WRANGLERS
|
joanne0012
Boston, MA
Senior Member
Joined: 02/01/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
Are you sure that 80 lb is the right air pressure? Did you check your vehicle's weight and look it up in the Michelin chart (see link below)? According to the chart, 80 pounds is the maximum recommended pressure for those tires. I have similar Michelin tires bought in 2005, and a similar Class C, and the Michelin chart said that for my tires and weight, the pressure should be 65 pounds.
Michelin load & inflation tables
Joanne
1994 Lazy Daze 23.5' TK
|
topflite51
In The Desert of Nevada
Senior Member
Joined: 05/13/2004
View Profile
|
WAG and I do mean WAG. Tires constantly getting sprayed by city water where it sits, by sprinklers for example. More WAG, parked on dirt or grass, something leeching up from the soil. Michelin may have QC problems, but major cracking in one year, I don't think so.
|
Deen
Vancouver, WA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/07/2000
View Profile
|
Victor Benz wrote:The date code is CRITICAL to assessing the problem. The date code is a 4 digit number stamped on each tire, in the form wwyy such as 4607. This means the tire was produced in the 46th week of 2007. According to the independent tire shop I use (also agrees with others on trailer forums such as this), one should not count on more than 6 years life from a tire, FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE; regardless of whether it has been used or even installed. Unknowing or unscrupulous tire dealers have been doing this for years. I was caught on my car's tires a few years ago. What I do now is have the date code of the tires entered on my sales invoice, indicating I know what that is and what it means.
Vic Michelin states (in writing) that starting at 5 years you should have the tires inspected yearly and, if still passing the inspections, replaced at 10 years no matter what. Ours are 6 years old and I just found some cracking along the tread side, not the tire sidewall.
Deen - Vancouver, WA
'02 Dutch Star 4090 (41+', triple slide)
435/1200 ISC Cummins/Banks PowerPak
'08 Honda Civic/dolly
'05 Honda Odyssey/dolly
NRA Benefactor Life Member
FMCA f47302s, Life Member: Good Sam,
Newmar DP Owners Group
51st yr of RV'ing
|
|
|
