Not my season...

[SabrToothSqrl]

First a carrier bearing in my XP (new one gained me 100 RPM top end).

Now this...

 

[garrettb]

Yikes! And it was even a Goodyear!

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

First a carrier bearing in my XP (new one gained me 100 RPM top end).

Now this...

Well I would say you were overdue for that. That tire was manufactured in year 2000

 

[Strizzo]

looks like that one was low for a while, and possibly dry rotted before it let go.

 

[Bills86e]

Looks as if you drive on rocky sand-bars. :auto:

 

[racerxxx]

Same exact same thing my Goodyear looked like. And mine was from 99, lol

 

[Coastiejoe]

Yep,, time for new tires I would suspect. Especially if the others are of the 2000 era..

 

[jammin777]

tires have a 8 -10 year life span regardless if they have been installed or never mounted. afterwards its a gamble.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

Does it have a date on it? Where are you reading 2000?

I'm buying 4 new tires and 4 new rims... Wheels are at least 20 years old, if not 28... (Year of trailer).

I got a single new tire/wheel on, just to get it home. It's home now.

Other 3 tires + wheels I pickup tomorrow after work.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

Man o day.... 16 years?! Lol. Guess I got my $ out of them. They still have a ton of tread.

 

[RodInEscondido]

Either that or ya gotta stay away from the areas of drive-by shootings.

 

[Mickirig1]

My Oldest Son is a mechanic / tire tech. He looked at our trailer tires. Told us we need to replace them. They still had some mold flash on them! He says probably 500 miles on them. Had a spare with us, when one got a huge side wall / tread edge bubble. My Dad always had one spare if not two for all the trailers.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

I've replaced the 4 on the trailer w/new wheels + tires. I'm going to carry one of the old as a spare... it's 16 years old, but still holds air right?

I will buy a new wheel/tire spring 2017 for the spare. I've spent enough $ today...

 

[racerxxx]

What, you spent enough money?

But you're saving it on the gas and oil changes on the Tesla. You should have buckets of cash sitting around.

 

[mikidymac]

Thanks for posting this. You just reminded me I need new tires and don't want to look like yours. We are driving 6 hours at the end of July to Laughlin, NV. It is only supposed to be 120 degrees and my tires are original from Shorelandr' in 1997.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

While it's true I no longer spend $300/month on gasoline, (instead about $65 on electric)... most of that goes to pay for the car it's self

My wife has a deposit on the $35k Model 3. After rebate, that's a $27,500 car, that never needs an oil change.

https://www.teslamotors.com/model3

Replace 1997 tires? Never. Those are vintage!

 

[mikidymac]

Replace 1997 tires? Never. Those are vintage!

No kidding, they don't even make the size anymore so I have to get new rims and everything. According to Shorelandr they have been out of production for about 5 years.