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Post by mudslinger97117 on Nov 22, 2009 10:57:19 GMT -5
Ok, I've had a near new set of studded buckshotmud tires mounted on my frame/cab in my shop going on like 4 years just wondering if it would be worth my time to pull them off and try to balance them or should i just put them on c/l as trail only tires? I was thinking about putting them on the wifes pathfinder beings they share the same bolt pattern. All hold air and I don't rember any cracks...
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Post by crusty on Nov 22, 2009 19:48:13 GMT -5
Well if they are only 4 years old, that isn't too bad. Most snow tires are run for 3-4 years. The main thing to look for is any wheather checking. If they have been in the shop then probally won't have any cause its when they get wet then dry out is the biggest cause. You can look at the end of the DOT number and it will give you a date code, should be something like 2305, that would be the 23rd week of 2005.
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Post by mudslinger97117 on Nov 24, 2009 20:13:03 GMT -5
Thanks Crusty They have been on my truggy that never happened for four years I'm sure they are at least 2 years on top of that.... Might yank em off the wheels and put my 31's on the rims for the wife.
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Post by poorboy1 on Nov 28, 2009 23:30:46 GMT -5
my dads 55 has swampers that are over 14 years old on it. still work great.
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Post by crusty on Nov 29, 2009 0:36:26 GMT -5
Its not so much the age as it is the condition, obviously for liability issues and tire industry standards we have guidelines, but yeah.
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Post by poorboy1 on Nov 29, 2009 19:46:47 GMT -5
On our semi trailers at work we would remove and destroy any tire over 8 years old no matter what the tread looked like.
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Post by crusty on Dec 1, 2009 21:13:54 GMT -5
Commercial tires are a whole nother story!
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Post by 83toyota on Dec 9, 2009 22:41:25 GMT -5
Commercial tires are a whole nother story! Yea no S*#*. ...I'm lucky to get a month or two out of the tires on my work truck.
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