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[Surrey]

Well in all honesty most tire shops down south don't sell a few million dollars worth of tires every year... Up here its common for people to get new summer tires or winter tires every year or every few years. I was down last summer and it was hard to find a place that stocked more then a few hundred tires in the store... The place I'm working has about 5,000 right now.

Yeah... Here in BC, the only thing that sits on the shelf are special-order stuff (My buddy worked at a Goodyear Tire for 4 years, some brand new Viper tires were upstairs the whole time. Someone ordered 'em, but never came to pick them up. That was like 4 years ago, and bet they are still there...) But like in Alaska, tires get changed a lot here.

Hell, two of my best friends have worked in tire shops, and neither have made any mention about age limitations on tire rubber... I hope my 31s are not too old to go back on my truck, they are at a friends house right now so I can't even check.

 

[kemo]

me wonders how old sidewalls are on retreads...

 

[superds]

me wonders how old sidewalls are on retreads...

I was thinking the same thing. But from the video it doesn't seem the sidewalls are the problem, it's more the tread coming loose from the carcass. Still wonder if retreads like Treadwrights are affected by age...

 

[Original_Ranger84]

I was thinking the same thing. But from the video it doesn't seem the sidewalls are the problem, it's more the tread coming loose from the carcass. Still wonder if retreads like Treadwrights are affected by age...

I wouldn't think so as the retreads have new rubber and tread put on them. so its pretyt much new anyways not to mention alot of people put them on trucks that aren't as road going.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I'm talking tires intended for street use, as was the OP. As far as farming is concerned, I would imagine those tires are so thick they have a longer life.

They see more stress than a street tire too... a lot more.

I was getting at that age isn't everything, it is how and where they are stored.

 

[gribly]

I would wager that you're not going to get old carcasses from Treadwright. They specifically state they try to use ones that are less than 1.5 years old last time I checked.

 

[gribly]

My Miata was on the original tires from '89 up until 2008. They were getting pretty hard, car started to get easier and easier to drift over the years, tires still looked new, though. When I got the new tires I was amazed at the traction, my old ones were terrible!

 

[racsan]

i bought a '93 taurus when it was 10 years old, still had the original firestones. (only had 24,000 miles on the car) the snow and wet-weather traction was horrible. put new tires on and it was unstopable in the snow. it was cool to be able to spin tires from a stop in wet weather, but not so cool trying to get stopped with tires sliding. uniroyals on my ranger are needing replaced, good tresd but 5 years old, they just have no wet-weather grip. i dont run them in winter, so i dont know how they ever were in snow. my winter tires are alos about 5-6 years old and dont grip nearly as good as they used to. the wife's S-blazer got new tires and it used to spin them all the time without trying, it now gets a grip and goes.

 

[superds]

I would wager that you're not going to get old carcasses from Treadwright. They specifically state they try to use ones that are less than 1.5 years old last time I checked.

Good to know, thanks for the info!

 

[kemo]

I would wager that you're not going to get old carcasses from Treadwright. They specifically state they try to use ones that are less than 1.5 years old last time I checked.

I'd need a promise from them before I'd ever consider buying from them. One of the biggest reasons I never buy re-treads is just that. A: used sidewalls (never know how old they are until you get them) and B: well, they are re-treaded.

My tires were only a couple months old when I bought them. Tires are something I'll never cheap out on... they hold my vehicles to the road.



Why I don't like them... most of the treads you see on the highway, are from retreads.

 

[Surrey]

I'd need a promise from them before I'd ever consider buying from them. One of the biggest reasons I never buy re-treads is just that. A: used sidewalls (never know how old they are until you get them) and B: well, they are re-treaded.

My tires were only a couple months old when I bought them. Tires are something I'll never cheap out on... they hold my vehicles to the road.

They only retread good casings - thats why we can't get 33s anymore, they can't get decent enough casings on a regular basis. Im sure the company is aware of this very discussion we are having(not literally, but the topic anyway), and I really doubt they want to be involved in any lawsuits that would surely come from any tire failures.

Treadwright is the only company I know of that sells retreads, and they seem to be pretty damn good, The worst review I've read was from a guy driving a big diesel truck, and his only real complaint was the rubber was chunking away.

I would probably buy some, but they dont carry big tires for a 15" rim.