Thread: 2 sets of rubber?

Originally Posted by Tombie2

The ONLY time this is viable is if you do enough kms to wear BOTH sets out before they are over 5 years old.

Once they are 5 years old for your safety you should consider throwing them out and replacing..

I've just thrown out 3 never used spares due to age.
They have no cracks or damage etc, just too old to safely use.

Have heard this statement before and it does sound a reasonable one and, being cynical for a moment, can understand why tyre companys would promote such a concept.
What I question is do you actually know anybody who has had a tyre fail because of deterioration caused by age? Not saying it can't happen, just don't know anybody who has had this problem.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Have heard this statement before and it does sound a reasonable one and, being cynical for a moment, can understand why tyre companys would promote such a concept.
What I question is do you actually know anybody who has had a tyre fail because of deterioration caused by age? Not saying it can't happen, just don't know anybody who has had this problem.

Deano

Short answer - YES. After Tombie2 posted, it jogged my memory when I was a kid, Dad bought a Torana that had been sitting in next doors garage for 8 years unused after our neighbour died - his widow did not drive, and eventually sold it on. I remember Mum coming home one day and saying that one of the tyres had burst. Several days later, another did the same thing. Dad replaced them all after that. It's not something I have ever thought of since until today.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Have heard this statement before and it does sound a reasonable one and, being cynical for a moment, can understand why tyre companys would promote such a concept.
What I question is do you actually know anybody who has had a tyre fail because of deterioration caused by age? Not saying it can't happen, just don't know anybody who has had this problem.

Deano

Yes. I had a BFG MT made in 2001 that I was using only as a spare till a new BFG MT KM2 arrived (took 3 months!)...the tyre had around 60% tread left of it and seemed to be fine until one day it just fell apart. Tread blocks separated from the wire casing - it hadn't been exposed to any chemicals that could've caused it either, just old age.

It was a good reminder - thankful I hadn't needed it as a spare tyre.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Have heard this statement before and it does sound a reasonable one and, being cynical for a moment, can understand why tyre companys would promote such a concept.
What I question is do you actually know anybody who has had a tyre fail because of deterioration caused by age? Not saying it can't happen, just don't know anybody who has had this problem.

Deano

Happened to me, but the tyres didn't fail, they just got so hard that the disco slid sideways off a wet road when the wife was driving - no grip at all; compared them to a new set which were much softer. Until this time the wife kept blaming my driving. Had a new set of tyres within the week.

I run road tyres every day on my car because they handle better, are quieter, stop better, wear better, accelerate better, cheaper to replace, and use less fuel. I have run AT's and MT's on the road before but they dont compare well a road tyre. I also have stock RR rims with hancook MT's which are a nice MT tyre in 16 inch. I change them when I go off road.

My vehicle is a work car which tows and gets used every day. I like to think that I go off road a lot but in KM on vs on road I dont. So it makes sense to run HT's for the 90+ % of driving I do.

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Indeed, I think you will get as many opinions as there are tyres available. On the recommendation of 2 of my mates that run them, I will be going for the BF Goodrich AT's, but now I will be putting them straight on the alloys, and ditching the road tyres. Size wise, I will only go for about a 265/70/16, as I doubt the stock 3.5 would like me to use anything bigger, and I don't want to sacrifice what power it does have on the road...

Cheers - Gav.

Can't go too wrong with BFGs, either in AT or MT.

I am running BFG AT's right now and have always had a high opinion of them but there have been some odd reports recently about serious quality issues with some batches of the BFG AT's ...

Simon.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

The ONLY time this is viable is if you do enough kms to wear BOTH sets out before they are over 5 years old.

Once they are 5 years old for your safety you should consider throwing them out and replacing..

I've just thrown out 3 never used spares due to age.
They have no cracks or damage etc, just too old to safely use.

I know this is not quite the same but I wonder how many of us with ten year old Disco's have pulled out their SRS airbags and thrown them away.

About ten years ago a bloke I know got some reasonably cheap tyres from a tyre shop because they were more than four years old and no longer had manufactures warranty.

My boat trailer has recaps that were on the trailer when I purchased it new back in 1996. Ok 2 years ago it did blow a tyre, but this was the day before the black Saturday bush fires. It was 43 degrees when it happened.
I'm sure mine wasn't the only recap to blow that day.

Many people have a spare in their boot or hanging off the back that would be 10 years old and these would go on a vehicle when needed.

If a tyre was unsafe at five years there would be an ADR that says tyres must have a manufacturing date and must be discarded after this, like gas tanks, after 10 years have to be tested.

Dave.