We bought a caravan (our first) recently. Eleven years old, one fastidious owner, mint condition throughout. My boss had it made to his specs, but now he was upgrading. Original tyres on it. He brought it up to my place and I had the wheels off it that afternoon and down to my tyre guy the next morning for new rubber. Just not worth the risk, plus old tyres just don't grip as well and I really didn't want it to overtake me. The old tyres looked like new... from a couple of metres away. Get up really close and the sidewalls were heavily crazed. The spare matches but has been under a cover and never seen light. It's still like new so I didn't replace that. I took it in for a second opinion and the tyre guys confirmed it was fine. And from experience I know they heavily lean towards the safer option.
Having said that I have a set of muddies that go on the Disco for playtime that are about 7 years old. They get regularly checked and still look and feel good so they still get used.
I think an arbitrary age limit isn't sensible if you apply some common sense. There are twenty year old tyres that are fine and five year old ones that are dangerous.
DiscoClax
'94 D1 3dr Aegean Blue - 300ci stroker RV8, 4HP24 & Compushift, usual bar-work, various APT gear, 235/85 M/Ts, 3deg arms, Detroit lockers, $$$$, etc.
'08 RRS TDV8 Rimini Red - 285/60R18 Falken AT3Ws, Rock slider-steps, APT full under-protection, Mitch Hitch, Tradesman rack, Traxide DBS, Gap IID
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