bigredhdt Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I have 7 year old recaps, the casings are 12 years old. They are Michelin tires and have weather checking. Should I replace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I was in the same position on another truck. Answer is YUP! We've had one do a come-apart on freeway. It was not pretty and put a 2 day damper in our vacation. The damage from one tire was more than the cost of 4 new ones. Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredhdt Posted April 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 Did it damage your trailer at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 Get rid of them. I am a big fan of the Hankook DL12 smart flex. But they are open shoulder. Some people dont like open shoulder. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuiteSuccess Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 Yes. Quote 2006 Volvo 780 "Hoss" Volvo D12, 465hp, 1650 ft/lbs tq., ultrashift Bed Build by "JW Morgan's Custom Welding" 2017 DRV 39DBRS3 2013 Smart Passion Coupe "Itty Bitty" "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisvr Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I agree with the flock. At 12 yrs old they are time to be replaced. It was hard for me to replace my 10 yr old tires that had 3/4 tread remaining. I went with Sailun tires at 2/3 to 1/2 the price of Michelins or Bridgestone's and good reviews. I figure they will last me for as long as I have the truck and still look good at the time I sell it. Quote "It is better to have more truck than you need than to need more truck than you have" 2001 Volvo 660, Cummins 400 ISX, Eaton 3 Peddle Auto Shift 2014 Fuzion 40' Toyhauler 2015 Smart Car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, dennisvr said: I agree with the flock. At 12 yrs old they are time to be replaced. It was hard for me to replace my 10 yr old tires that had 3/4 tread remaining. I went with Sailun tires at 2/3 to 1/2 the price of Michelins or Bridgestone's and good reviews. I figure they will last me for as long as I have the truck and still look good at the time I sell it. X2. I replaced our 12-13 y/o virgin Firestones in December, with Sailun's. Couldn't be more pleased with the ride and handling improvement. I replaced the 7 y/o steers at the same time, again with Sailun. Closed shoulder all around. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim & Wilma Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 We don’t run tires past seven years. I’ve looked unsuccessfully for a tire inspection process that would allow an extension of service beyond seven years. For us it’s not worth the risk. Quote Jim & Wilma 2006 Travel Supreme 36RLQSO 2009 Volvo VNL730, D13, I-shift, ET, Herrin Hauler bed, "Ruby" 2017 Smart Class of 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Teacher Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I just had 8 daytonas put on my truck at Christmas with a 3 axel alignment for 2500, I am very happy with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 hours ago, rickeieio said: X2. I replaced our 12-13 y/o virgin Firestones in December, with Sailun's. Couldn't be more pleased with the ride and handling improvement. I replaced the 7 y/o steers at the same time, again with Sailun. Closed shoulder all around. Not sure about that closed shoulder no grip design after my January experience. Quote Alie & Jim + 8 paws 2017 DRV Memphis BART- 1998 Volvo 610 Lil'ole 6cyl Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 The Sailuns I got are closed shoulder, but pretty blocky tread. So far, I really like them. And to clarify, yes, I went 13 years on some of the drive tires. BUT, we're tandem, and the weight back there is roughly 1500# per tire. They run 25-30 degrees cooler than the steers every time I check them. I wouldn't dream of running them that long if we were singled. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 8:11 PM, bigredhdt said: Did it damage your trailer at all? Luckly no. But the tire explosion under the flatbed deck, bent the deck up 2", tore out all the trailer wiring on the truck side, blew out the left side tail lights and took paint off the outside of the bed. It was on our International 4700 truck. When the tire blew, we kinda pooped in our mess kit. It got your attention. Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollytrolley Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Few years ago was spending a couple winters around Wickenburg AZ ...... Local mine heavy haul trucks would crawl out of mine over huge sharp rocks and then blast down I-10 on blazing hot pavement at 70 mph in the summer and EVERY truck had IRONMAN tires and they will make no bones about how GREAT they are...... We bought a set and they are way overkill in load capacity but I was AMAZED how little runout they have....they run silky smooth in spite of the fact that they are much heavier specs.... Lots of tire for the $$$$$ Drive on.......round tires ride smoothe.... Quote 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief916 Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Seven years is my max on all my tires...even on my toy hauler. Sailun tires on everything. Great tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance A Lott Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 I am in the northeast and very seldom do I hear about tire blowouts, the only one I have ever had was in Utah on a very hot day, I routinely run tires into there teens and hardly see any whether checking. I have had trailer tires seperate the tread from the inner casing both times after a very sharp turn, in the same parking lot 2 consecutive years I wont do that again. I am starting to think the heat and sun is doing even more to adge tires than I thought it did. I am moving to Arizona this summer, with mostly new tires, so in 10 years or so I will find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 Age is a factor, but not the only factor. Tires like steers, where there is no redundancy or little safety margin, get replaced often, as do trailer tires. Drives may be different. How close to the max weight is the load? How often do they get really warm? If you're singled and near max capacity, by all means change often. If your individual weight is maybe 15%-20% of rated max, I stretch out the life to double, or even more. I ran my grain trailer tires for 16 years, and changed them all when I found a bubble in the tread on one. Same way with the work trucks. Every tire failure I've had has been on a RV trailer. Every blowout/tread separation has been on a Goodyear. Right now, my $$ go for either Michelin or Sailun. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geodog1 Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 Rick, That is quite a $$ span. Personally I am running Yokohama RY 617 on the toter. And right now have 6 years with no signs of ageing. ShortyO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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