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rrman61

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Just had a 16 ply 215/75r-17.5 tire come apart while
hauling the company backhoe.trailer is a tandem(8
tires).the tire that came apart was manufactured in
2013.when did the tire companies switch to
processes/compounds that limits the useful age of a
tire?the tire in question had very little wear(been
sitting for years but stayed fully aired up.)
 
Yes but it showed no cracks or splits.not up to me but we will probably have to replace
most if not all seven of the remaining tires
 
Those smaller tires dont seem to hold up. At work we have a couple of floats that use them and we retread the 22.5s but not the small ones.
 
tires that sit get dryed out. the oils in the rubber settle out and if it was used for low speed light load probably would last longer. its the oils in the rubber that keep the tire together also. and they want us to not depend on fossil fuel,... humm.
 
lots of suspicions... turning sharp with a load causes tire scuffing, which seems to break the belts and cause the tires to come apart internally. So,, with a loaded trailer, never do sharp hairpin turns and drag the tires sideways... or the tire will start to breakdown and come apart in the next 12 months or less.

changed all trailer tires from e rated to g rated tires for around 35 more a tire. These tires take up to 120lbs, but I run them at 90 lbs on my E rated rims so I dont split a rim. Have not had any of the many many failures that I was having with the e rated tires. so far, very good. The G rated 14 plys are built the same as the 22.5 simi tires.
Any tire that gets a slow leak, must be repaired immediately, as the leak will go through the belts and start the tire separating. Must be patched and not plugged. Airing up the tire over and over will pretty much guarantee its gonna blow as it will start to separate. And my bil runs all carlyle tires and has good luck with them. And every time I run them they are horrible.

end of rant. ymmv.
 
I got original tires on my B Farmall, it's a 1945 tires are good on that,very few cracks, But i keep it out of the sun !
 
Since when? Since way before 2013.

It's been common advice to replace trailer rated tires at 6 years of age regardless of wear since I started towing trailers in 2004.

Tractor tires are different. They don't get subjected to the kind of heat cycling that trailer tires do.
 
If I got 9 years out of a trailer tire, I darn sure wouldn't be complaining about it! My dad runs load range G tires on his trailer that hauls our pulling tractor, and it doesn't seem to matter Good Year or Hankook, they'll last 5 years and go bang. And once the first one goes, you better get them all off soon because the rest aren't far behind (BTDT).
 
So many of us wish trailer tires would hold up like tractor or truck tires. The good trailer tires will only last about five years.If kept out of sun maybe a bit longer.Time for replacement. They seem to rot from inside out.
 
A very experienced tire guy told me one time to never trust a tire to carry a heavy load that is over seven years old, regardless of the tread depth/appearance. Might be why they date code them (???)
 
(quoted from post at 09:05:30 07/27/22) They dry rot internally and should not be used after 6 years.
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Well, that is a new one on me!!! Here all this time I thought that it was a combination of sun and lack of use so that the carbon isn't being pushed out. At least that is what I read on the Firestone site.
 
Personally I think the reason for radial tires is they self destruct in about 6 years. That way they sell more tires. Last year I changed the bias tires on my jeep that I bought in 1998. Tire companies can't make money if tires last 20 years.
 
(quoted from post at 13:51:11 07/27/22) Personally I think the reason for radial tires is they self destruct in about 6 years. That way they sell more tires. Last year I changed the bias tires on my jeep that I bought in 1998. Tire companies can't make money if tires last 20 years.
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Yes, people will buy only junk. manufacturers who produce quality quickly go out of business.
 
I bet it doesn't go much more than 10 MPH either. If you only pulled the trailer 10 mph the tires on it would probably 30-40 years also. Speed kills
 
I would be happy with 9 years on a trailer tire. We replace them here at home every 6 years. I do not think that you can just look at a tire and tell what is going on with it.
 
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