Posted by Nancy Howell on September 10, 2014 at 13:41:29 from (144.162.51.165):
I recently had a blow out on one of the tires on my horse trailer. Tire was properly inflated (85psi, max is 90) and had very, very slight weather cracks around the bead. Tire had maybe 15,000 miles usage so had plenty of tread.
All the tread down the center of the tire peeled off, leaving a strip about 1 in wide on both sides. Both sidewalls had a large split, but the split did not go all the way to the bead. This was the front tire on the driver side. I was on an interstate hwy and didn't hit anything.
When I took the tire to our tire place in Mt. Pleasant, I asked one of the guys to look at it to see if he had an idea about why it failed.
He said it was too old. He said the tires were 9 yrs old, which is correct. He said car/vehicle tires should be replaced after 4yrs and trailer tires after 9 yrs regardless of how good the tire condition/tread was. He advised replacing the other tires.
I'm not sure I agree with what he said, so wanted to see what y'all had to say.
I don't want to start a hoorah, just want some other opinions. Please, no fights!
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