I bought some "used with little wear" rear tires last summer. It was a one hour drive each way. It turned out the tires were 30+ years old. The tread was almost new, they had some sidewall checking/dryrot, but I figured they'd be OK, bought them, and drove home. I put them on, loaded them with Calcium Chloride, used them for a month or so.
I needed the tractor this spring to work a plot of land. I had two days to finish planting before a predicted big rain (one of the last of the season). One sidewall on one old tire blew out, apparently due to age having rotted the fabric sidewall. The massive blow-out cost me the tube and all the chloride along with the tire. I had to call the local premium price place to get a new tire on short notice, pay them to install the tire and tube and fill with Rim Guard. There was no time to "do it myself" or bargain hunt for a cheaper tire.
While one of the old tire is still holding up, the cost savings wasn't worth the hassle. The lesson I took away from this is: "Don't buy really old tires".
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