Re: Front tire life?
 

George, Thanks for the thoughts
We have Red River Army Depot near my home in Texarkana.
They have THE tire and track rubber shop for all the us military.
They do the tire & track Maintenance for every tire and track vehicle our Govt owns.
One of my racing buddies has worked there quite a few years.
He tells me the Govt. has a 3 year limit on tires. They are replaced every three years no matter what. It doesn't matter if they were sitting in storage 3 years or on the battlefield 3 years.
Must be one of those DOT "one rule fits all" mandates or the tire industry lobby is real strong.
I'm probably going do like our Govt. and support the tire industry.

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I bought a 1968 M101 trailer thru Gov auction a couple years ago, picked it up Fort Meade. it has 1968 dated tires on it. My fire dept has a 1993 duece and half we received from the govt in 2012, it had 1993 dated tires also.
I'm thinking the 3 year rule is not all the way across the board.

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Adger,

I would pitch them!

Bill

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Duane,
Could be right about not done across the board.
The trailer could have been sitting in surplus for years and years.
Check out the auctions for Tires on govt. Liquidation.
Wish I could sell some expensive toilet seats to them..lol
At RRAD they have acres and acres of vehicles just sitting in surplus.
There is contract rebuilder across the street from my shop. It is interesting to see what goes in and out of there.
In 1987 I bought a crank grinder that had been declared surplus and come off a ship in1963. Back then it was DLA. & I believe the Clintons have a hand in Govt. Liquidation. I'm set up with them and buy once fired brass.
I stock 762/308, 9MM & 300 Win Mag

Thought: 3 year rule props up tire Manufacturers with Govt contracts??
Thanks for the input. I'm not going to chance it...New tires for my comeback year next year.

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Tire manufactures recommend that tires be removed from service after 10 years and they consider a 3 to 6 year life expediency of tires to be normal.
A vehicle in combat or combat support must be expected to hold to that minimum life span rule, this is not an area to be frugal!

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Rubber has a shelf life, if you get a vibration the first thing I would change is the tires.

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I wouldn't wait for a vibration. For me, it isn't about the price of a set of tires, it is about the value of the car and of my life. I hate buying new seat belts every two years, but I don't mind new tires at 4-5 years for the car and the trailer.