Trailer tire recommendations

Rory McNeil · 08-05-2018, 05:54 PM

To find the tires date of manufacture, look for the DOT impression on the tires sidewall, there are normally one on either side, you want the longer version. The last 4 numbers are the date, the first 2 digits are the month, last 2 the year. So if the 4 numbers show 1718, that means the tire was built during the 17th week of 2018.

Demon340 · 08-05-2018, 07:13 PM

Thank you for the tire info. We had low milage Power King (7.50 x 16) - 14ply, but 5yr old (looking at tire date) let go on I-70 at the bottom of Vail pass coming back from Denver. Sucks to unload the car and golf cart just to change a tire. Spent more time looking over our shoulders to make sure our Colorado high road idiots didn't hit us.
Thanks,
Larry

08-05-2018, 05:54 PM	#1
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,311 Likes: 315 Liked 1,103 Times in 301 Posts	Re: Trailer tire recommendations To find the tires date of manufacture, look for the DOT impression on the tires sidewall, there are normally one on either side, you want the longer version. The last 4 numbers are the date, the first 2 digits are the month, last 2 the year. So if the 4 numbers show 1718, that means the tire was built during the 17th week of 2018. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang

08-05-2018, 07:13 PM	#2
Demon340 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Colorado Posts: 94 Likes: 294 Liked 108 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Trailer tire recommendations Thank you for the tire info. We had low milage Power King (7.50 x 16) - 14ply, but 5yr old (looking at tire date) let go on I-70 at the bottom of Vail pass coming back from Denver. Sucks to unload the car and golf cart just to change a tire. Spent more time looking over our shoulders to make sure our Colorado high road idiots didn't hit us. Thanks, Larry