age for tire replacement

[DonDee]

Originally Posted by WeatherTodd

ok... but what was the "cause" of the tire failure? You cannot blame age alone. Puncture? Rupture??

Lost the tread. No air loss.

[MaxTurner1]

A picture is worth a lot of words. So.. here's a link to a picture.
Here are my Michelin U-V cracks. Safe or not? Click here to see
what some say is safe and others say replace. Plenty of thread, (10,000 mi).
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Thoughts ??

[Midniteoyl]

I would personally change them just to get away from Michelin...

My RV came with 1999 Goodyears on all positions but one, an outside dual. that one was a 2005 Michelin, and it has more cracks in it than yours.. NONE of the Goodyears do..

Not saying I like Goodyears either, just do NOT like Michelins..

[steelheadbluesman]

Originally Posted by MaxTurner1

A picture is worth a lot of words. So.. here's a link to a picture.
Here are my Michelin U-V cracks. Safe or not? Click here to see
what some say is safe and others say replace. Plenty of thread, (10,000 mi).
Home Page

Thoughts ??

Unsightly for sure, but according to the Michelin site (info posted recently by historyjlc, post #65) replacement is needed at 1/16th of depth. I have the XRVs on mine, no cracks, but I'm thinking I would check the Michelin site, and most likely replace yours if they were under my chassis. My thoughts....

[MaxTurner1]

Many thanks for the opinions. I have learned a lot about tires in this exercise. One is that my Winnie has tires made by two suppliers. Goodyear and Michelin. I tried to find them in Toyo, but no luck.

[WeatherTodd]

Originally Posted by MaxTurner1

A picture is worth a lot of words. So.. here's a link to a picture.
Here are my Michelin U-V cracks. Safe or not? Click here to see
what some say is safe and others say replace. Plenty of thread, (10,000 mi).
Home Page

Thoughts ??

those tires look like they havent had any protection applied to them. I would put some 303 and keep an eye on the progress