Thoughts on running 10 year old tires?

[hoagster]

I would use them, make sure your spare is good or better than those. when one fails for what ever reason replace them. I would save the cost of new for fixing something and you will be doing that sooner or later.

 

[Rusty Nail]

I wouldnt run em but id mount the best one as a spare, IF it would. Might tear up unmounting.

 

[Giant Rock]

Hey everyone, seriously thank you for all the wisdom and personal experience you shared. It helped a lot. In the end I decided to bite the bullet, get 4 new tires and use the best old tire as my full size spare. Now this lead me to another problem for this noob...finding a single rim that would work for my full size spare...

The guys at the tire shop said I needed a 15 inch rim with a width between 7-10inches. They did not have one for me. They sent me to the local junkyard. The guy at the junkyard was not helpful and since I'm a complete noob I wasn't sure what to do. In the end I bought the rim you can see in the picture. It has a tire on it with different dimensions than mine but the last number is 15, which to my understanding means it is a 15 inch rim. It also is 6 lug and has the same sort of style as my existing rims. When I got home I realized this new rim is much "deeper" than the ones on my Suburban...So now the question becomes: will one of my old tires fit on this rim and will it function as a spare without being wonky?

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[SirRobyn0]

sorry more later.

 

[Grit dog]

^ If the bolt pattern is the same it’ll work. Just has more offset.
To the new tire thing, I see you bought tires but I’d say all the answers were reasonable based on intended use.

 

[AuroraGirl]

Ive had a blowout on a tire that waas 6 years old, totaled my first park avenue and gave me the first field sobriety test of my life and a kiss with an air bag. It was jan 1st 2019. That sucked. Good thing ionly paid 400 for the car and paid 50 fixing it. still sucked tho. I wasnt drinking btw, but because it was the 1st and without looking at the car it just seemed i went off the road for no reason. BEcause it was instant, sucked me straight in, and the culvert was in the way kelly edge

I also had bulges in my 8 year old tire on my f150, barely worn tires. goodyear wranglers. what do they have in common? goodyear. not saying anything, they are on my car now and they are great. but 2 strikes against goodyear lol.

I had 4 year old BFG ko2 on my plow truck, one tire has a broken belt in it and leaks bad now. and they are well used and sat in the sun for 2 years unmounted, so i give them a pass

The 1980 radial on my spare for my electra tho, that is not new but its a 3/4 used tire not used since about 1984 or so and i would not trust it 3 minutes on the road faster than 30mph. that would be pushing it.
a similar worn bias ply? 55 and less than 10 minutes

 

[Chevyguy]

When. I worked at Firestone we wouldn't work on your 10 year old tires for liability reasons. On my own cars I use 7 years as the end of the road.Not necessarily they turned 7 today I better have new ones tonight, but these are turning 7 better start planning on new ones.

Firestone won't even sell or install used tires anymore due to liability. I found that out back when I needed to replace my spare 2 years ago.

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[Matt69olds]

My thoughts on using 10 year old tires? Don’t do it!

What’s your truck worth to you? What is your life and well being worth?

If a tire on the rear comes apart, almost anyone with decent driving skills could control the truck. If the front tire decides to come apart, it’s not hard to imagine a situation where serious steering correction is needed. Hopefully, when that happens, you have plenty of room.

If this was a truck you just play in the mud or around the farm, by all means, run them until they won’t hold air anymore. If it’s something that spends time on public roads, or your family rides in, replace them.

 

[jake wells]

Tires are replaceable not your LIFE!
Change those tires before it gets you in a bad wreck!

 

[82sbshortbed]

Yeah, I would get new ones too.

 

[Grit dog]

OP bought new tires a week ago... just sayin.
I would not use the best old one as a spare either. Those tires are far too nice for that. You’ll be able to sell those for more than an odd ball spare costs if you don’t already have one.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Firestone won't even sell or install used tires anymore due to liability. I found that out back when I needed to replace my spare 2 years ago.

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My Pop needed to rent a trailer from uhaul to go back to get stuff from his brother's place as he was on his death bed. He told uhaul the tow vehicle was his 2004 Ford Explorer. They wouldn't rent him the trailer because the vehicle came stock with Firestone tires. So he drove to Arizona, and then he and my other uncle used the dying brother's truck to go to uhaul to rent the trailer, then Pop used the Explorer to drag the trailer home with. He returned it using his 3/4 ton '68 F250.

 

[Slybeanx]

I bought my truck with 10 y/o tires with cracking on the sides. Drove them 2 hours home and then straight to the tire shop to replace them. Kept the best one as a spare just incase.

Figure since I dont have airbags in my either of my cars I should try to avoid blow outs/ accidents as much as possible.

 

[TubeTruck]

I would not use the best old one as a spare either. Those tires are far too nice for that. You’ll be able to sell those for more than an odd ball spare costs if you don’t already have one.

^^This. 6 luggers are all the same bolt pattern so you're set there (truck rims anyway). Take the tires you took off the truck and put them up on Marketplace for $400 and take what someone will give you to recoup some of the tire cost. Hunt Marketplace for a cheap 33x12.5 for a spare

 

[bigcountry78]

I see you have already bought new ones, but I would have ran the old ones. They looked great to me, as long as they’re not terribly dry rotted with lots of cracks, I’ll run them. Within reason.