"TIRES" A video that could save your life !!!

[George C]

Tire safety (Age when Purchased)
This made Headline News out of Newtown, PA


http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897 (http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897)

[Glennm27]

;ae Everyone should watch this and learn if you don't know already.... :eek:

[Rick and Arleen Ball]

Without a doubt. This is something everyone should know!

[Norm Clemmer]

;ae Everyone should watch this and learn if you don't know already.... :eek:

Glen
Does your company check the age of the sidewalls before they recap them? I don't think so. If your company believed that story they would never buy recaps nor allow owner operators to run with them. I believe 99.95%+ of that story is fabricated BS.

This is my not so humble opinion.

Norm

PS. The next time you fly out of Phila to go somewhere you will most likely be landing on old recaped tires.

[Glennm27]

If you don't think dry rot on a RUBBER tire could pose a problem, then that's your choice. BUT please pass by me quickly and don't run beside me.....

The only part of that film that was new to me was how to read the code date, now I know and now I am aware.

Everyone believes differently, and has different comfort levels.... I need good tires under me to feel safe, old dry rotted tires don't make me feel all that warm and fuzzy, especially when I'm in that 140-170 mph range... ;)



PS. No recaps at Atkinson Freight Lines, tractors OR trailers

[Norm Clemmer]

Dry rot is a different story.

[Torch Red Ryder]

Thanks George for the post.

If you don't think dry rot on a RUBBER tire could pose a problem, then that's your choice. BUT please pass by me quickly and don't run beside me.....
I read about this problem a few years ago and I mentioned it to a CCDV member with a vintage Corvette that still had the original tires on it almost two decades after purchasing the car new. He insisted his tires were fine. I figured I wasn't going to convince him that he was riding in an accident waiting to happen.

I replace my tires long before they are old with about 4/32 to 5/32" (not the 2/32" limit for state insp.) of thread. Now I'll know how old they are at the time of purchase.

It never ceases to amaze me how cheap some owners of $50K Corvettes with thousands of dollars in mods are about their tires and batteries, gasoline brand (esp. now), motor oil, etc.

These are probably the same people who shop for the best price on laser eye surgery; yes your eyes...a great place to save money.

PS. The next time you fly out of Phila to go somewhere you will most likely be landing on old recaped tires.
Tires on a commercial aircraft is not something I have control over. If the airline felt they could get away with using tires made from recycled newspaper, I'm sure they would.

[DanS711]

And why we are on hidden tire info, why is it that the most important information on the tire - the correct air pressure - is printed so darn small you need a magnifying glass and a flashlight to read it? It should be easily legible to the average driver who doesn't have a clue where to find it.