Re: BFG Radial T/A's and lengh of storage "?"
[Re: ademon]
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06/08/11 12:56 PM
06/08/11 12:56 PM
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bigblock340power
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Whats a few years? 3 or 6, they will harden up. My buddy had 15yo tires that looked new, they separated at hwy speed and took out his quarter panel
About three years.
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Re: BFG Radial T/A's and lengh of storage "?"
[Re: ademon]
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06/08/11 02:59 PM
06/08/11 02:59 PM
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Whats a few years? 3 or 6, they will harden up. My buddy had 15yo tires that looked new, they separated at hwy speed and took out his quarter panel
How old were those tires before he started running them? With as few miles that we all put on our cars, they don't wear out. I know tires age, especially in UV light from the sun, but how many of us go buy brand new tires every 3 years even though the treads aren't worn out yet?
My dads van has been back on the road since '02, that's almost 10 years now, and he's only put about 5,000 miles on it since then. His tires are fine and show no signs of deterioration or dry rot. If he bought new tires every 3 years, he'd be on his 3rd set by now, that's $1,000 in tires that he hasn't spent... That's a lot of money!
I have a set of BF Goodrich T/As that I've run on my Dakota, maybe 10k miles total over the last 5 years, and they still look good too--they spend most of the time inside on a shelf, or in the garage if I have them mounted on the truck How often does everybody else on here change their tires, due to age, not tread wear?
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Re: BFG Radial T/A's and lengh of storage "?"
[Re: bigblock340power]
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06/09/11 03:52 PM
06/09/11 03:52 PM
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Good stories all. But these tires never saw sunlight stacked up in the corner of my garage. Just time, and dust sitting inflated on rims.
I'd use 'em and not give 'em a second thought. I had a set of BFG Radial T/As on the RR for over 15 years (10 of which were parked outside in CA). Finally, one of 'em developed some sort of defect inside that caused a nasty vibration at around 65 mph. Never blew, but it was clear after dismounting and replacing the tires that one of them was NG.
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