Tires Rear tires Split, dry rot?

[PILOON]

Owners of RV and trailers habitually cover the tires when parked.
Tire covers are a very popular accessory item in RV shops.

Like with tractors, RV's don't get much annual mileage but sit about a lot with sunlight burning away at the rubber.

We all probably should drape an old blanket or tarp on our tires when parked.

 

[VictorW]

Just checking because my friend has a Montana and his tires cracked within six months after getting the new tractor about 2 years ago. I have a Kioti with Titan R4 tires that is now 4 years old. None of my tires have cracks. Maybe they had a bad run of tires. It's nice to hear that Titan is standing behind their tires but sad the dealer didn't get back to within a reasonable time.

 

[shakin]

my titans are fine at over 1 year i keep it inside when not in use not only does it help the tires last longer but also the hydraulic hoses and the paint, i have too much money invested to leave the thing outside when not in use. my harley when im not sitting on it is either in the shade on in a building seems like common sense to me.

 

[Tul01]

Our Titan R1's, do have some splitting, but they seem to be split more on the inside than the outside? There does not really appear to be any of the checking/or sun damage that I have noticed on RV tires before. My uncle was recently telling me he has experienced the spliting problem, especially on bias front tires on loader tractors. He was advised by his tire shop after replacing some on his "yard" tractor (140hp mfwd) that the splits were due to too much flexing and to run his front tires, esp on loader work at a psi that doesn't allow too much flex, especially in the yard. I believe he said he now runs his loader fronts at 40+ w/o any more trouble. I bumped ours up so we will see if the concentric splitting on the fronts stays the same or gets worse. Our rears have some cracking between the lugs but it is sporadic and I am just monitoring. Our tractor has never been inside, however it has been under a shade canopy, no sides, for 2 of its 4 years.

Brent