So I have This New Theory On Why New Tires Are ALL JUNK, and What Might Help

3930dave · Sep 30, 2014

gaproperty said:
I here all kinds of excuses all are B.S. Tractors sat in the sun and mud and winter conditions for 30 years and the tires did not crack. If your tires crack within 5 years go back and demand your money back or a free new set of tires. In Canada by law, products have to last a reasonable amount of time and if not the company has to go good for it. Once a company gets hit with a few thousand small claims, court action and bad media they will stop their b.s. and put a decent product on the market. So help make thing better for everybody and stick up for your rights and hard earned $$$$.

I've done my share of Tilting at Windmills over the years, so, I certainly don't disagree with your sentiments.

Started to Pick my Battles more carefully as time went by. Some of that shift in attitude comes from the realization that I don't have deep enough pockets to realistically expect "justice", some is just personal time/resource management.

I try and pre-screen what I buy, harvesting data on the 'net. If the only thing I ever benefited from on TBN was the Decent non-China trailer tires ? thread I started, then all the 100's of hours I've spent on this site would be worth it. (I've been helped out big-time with many other things... thanks again folks).

Just following the 80/20 rule, I can usually make good buys. If 80% of the people like something, I'll consider buying it. If 80%+ say it's junk, I'll stay away. It's a different path, but effectively arrives at the same Support Quality Products goal, w/o spending the time/effort/money that I don't have in court.

ST tires in particular illustrate the scale of the problem. That there are no significant NHTSA recalls is telling..... let's just say... The House Always Wins.....

Rgds, D.

oldpilgrim · Sep 30, 2014

there's only one reason things are crap or turn to crap before they should.....the mfg cuts corners to save themselves some dough. Sometimes things will fall the the cracks but not that often.

chad22 · Oct 1, 2014

Yeah. I'd say a lot of the new tires are junk. The old tires that came with my 60's travel trailer were at least 50 years old and not one crack or bulge or anything except just being bald at the tread.

The guy who gave me the camper said the tires that were on the camper were some old tires that came off his dad's car.

The tires on my converted 20ft trailer were put on the travel trailer new 9 years ago and they're bulging and cracking but still lots of tread left.

On my Chevy truck the front tires are looking like they'll need replaced in at least a year as they're starting to crack some and tread is wearing down. Though I've had those tires since new for 5 years.