Tires...black, round, hold air...so how can you have a question about those

[PILOON]

Couple years ago I re-tired my rears on my Mitsubishi in October as I wanted trouble free winter.
My tires had great treads but badly weather checked to the point that I could see cords all over.
I assume the tires were mid '80 date like tractor.

Came following spring and I discover weather checking all over with along rim being really bad.
Goodritch sent a rep, they agreed and offered to replace with new production.
In my case the tire size was discontinued so I accepted a cash settlement.
Guess when these go bad I'll look at truck tires or perhaps foam them, at least I have the cash settlement to offset costs.

The tires that they settled looked like the condition that your pic shows. Go for it!

 

[like2wheel]

This:

Many here wish to site the buyer for not performing a thorough inspection prior to acceptance...
I have to disagree, when something is new, it is all new, do we now need to hire a mechanical inspector prior to accepting a new vehicle....
I doubt half of those that suggested this don't even check their air pressure, much less look at the tires before it comes off the truck....
That 8k that's lost when something leaves the lot, is the 8K that's goes into the assurances its a new vehicle.. not saying one should not look it over, but should we also return it if the air pressure is less then the recommended amount? WTF... one has to have faith in the dealer to do the right thing, this is not a manufacturing flaw, so with any luck, it just got by the dealer and he also failed to see it...

NOT this:

Many of us (if not all) have bought something and overlooked some factor before we brought it home. By then it's ours. If the OP thought he looked at tires they were either cracked/dry rotted or not at that time. He should complain to the dealer but unless he thinks the dealer switched tires it's what he bought.

Maybe they do things different in Vermont, but around here we are able to trust our dealerships. I don't think it should be necessary to get down on your hands & knees to inspect every INCH of something that is purchased brand new. And if the price was adjusted because it had been sitting around long enough for the sidewalls to crack, I think that is the responsibility of the dealership to point that out. And if it wasn't, then shame on them.

 

[Gary Fowler]

From looking at the cracking in the photo, I would say the tractor sat for quite some time with the tire flat as evidenced from the small area of cracking. This is totally dealer fault for not fixing the tire and letting it set. Tires should be warranted by dealer who can then pursue the tire company for replacement costs. BX tires are not that expensive but still an expense that shouldn't be born by the buyer because they were badly weathered when bought new.
I would be interested in seeing what the dealer has to say.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Another question for you guys that claim the buyer should beware and inspect diligently: How many of you would suck it up and say "OH it is my fault for not going over the whole tractor with a magnifying glass prior to buying" if this happened to you. I say if you say you would, you are either lying or too much of a wimp to complain about anything.

 

[Johnny g]

Another question for you guys that claim the buyer should beware and inspect diligently: How many of you would suck it up and say "OH it is my fault for not going over the whole tractor with a magnifying glass prior to buying" if this happened to you. I say if you say you would, you are either lying or too much of a wimp to complain about anything.

well said.

 

[ehenry]

What Gary Fowler said ! !

 

[Cherokee140]

You've already bought it and brought it home, so no use in anyone chiding you for not "inspecting" a new tractor before bringing it home. I have three words for you; warranty, warranty, warranty. The dealer may not even have noticed it, but he should have no problem helping you get those replaced under the warranty. Good luck.

That is what I would like to think....I sent an email but have yet to call them....yesterday I was out using it all day....today snow ice.

 

[Cherokee140]

Another question for you guys that claim the buyer should beware and inspect diligently: How many of you would suck it up and say "OH it is my fault for not going over the whole tractor with a magnifying glass prior to buying" if this happened to you. I say if you say you would, you are either lying or too much of a wimp to complain about anything.

So very true....IMHO you expect specific things on a new machine. Now if it was used you expect to inspect everything and that is different. This was a new machine. By some peoples logic I should have checked every hose and belt...those are all rubber....where do you draw the line.

Really saying you should inspect a new machine with new tires....(they do have the little mold tabs on them still. and the enter paint mark) is just the most stupid thing to think. New machines are to have new parts all the way around....I am not going to be running a compression check to make sure the engine is still new.

 

[aczlan]

Those look worse than the original R4 tires on our 2003ish B7500 with close to 700 hours on it. Not acceptable on a new tractor IMO.

Aaron Z

 

[crazyal]

This is simple. It's a test on how good of a dealer you have. A good dealer will value your business and swap them out. But even if your dealer doesn't want to you still have a 2 year warranty. That covers everything on the tractor. It starts the day you take possession. Tires that are dry rotted after such a short period of time are defective. Even if those tires came off of a 1974 Kubota and have sat behind the dealers shop the warranty still starts the day the tractor was delivered to or picked up by the customer. Trying to say that the customer should have noticed them is a fools argument. It would be like saying the customer should have noticed that the water pump leaks when they inspected it so a week after buying it when the customer notices water leaking he's out of luck as it's not covered under warranty. If it was damage that could have been caused by the customer then the dealer could make the case it was done after delivery but in this case, dry rot, clearly the OP is not at fault.