Re: [MBZ] Could have been disaster
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, at 12:03 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > My 76 W115 300D had Michelin radials on it when I bought it in July > 2005. I had no idea how old they were when I got the car. Tires are supposed to have a manufacturing date code on the sidewall. I've googled it, but never been sure I'm looking at the right numbers, I also don't know when this requirement began so older tires might not have the code. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Could have been disaster
On 31/03/2022 8:25 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: BTDT, but in a small vehicle. The owners manual for the F150 says to replace all five tires every 7 years regardless of tread wear or condition. Being cheap, and not seeing any cracks in the sidewall, and since they live in a garage most of the time, I'll wait until next year (10 yrs since new) to replace them. I just replaced the 9 yr old original battery today as preventative maintenance. I kept a 1968 Chevy pickup around as a 3rd vehicle for many years. I bought it in about 1982 or 3 and when I got it the tires were awful. When I drove it home, I wondered if I had made a big mistake in buying it. I bid on it and got it for about $750 but was not able to start it or drive it before bidding. In any event, I put 5 new radial tires on it and it then drove fine. I got Uniroyal blems for a discount price with part of the name scrubbed off with a grinder so they were "Uni"s. Those tires were on the truck for pretty close to 20 years. They only ever got something like 15K miles on them if my memory is reasonably accurate, but over time they dried out and cracked so badly that you could see the steel belts in the grooves on the tires. Notwithstanding that, I hauled yards of gravel and about 2,000# of patio blocks home near the end of time with those tires. I only made short trips with them at low speeds when they were really old but I never had any flats or blowouts with them despite heavy loads and obviously aged out tires. I finally put 5 new Goodyear radials on the truck and joked with the shop that put them on that I had just doubled the value of the truck. My 76 W115 300D had Michelin radials on it when I bought it in July 2005. I had no idea how old they were when I got the car. They were on it until the summer of 2019, (if my memory serves to be reasonably correct). During that time I did not drive it a huge number of miles and much of the driving was around town, but I began to worry about the age of the tires. They did not exhibit any cracks etc and had lots of remaining tread but were obviously old. When we changed them out, I asked the tech to keep 2 of the 4 that were on the car for me (the spare was different so I did not want it) because I needed a couple of 14" tires to put on our wood splitter out at the lake and 14" are becoming harder to come by. The tech ultimately selected a pair and told me they were not too bad but that the other 2 were not good at all. A good thing I finally decided to change them. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Could have been disaster
BTDT, but in a small vehicle. The owners manual for the F150 says to replace all five tires every 7 years regardless of tread wear or condition. Being cheap, and not seeing any cracks in the sidewall, and since they live in a garage most of the time, I'll wait until next year (10 yrs since new) to replace them. I just replaced the 9 yr old original battery today as preventative maintenance. On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 8:06 PM RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Folks > > Tuesday, I was hauling a 6700 lb forklift on my rollback isuzu from Tybee > to Denmark SC. I thought I had checked everything .. I aired up the 19.5 > inch tires and inspected. Right after I reached Ft Pulaski … about a mile > on the marsh causeway to Savannah, I heard a POW and flap flap … right > front tire blew…. I made a turn in the used to be 3 lane road, now 2 lanes > with truck and trailer and slowly limped back to Tybee on the rim ….I > dumped the truck Ar a friends place which was closer. Yesterday I used my > groovy torque multiplier gizmo and loosened the 41 mm lug nuts that were I > am sure, over torqued. The factory spec is 350# and I say why so high? > > Anyway, I think my tires have aged out …. I bought some Walmart $190 > delivered tires that were $140 about 14 months ago or less. Still waiting > on a delivery …. I got another supposedly coming from local Mavis at the > same price as Walmart. Their’s was supposed to come today but I paid no > money down to order it > > So despite good tread, over and over I am taught that tires age out … I > have not looked for date codes but I guess I should > > Have any of you tried these? > > > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WRVBSC9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8=1 > > I read pros and cons > > My tires are 225/70R19.5 and the charts say I should use about 6 Oz of > beads per tire > > Anyway, I guess I am broke down in paradise, on tybee island > > Instagram printerrickthe if you want to see the tire > > Peace > > Xx Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Could have been disaster
Folks Tuesday, I was hauling a 6700 lb forklift on my rollback isuzu from Tybee to Denmark SC. I thought I had checked everything .. I aired up the 19.5 inch tires and inspected. Right after I reached Ft Pulaski … about a mile on the marsh causeway to Savannah, I heard a POW and flap flap … right front tire blew…. I made a turn in the used to be 3 lane road, now 2 lanes with truck and trailer and slowly limped back to Tybee on the rim ….I dumped the truck Ar a friends place which was closer. Yesterday I used my groovy torque multiplier gizmo and loosened the 41 mm lug nuts that were I am sure, over torqued. The factory spec is 350# and I say why so high? Anyway, I think my tires have aged out …. I bought some Walmart $190 delivered tires that were $140 about 14 months ago or less. Still waiting on a delivery …. I got another supposedly coming from local Mavis at the same price as Walmart. Their’s was supposed to come today but I paid no money down to order it So despite good tread, over and over I am taught that tires age out … I have not looked for date codes but I guess I should Have any of you tried these? https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WRVBSC9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8=1 I read pros and cons My tires are 225/70R19.5 and the charts say I should use about 6 Oz of beads per tire Anyway, I guess I am broke down in paradise, on tybee island Instagram printerrickthe if you want to see the tire Peace Xx Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
