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Re: [GMCnet] Tire Q - 1 or 2 is the question. [message #359915] Sun, 01 November 2020 12:18
Dolph Santorine is currently offline  Dolph Santorine   United States
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Take what Mac said to the bank.

There is no upside to old tires. Some say 5 years, some say 6.

My daughter tried to push that once, and went 7 years. It didn’t end well.



Dolph

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Wheeling, West Virginia

1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
Howell EFI & EBL, Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission

“The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress”

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> On Nov 1, 2020, at 1:09 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald via Gmclist wrote:
>
> Somebody here will surely pop in and review how to tell
> the date of manufacture of your tires. If they are over 5
> years old, they all need to be replaced. Motorhome tires
> "age out" before they wear out! A single blown tire will
> cost you more in repair costs than a complete SET of new!
>
> D C "Mac" Macdonald
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> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Rainbow Roadie via Gmclist
> Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2020 12:03
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Cc: Rainbow Roadie
> Subject: [GMCnet] Tire Q - 1 or 2 is the question.
>
> Hi, I’ve read many different perspectives on tire replacement for the GMC.
>
> Upon delivery we noticed that one of our tires is flat, (passenger-rear)
> and are going to need to replace it. All of our tires look good they’re
> under 5k miles, so just curious should we order two and put them in the
> front and swap the front ones back like the previous blog entries say?
>
> Looking forward to your input thank you
>
> RaeRae
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