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When do you replace your tires? Tread depth? Age?

Chevy_man said:
Replace them as a set.

Quit being dumb :flipoff2::lmao:
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You are too stupid to even understand the question, it's "too complicated" for you, isn't it?
Run the math, give me the formula, fed snitch boy.
 
Yota Up said:
When they fall off?

To make it easy for math, the following numbers are not accurate:
Say you pay $100 for a tire. Tire says it goes 100,000 miles.
You drive tire for 50,000 miles and it "needs to be replaced" due to tread depth.
You get some money back on that tire because you only got half the miles out of it.
What is that formula for how much you should get as credit based on tread depth and miles?

Do you replace yours when they suggest it? I assume they suggest 4/32 tread or 5 years.
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To me its a tricky question,
Had some old wild country 35" MTs gave them to my now wifes uncle. He went to local tire shop had a friend mount said tires, it was on a chevy k10.
Now wife, wasnt wife then, but was 6 months pregnant with my son. Was with her uncle the day of tire changing, on the way home blew the right front tire out, rolled truck 3 times the guy behind them said.
If its a cheap ride for me only ill run may pops.
 
subybaja said:
Buddy just got a flat sitting in the driveway. "I got my money out of that set!"

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He did not get his money out of them. With proper rotation there's easily another 5k miles sitting there.
 
45acp said:
He did not get his money out of them. With proper rotation there's easily another 5k miles sitting there.
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Yeah, I told him to check his alignment.
Maybe running super low. The wires poking out the sidewall are weird.
 
Depends upon the vehicle:

RV tires when they start to show any cracking or hit ten years. They never wear out.

Daily drivers when they won't balance, start to cup or hit the wear bars.

Trail rig when they get about half way worn. I sell the old set, usually for 1/3 the price of the new set.

Trailer tires same as the RV.
 
ExWrench said:
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Hey, good stuff. Thank you for that. I like the physics discussed there.

Those Continentals in the video are the tires I buy, over and over. Get the 80ks and get credit for next purchase when I get 50k out of them based on miles. The 2 with tread left I got I will run them down and take credit on miles rather than tread to make out saving the most in the long run.

Was hoping someone here worked at a tire shop and could shed light on how they figure how much credit they give for miles/wear. Seems like a weird business model ripe for abuse if someone buys an 80k tire and comes back needing new ones after 1,000 miles so there has to be a starting point, like 50% max price credit no matter the wear and then add factor of % of remaining wear into a ratio for how much credit given.

I hate the 10 year tire rule, where shops claim they can't touch your tire because over 10 years old. I got meat on those bones and I'm paying you to balance it so just do it. Nope. Government wants you without balance and without rotation instead, because safety.
 
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I worked for discount tire in the late 80's. It's not the government that has the ten year rule, it's the tire industry. They won't touch a 10 year old tire due to liability and insurance.

Some large chain stores won't touch a tire over six years old, but I think that's just a marketing technique.

They pro-rate mileage warranties. Each manufacturer has their own formula, or they used to. Not sure how they calculate them currently. It's really just industry wide marketing. It allows the retailers to kick back a substantial discount to the purchaser when they buy new tires, which helps sell new tires. I don't think you can get any type of warranty claim without purchasing a new set of tires.
 
BDK said:
It's really just industry wide marketing. It allows the retailers to kick back a substantial discount to the purchaser when they buy new tires, which helps sell new tires. I don't think you can get any type of warranty claim without purchasing a new set of tires.
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"I could buy those Ching Mongo Happy Good Touring IIs for $115 a tire, but Continental will give me $160 for my set of four, so I'm going with their touring tires for $205 each because that warranty makes it worth it." <-- ideal sucker customer :laughing:
 
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That's how it works.

The manufacturers know the tires won't usually outlast the warranty. They also know most people won't realize there is a warranty, or claim the warranty, and honering it creates customer loyalty. They can also get out of the warranty with any sign of unusual wear. Since you don't have to purchase new tires from the same brand to get a pro-rated discount, it also gets customers to buy tires with a mileage warranty, meaning the top brands. Warranties make people feel good about purchasing products. It makes them all warm and fuzzy.
 
Yota Up said:
You are too stupid to even understand the question, it's "too complicated" for you, isn't it?
Run the math, give me the formula, fed snitch boy.
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You're not smart enough to go to continental's website and read the warranty for yourself.

Whining about tire warranty to get $16 off a tire is for poors anyways :flipoff2:
 
I replace them by tread depth and appearance.

All the guys that have a post it note on their calendar for when their tires hit 5 or 7 years old and want to replace them use terms like
"Buy once cry once"
"Do it right the first time"
"It's only money"
and so on.
Replacing something that is perfectly serviceable is part of the big waste we see.
 
Ill keep good tires on the wife's car and my pull truck, but will run anything halfway round on my shit box daily suv because I am never more than 30 miles from home in it and honestly just dont care. However, having a two year old with me more now has me questioning this choice. Still, I dont put Michelins on the daily like I do her car or the pull truck.
 
My rig has 42" MTR's that I bought new in 2019. About 40 hwy miles and tons of wheeling.

Still knee deep in tread.

No way am I gonna change them out
 
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