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Old April 2nd 11, 04:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nick Kennedy
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Default Where to buy good value glider trailer tires

On the side of tires there is a DOT oval with 4 numbers in it. This is the
week and year the tire was manufactured. 3908 means the tire was
manufactured the 39th week in 2008. This is good stuff to know for tires
that are purchased for long term use. if you are looking for trailer
tires that are going to be on your trailer until the sidewalls fail due to
deterioration, you want to find something recently manufactured, not
something from years ago sitting in a warehouse getting hard. Street
Motorcycle guys are really aware of this as you want soft FRESH tires for
cornering.
I bought a new Goodyear for my ASW 20 a while back and when I received it
it was already 10 years old! I sent it back and got a much newer one.
Its common for Street bike guys to order tires over the internet, [ the
rears only last 4-7000 miles ] and to ask the warehouse guy to have the
tire in his hand and ask him to look at the date it was manufactured. I
won't buy anything over, say 12 months old. I think if your going to buy
new tires, get NEW ones, you may have to look a bit, but it will be worth
it.


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Old April 2nd 11, 06:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Where to buy good value glider trailer tires

On Apr 1, 8:05*pm, Nick Kennedy wrote:
On the side of tires there is a *DOT oval with 4 numbers in it. This is the
week and year the tire was manufactured. *3908 means the tire was
manufactured the 39th week in 2008. *This is good stuff to know for tires
that are purchased for *long term use. *if you are looking for trailer
tires that are going to be on your trailer until the sidewalls fail due to
deterioration, you want to find something recently manufactured, not
something from years ago sitting in a warehouse getting hard. Street
Motorcycle guys are really aware of this as you want soft FRESH tires for
cornering.
I bought a new Goodyear for my ASW 20 a while back and when I received it
it was already 10 years old! I sent it back and got a *much newer one.
Its common for Street bike guys to order *tires over the internet, *[ the
rears only last 4-7000 miles ] and to ask the warehouse guy to have the
tire in his hand and ask him to look at the date it was manufactured. I
won't buy anything over, say 12 months old. I think if your going to buy
new tires, get NEW ones, you may have to look a bit, but it will be worth
it.





Tire rack is the best IMO, but America's Tire has green ball ST Rated
for about 70...
I prefer the bias ST over radials...
DO NOT USE P TIRES ON YOUR TRAILER
aerodyne
 




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