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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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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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