Should I be worried about these tires?

[Number21]

I have a set of 33" tires on my truck with quite a bit of tread remaining. That said, I have no idea how old they are, I think they've spent a lot of time sitting. Today I noticed a big crack on the sidewall (where it says "LT")...should I be worried about this? They still hold air just fine...

[76Blue_Beast]

I would be as any cracked, worn tires are no good and you probably wouldn't want to smash you truck up going around a corner. It's not worth it man; put the money into new or used ones that are healthy. Craigslist always has tires if you cant afford new ones.

[gearys 5600]

Those are just waiting for an explosion at highway speed. I say replace em.

[big_al_71]

You have to change them as they could blow out as they warm up

[motornut]

not road worthy,heck not worth off road either
wouldn't want it to go when all the weight is leaning on that one tire

[463]

FYI http://webmail.sasktel.net/hwebmail/...3Fid%3D4826897

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by 4635218790

FYI http://webmail.sasktel.net/hwebmail/...3Fid%3D4826897

Link just takes me to a login page... anything there that you cat cut & paste to post here for those of us that can't view the message?


Back on topic... Number21, I would not run those tires. Tread or not, they have passed their expiration date and appear to be unsafe. Not worth the risk, IMO.

This might help you determine the age of your tires: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=11&

[463]

try this, its a abc news clip on tires and what you should know.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

[topdog]

Here's how to tell the age of a tire.

[rcbildr]

I had tires that were a little worse than that.



Then one day while driving on the 520 bridge.



It happened just as I was slowing down to get on the ramp to I5 south. It was on the left front, and fortunately nothing happened other than the tire coming apart.

[rayfinseats]

Yes. Be worried.