There was a very interesting item on a Current Affairs program tonight regarding the age of tyres.

It appears many suppliers are still selling tyres that are 6 to 8 years old, which puts them past their SAFE use by date.

Most tyre brands have a code which gives the tyre's date of manufacture shown on the tyre wall.

Now, .. I don't know about the U.S of A but here in God's country, immediately following the word "DOT" appear some numbers.

As an example, the tyres on my Prado has the number; 2704 which means that the tyre was made during week 27 in the year 2004.

If the tyre has a number with only 3 numbers, (i.e. 309), it would have a manufactured date of week 30 in 1999.

Is it the same in the U.S. ???????

You can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be checking the date of any new tyres I buy in the future.

Rick.

where did you find that Rick?

It was on a T.V. current affairs program.

Makes me wonder about the safety of second hand tyres.

Rick.

Holy Dooley! No need to get as cross as a frog in a sock-I have thread decongestant!

No worries!

Will

Ahhh, Will,

Thank you kind sir, you're a gentleman as well as being kind, thoughtful, generous, compassionate and a fountain of knowledge.

(How many brownie points does that earn me??).:love:

Rick.

:devious::devious:

I'd say the check is in the mail-but we both know what that meansROFL!!!

Seriously, your post made me run right our and check my tires-come to find out my Dodge I bought new in 2003 had tires from 2000:mad: on it when I bought it(I've only put 24K on it, and am still running on the original tires)

Will

Hey Will,

The program showed a vehicle set up with a safety system much like an outrigger canoe ,(probably to stop a rollover), where a front tyre blew out.

When you stop to think about it, 2nd hand tyres and retreads could be ten or more years old.

I can't help but wonder how many rollovers/accidents have been caused by old tyres failing.

Rick.