Front tire life?

[Adger Smith]

George, Thanks for the thoughts
We have Red River Army Depot near my home in Texarkana.
They have THE tire and track rubber shop for all the us military.
They do the tire & track Maintenance for every tire and track vehicle our Govt owns.
One of my racing buddies has worked there quite a few years.
He tells me the Govt. has a 3 year limit on tires. They are replaced every three years no matter what. It doesn't matter if they were sitting in storage 3 years or on the battlefield 3 years.
Must be one of those DOT "one rule fits all" mandates or the tire industry lobby is real strong.
I'm probably going do like our Govt. and support the tire industry.

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Originally Posted by Adger Smith

George, Thanks for the thoughts
We have Red River Army Depot near my home in Texarkana.
They have THE tire and track rubber shop for all the us military.
They do the tire & track Maintenance for every tire and track vehicle our Govt owns.
One of my racing buddies has worked there quite a few years.
He tells me the Govt. has a 3 year limit on tires. They are replaced every three years no matter what. It doesn't matter if they were sitting in storage 3 years or on the battlefield 3 years.
Must be one of those DOT "one rule fits all" mandates or the tire industry lobby is real strong.
I'm probably going do like our Govt. and support the tire industry.

I bought a 1968 M101 trailer thru Gov auction a couple years ago, picked it up Fort Meade. it has 1968 dated tires on it. My fire dept has a 1993 duece and half we received from the govt in 2012, it had 1993 dated tires also.
I'm thinking the 3 year rule is not all the way across the board.