How Old Are Your Rubbers? How To Tell Tire Age

[petro062]

Thank You this helps us alot.

[GarrettJDB]

shit i never knew you could find the date on them

[IDIDieselJohn]

Now ya know :)

[jmurray01]

Great vid! Stuff those expiry dates! I'll use my old tyres till their bald! The Fiesta had its original 13 year old spare tyre on for a couple of days and we even went for a long ride with it on! OK it was a little cracked and what not but it held air! I got an original 16 year old spare tyre for my Peugeot 405 and had IT on for 3 days and it was cracked and stuff but HELD AIR! I'm cheap and nothins gonna change that!

[Vacationtime247]

How old are my tires? 32 year old stock biased ply (78 Pinto Pony). Still hold air! My plans are to jump sky hill with it. lol

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[IDIDieselJohn]

Yeah i've seen some 30+ year old tires still holding air fine. I've even seen some with no cracks at all, but the rubber feels so darn hard lol

[Vacationtime247]

No likes a hard rubber! : P

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[lordbemylight]

@IDIDieselJohn That's because the rubber and elements on the inside are drying out with age, making the tire very dangerous. Evidence shows that accidents have occured when the tread peels out of the tire causing a catastrophic situation, putting the driver and bystanders in danger. I would never drive on tires that are 10+ years old because of this risk, and 20/20 has covered it. That's my opinion.

[460fordtruckman]

safe bullshit i run tires that are 20 years old

[jasonthefireman]

Another great vid John!

[edzgarage]

Great info. Thanks!

[mmz77]

Thanks for the tip! 5 Stars as always!

[6030diesel]

my grandpa was working outside one day and he heard a BANG so he looked and the SPARE tires on his 1979 ford motorhome had just blown up! never been used just sitting in the sun made it go BANG so that goes to show you tires do not like sun and not being used very much :P

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

lol condoms, i need to pick me up magnums in case this girl i'm taking out saturday is a real cool one yknow?

[IDIDieselJohn]

If you wanna save money on condoms, you can always use news papers. And you can get free news papers at bus stops.

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

@IDIDieselJohn yuck it would melt!

[2000F350powerstroke]

when i saw this and it didnt have a picture i was like... John? Is that really you? lmao

[verdemanthe1]

@IDIDieselJohn can you make a video showing how to make a newspaper condom

[jmoyet]

good to know

[cubcadetpuller]

the tires on the back of my ford model aa are vietnam era military surplus nondirectionals. the date code says around 1971. they arnt too bad, idk what the fronts are. they are probalby from the 1960s because of the brand and style

[keanerulz25]

"whos gonna find a 23 year old tire these days" me... 20 year old tire sitting in my trunk most likely

[JakeDaSnakeFilms]

the tires on my F-150 are 3 & a half weeks from being 8 years old :P

[IDIDieselJohn]

The rear ones on my F250 are going on 10 years old lol

[natescamp]

I dint't know that. This will be useful information considering how many of our tires look old. Now we'll be able to find out.