New tires, to buy or not to buy this year?

I read it on the carlisle tire website a few years ago so I assumed it was true.
Yeah, it usually comes up as information from the tire companies. Who are in business to sell tires, so not too surprising they would advocate almost anything that encourages people to buy tires. :)

That's not to say it may not be true, it sounds reasonable, but I'm not convince it's a viable reason to purchase new tires.
 
I replaced the weather cracked tires on my rig last year when I purchased it used. It was 4 years old and exposed to the Florida sun. I purchased some Sailun s637sp which are a truck tire. I don't see the logic is changing them in 5 or 6 years if there is no sign of wear. Surely no one would on a truck? How is the use on a trailer different?

Oldcow
 
I replaced the weather cracked tires on my rig last year when I purchased it used. It was 4 years old and exposed to the Florida sun. I purchased some Sailun s637sp which are a truck tire. I don't see the logic is changing them in 5 or 6 years if there is no sign of wear. Surely no one would on a truck? How is the use on a trailer different?

Oldcow
with a truck tire you'd probably be changing them out in 3 to 4 years under normal driving conditions so they would never have a chance to get old enough to dry rot for example.
 
with a truck tire you'd probably be changing them out in 3 to 4 years under normal driving conditions so they would never have a chance to get old enough to dry rot for example.
Seriously? I don't think I've ever replaced a truck or car tire in that time frame. At least 5-6 years is the norm for me. Or longer. But it's very rare for me to put more than 10,000 or so miles in a year. And I keep a car or truck for a decade or longer. Right now, my car is 12 years old, the truck is 8 years old, and the motorcycle is 27 years old. But the motorcycle tires do get replaced frequently. :)
 
Seriously? I don't think I've ever replaced a truck or car tire in that time frame. At least 5-6 years is the norm for me. Or longer. But it's very rare for me to put more than 10,000 or so miles in a year. And I keep a car or truck for a decade or longer. Right now, my car is 12 years old, the truck is 8 years old, and the motorcycle is 27 years old. But the motorcycle tires do get replaced frequently. :)

Obviously I drive more miles than you.

So put 6 years in my prior post.

Regardless of the time frame, the concept is the same.
 
I know this has been discussed a lot, but not concisely and all in one place.
Here’s where I am:
2021 Solitude 310 with ~15,000 miles
Current tires: Roadmaster RM130 215/75R17.5 H-rated. Stored outside, but out of the sun. No cracks, treads are still good, no issues, buldges, or other concerns - they’re in great shape and hold air pressure like champs.

I know some folks say replace at 4 years, regardless, and others say replace if warranted (cracking, tread wear, etc).

What’s the general consensus on replace now or next year? I’m anticipating an average 3-4k year for 2025 season.

If I do replace, everyone seems to agree the Saliuns are a solid choice, correct?
The price right now looks good at $188/tire to get them mail ordered, so then will need to have them balance & mounted, of course.

Just not sure I need to pull the trigger this year, but that price is way better than the $300-400/tire for US name brands so I’m thinking about it!
We're on our 3rd set of tires, 2017 Reflection. That's every about every 3 years we've gotten them. We travel frequently, on long trips, with (often) very bumpy roads. We've had to replace 3 random tires during that time, also. First one when the tread separated when rig was 4 months old (that was a Westlake). Second one, flat tire on a trip. Third on uneven wear on one tire during another trip. Those 2 were Goodyear Endurance.
 
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We're on our 3rd set of tires, 2017 Reflection. That's every about every 3 years we've gotten them. We travel frequently, on long trips, with (often) very bumpy roads. We've had to replace 3 random tires during that time, also. First one when the tread separated when rig was 4 months old. Second one, flat tire on a trip. Third on uneven wear on one tire during another trip.
That really shows replacing tires frequently is no guarantee of no, or fewer, flats.
 
That really shows replacing tires frequently is no guarantee of no, or fewer, flats.
Except for the first replacement, the other two actually happened just before we were going to replace all of them anyway. The second one really wasn't due to bad tire, but some road hazard slicing the tire as we drove by. And the third one may have been a problem with brakes locking up.
 

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