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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: zieg85 on September 04, 2011, 12:06:25 pm

Title: Check your spare tire's age...
Post by: zieg85 on September 04, 2011, 12:06:25 pm
Luckily it was not in, or under the truck.  When I go any length of distance I throw it in the bed of the truck but it just sits in the garage otherwise.  This tire was in the wheel well of my parts Suburban when I got it.  I thought wow a near new tire, no visible weather checking and looked to maybe have a couple hundred miles on it.  After looking for something the other day out in the garage this is what I found...  I looked up how to determine the age and it was built the second week of 1996.
Title: Re: Check your spare tire's age...
Post by: zieg85 on September 04, 2011, 12:11:09 pm
I posted 2 of the same pics but tried to edit and couldn't.  Here is the other pictured.
Title: Re: Check your spare tire's age...
Post by: txchainsawgogi on September 04, 2011, 01:30:06 pm
So it still rides ok?

Haha this reminds me that I need to pay up and get a spare!
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Post by: bigchevyc30 on September 04, 2011, 01:52:12 pm
lol my truck comes with 2 spares 1 on each side of the truck
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Post by: big bear on September 04, 2011, 04:32:21 pm
lol
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Post by: bake74 on September 04, 2011, 07:12:36 pm
     Good thing it was still on your garage floor and not on your truck when it decided to come apart.
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Post by: big bear on September 04, 2011, 09:53:47 pm
very true...
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Post by: ssapach on September 07, 2011, 12:17:41 am
I once bought a used 2000 GMC 1/2 ton.

It had a few issues I knew about before paying for it.  When I got it home and starting snooping around more, well I was missing the tire changing tools first of all.  I mean, who takes that out of a truck and doesn't put it back?

The spare tire was a mess, it had bulges in the sidewalls and a large bulge with wires showing right in the middle of the tread surface.  I guess the same person that loses the tire tools also puts bad spares back under the box.

Wish I had pictures of that sucker  :-\