Tires

[KC Dave]

Just bought new tires for my 05 Expedition. Decided on the Firestone Destination AT's. So far, I am impressed. So, anyone else running these tires? Good wear?

Also, the spare tire seems to be the original. Anthing I can do to try and make it last? (IE: Prevent dry rot, etc..)

Thanks.

 

[GAINMOB]

only thing you can do is ride on it...all tires have a shelf life...regardless of being the spare or actually riding on it...there should be a date on the spare...might have to look very hard but i believe its required by federal law to have the expiration date of the tire now...too many ppl had blowouts with the spare and cause numerous accidents to include deaths...

 

[DF5.4]

The date code on the tire is a manufacturered date code. There should be a way to decode it somewhere on the web. Usually a tire is good for about 5 years. It does get some protection under the truck.