tire destroyed itself - advice on replacements?

[redstone65]

Well, my passenger side rear tire lost it's outer layer pretty violently as I was going about 50 mph down a local highway. Evidently it was a re-capped tire. That's what it looks like at least. Scared the crap out of me. The whole outer layer of tire came off and wrapped around the axle. What was left of the tire actually stayed inflated and I was able to drive it gingerly to a tire shop and get it replaced.

I'd like to replace the rest of the tires now that I know they are sketchy. Can anyone recommend a good replacement tire that looks close to original for a base model '65 f100 flareside? I have the 15" outie rims.

Here's some pics of the damage. I was lucky the brake line wasn't broken. The emergency brake cable is fairly well shredded.

[Toyz]

I have had good experiences with the Hankook tires; might want to look at the date code for an idea of reason for failure; it's a common situation "down south" especially on a vehicle which has been setting up.
Paul

[redstone65]

I have had good experiences with the Hankook tires; might want to look at the date code for an idea of reason for failure; it's a common situation "down south" especially on a vehicle which has been setting up.
Paul

Hankook is actually what I replaced the bad one with. A little pricey, but I'll live. What do you mean by it being a common situation in the south? Is it a humidity thing? I'm in Alabama, and I know the guy I bought it from only drove it a few times per year. He said he put 3000 miles on it in 5 years. I've put 6000 on it in 7 months as my daily driver.

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

PAUL Here is our intake on tires GOODYEARS SUCK ,, we had them on the rollback,, turned 6 back in, just took the last 2 off the front and they are going back,, had some on the trailer at like 389.00 each and Goodyear says no warranty since now 5 years old with one so bubbled out had to take the air out before taking it off the trailer,, HANKOOKS WE run our west coast trailer with no problems, BUT Before you buy any tire CHECK THE DATE CODE and that date code should be on the outside since DOT Has to be able to see it or any law enforcement can see,, we had a 2 Hankooks that where cracking on the trailer for spares that never seen the ground, and after some search found out that Discount Tire gave us tires that where already 2 years old..,, Last Year had a truckstop sell us Bridgestone and we figured for the price of 700.00 it would be new NOT, we never put it on till I tried to put it on and found it was 5 years old already,,,,,,,,,, SO Bottom line NEVER TRUST Anybody at a tire store since it's your life on the line

[redstone65]

Well my date code is 242, meaning minimum of 1992. Or could be '82. Who knows. I never even thought to check since the tread looks great. Needless to say I'll be getting 3 more tires this week.

[Toyz]

Tom, I've been battling it out with Discount again last week. When I purchased Continentals for the XK-R, I also purchased "replacement certificates", which at that time, made no reference to age, just wear. 14,000 miles later, not only are they saying the certificates are limited to 3 years, but they are stating they will not touch the tires for any reason after this year, based on the date codes. This is, as in your case, a result of my not verifying a current date code when purchased. Tires have lees than 3/32" wear from new, but are approaching ten year age. Needless to say, I am not happy!
On another incident, I purchased a vintage travel trailer in northern Illinois and pulled it back to the Gulf Coast at my usual "times a -wastin" pace, checking tires and bearings with a heat gun at each fuel stop. Tires appeared new, and in fact, upon checking the date code after getting home, were new, in fact, back in 1966 when the trailer was manufactured!
Redstone, in answer, my experience is that due to heat and humidity along the Gulf Coast, those same travel trailer tires would have been obviously cracked and damaged if they had spent their long life in this area. I have tires on a seldom-used Bronco with excellent tread after seven years, but surface cracks big enough to hide a toothpick in!
Paul

[redstone65]

due to heat and humidity along the Gulf Coast, those same travel trailer tires would have been obviously cracked and damaged if they had spent their long life in this area

Makes perfect sense. I really never thought to inspect them closely since the tread looked great. But, when I looked last night you could see small cracks all in the sidewalls of two of them.

On a sizing question, what modern sizing would get me closest to a 7.75x15 look? Would I want something like a 215/75/r15? I like the taller, skinnier look of the 7.75's.

[Toyz]

Diameter-wise a 205/75 15 is close. carcass width will be slightly wider than the 7.75. An 85 aspect ratio (85% as tall as overall width) would be closer, but would be a 195/85/15, commonly produced only in a trailer tire.

[Astrowing]

It’s the extreme UV down south. 5 years is it for tires, like on trailers. We place covers on tires for protection. 30 year roofs only last 15 years on houses.

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

PAUL I agree with you when it comes to discount tire,, our problem is that 1 tire was cracked all around the bead with hardly any miles so we changed it out last time in Nevada, but then we checked another spare that has never seen the road and was cracked as well and when they looked at the dates said no warranty,, especially on the prices of the tires in which run 250.00 per tire then add all the other that goes with it.. I also had to bring the tires back here to our shop so that our 30-30 Coats we have had to take the tires off the rims , Either they do not have the equipment or know how with all that fancy equipment had the old 30-30 did it's job AND one Goodyear that was so bad we had to let the air so we could not take the chance of blowing up in our face...

[redstone65]

Ended up getting Hankook H724 tires on Saturday. They are the only affordable white-walls I could find that had a good mileage warranty (75,000). Man, the truck drives so much better with new tires. I feel dumb for not realizing that sooner. Oddly, the specs on their site doesn't list or show the white-wall, but it's there. Unless they've recently changed that and this is older stock. IDK. Also, I hate shopping for tires. It sucks. It's like a 4 hour attempt to not get screwed over.

They are 235/75r15:




Sorry, for posting so much. I just like to be complete with a topic for the sake of searchable-ness in the future. I hate coming across old threads where someone had an issue and they never came back to show how they resolved it.