Protecting tires from the sun

[SQLit]

What do you folks use to protect your tires from the big yellow ball in the
sky?

I have seen people use plywood, some have even painted it. Some use tire
covers that look like plastic something or the other. I live in Arizona, the
sun is a definite factor.

I use tire protestant on my truck, but those tires never last more than 3
years so it is not much of an issue. I just want to extend the life of the
tires as long as practically possible. I was sort of hoping to get 5-6 years
out of the trailer tires.

thanks for your comments

[tobe]

Anything that blocks UV light will work fine.

You can get fancy ones at places such as the following:
http://www.rvsupplywarehouse.com/product/detail.cfm/nid/35/pid/2221,

but I would suggest getting some heavy vinyl (white), such as is used in
tarps, measuring the opening around your wheel, cutting a rectangle which
will cover from just above the wheelwell to the ground, and side-to-side of
the entire wheelwell, and installing two snaps, one near each top corner -
one part of each snap on the RV and one part of each on the vinyl. Voila.
Quick, easy, light, portable, foldable, cheap.

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[ltri...@yahoo.com]

I agree with tobe....
Tires should last 5-6 years...When an old tire blows, we simply say it
was old and weathercracked.... That happens to the sidewalls. Even a
tire with lots of tread may be old...To find the build date look on the
inside side of the tire you will find a DOT followed by three sets of
numbers. The third set will have 4 digits these are week of the year
and year. 5004 is the 50th week of 2004.
When you buy new tires, be sure they are new... When I had my oil
changed a couple of months ago, I was told my tires were beginning to
crack. The guy had some tires on sale at a very low price. When I
checked the date of manufacture, I found they were only 3 months newer
than my 3 years old I am currently running...
One reason we do not hear much about UV damage on auto tires is that
they usually wear out first..15,000 miles per year, which isn't much in
today's world, will mean that your tires need replacing every 4 years,
just before the UV damage begins to show....
If you are running 6 year old tires, please be sure they are properly
inflated and not overloaded. The tires on my trailer are rated at 1875
lbs each at 50 psi...I need to be sure I am not towing at 2000 lbs per
tire...Always check the tire pressure, don't forget the spare before
every outing... and on long trips every three days.. check the lug nuts
while you're down there with the tire pressure gauge....I once towed on
a 4000 miler which lasted 14 days... never had a problem with lug nuts
nor tire pressure, but the peace of mind was worth the small amout of
time it took to check every 3rd day.
Leon in Texas

[mac davis]

We use the cheap (like less than $10 for 4) covers from Harbor Freight...
They go on easy, work well and are cheap enough to not have to worry about...

When our trailer is in storage, I prefer to lean a piece of plywood against the
trailer, though... Just a personal thing, but my "logic" says that if I keep the
sun off the tires AND allow ventilation, I'm better off..

mac

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[meldx]

as long as you don't allow ventilation from the outside to the inside of
the tire, you're OK :-)

Mel

[Jim Redelfs]

In article <43272C44...@sympatico.ca>, meldx <me...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> as long as you don't allow ventilation from the outside to the inside of
> the tire, you're OK :-)

ARGH!! [ROFL] :)

They say ventilation from the INSIDE of the tire to the outside is pretty bad,
too. <g>

After six seasons (with modest sunlight exposure), I plan to replace the four
Goodyear Marathon tires on my camper this winter.

I don't cover the tires but only the curb side gets any real sun exposure and
then only for 2-3 hours/day. If covers would get me one, extra year out of
tires, the added process of using them would not be worthwhile to me. If
nothing else, by replacing my tires before ever having a failure (knock on
wood, I'm going out at least twice more before winter), I consider the peace
of mind well worth the cost of the possibly premature replacement. (Huh?)

~$65/ea including shipping (4) from tirerack.com.

:)
JR

[mac davis]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:45:08 -0400, meldx <me...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>as long as you don't allow ventilation from the outside to the inside of
>the tire, you're OK :-)
>
>Mel
>

nah... we tried that a few trips ago, mel... had to buy 4 new tires.. lol

>
>>
>> We use the cheap (like less than $10 for 4) covers from Harbor Freight...
>> They go on easy, work well and are cheap enough to not have to worry about...
>>
>> When our trailer is in storage, I prefer to lean a piece of plywood against the
>> trailer, though... Just a personal thing, but my "logic" says that if I keep the
>> sun off the tires AND allow ventilation, I'm better off..
>>
>>
>> mac
>>

mac