[T3] Tire failure?

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/17/2011 7:28:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nurofiz at knology.net writes:

When I  bought Foster a few years ago, it came with nearly new tires.  I 
think  they're made by Kelly - a brand called "Arizonian".

Last month, another  of those tires went flat while driving to work (in the 
bitter cold).  I  took it to a reputable mo-and-pop tire place and the 
called to tell me that  the sidewall was about to fail on it (probably in 
similar fashion as the  previous tire).

So I've lost two tires in about as many months.   Still plenty of good 
tread on them.  Do these tires have a  "history"?




The "Arizonian" was a tire sold by Discount tire (under Good Year license). 
 They haven't sold them since 2005 (the last time I got 4 that I  special 
ordered). They were a decent economy tire though. I had 1 let go  last winter 
(09-10) sitting in my back yard (from a set of  4) that were bought back in 
1998, and a second one that wasn't too far  behind it from dry rot. The 
other 2 stayed on their rims until after I  brought my T-34 back from Russ's 
(the T-34 was towed on them) then the  rims got 4 new tires mounted on them. 
They mostly suffered from weather checking  (dry rot), and probably age, but 
were made in Brazil. I couldn't complain too  much, as I did have them for 
over 10 years. The tires that replaced them were  made in China though, so I 
probably won't get the years out of them.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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