2007 was a great year…

[dudemancool1904]

The real estate market was booming, gas was cheap, the economy was good.
Also the Dunlop Grandtreks that were on my Mountie when I bought it two months ago were made.
Fast forward to February of this year when I bought the truck and saw the 2007 date code tires. I told myself wow first thing I need to do is get new tires. But I was lazy.
Happened to be driving the truck this week and I notice a loud thump and the car seems to be pulling.
Get out and see the front right and rear left tires both delaminating. Well I ring up Discount and drive over with the hazards on and they manage to get me in same day. Got a set of Goodyear Wrangler Trailrunner AT’s mounted and balanced for $500 out the door. Luckily nothing happened but moral of the story is don’t be lazy when it comes to tires.

 

[C420sailor]

Plenty of tread left!

 

[429CJ-3X2]

Glad nothing bad happened!
Last summer my Sport Trac started getting a little squirrelly in the rain and on the local freeway where they had put fresh tar in the numerous cracks. I was planning to get new tires before winter anyway, but when I saw the right front was down to the steel cords in 1 long spot, I decided not to wait any longer!

 

[Josh P]

Perfect set of tires to do a burnout with. I bought a semi truck that had tires on it that looked worse than that. The cords were rusty, near the bead there was a Crack all the way around the tire. The rubber was so hard I couldn't get traction at any speed, the drifting was fun.

 

[joney]

The real estate market was booming, gas was cheap, the economy was good.
Also the Dunlop Grandtreks that were on my Mountie when I bought it two months ago were made.
Fast forward to February of this year when I bought the truck and saw the 2007 date code tires. I told myself wow first thing I need to do is get new tires. But I was lazy.
Happened to be driving the truck this week and I notice a loud thump and the car seems to be pulling.
Get out and see the front right and rear left tires both delaminating. Well I ring up Discount and drive over with the hazards on and they manage to get me in same day. Got a set of Goodyear Wrangler Trailrunner AT’s mounted and balanced for $500 out the door. Luckily nothing happened but moral of the story is don’t be lazy when it comes to tires.

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Dodged a bullet! Glad you didn't have worse trouble! And keeping an eye on my 2019 tires. They look pristine and have at least 75% tread left. Question - How did yours look to you when you bought them? Confession: I'd never heard of tire date codes till 2 yrs ago, on this forum! Got to wonder how many other 2007 tires are out running around.