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Tires that won't last over 4 years should be outlawed. How criminal can it get? Especially when we have 20 year or more older tires that will out last them. Take a little something too much out of the ingredients there Mr Beancounter?

I have never had a tire blow the casing due to age anyway, and the tires are not aged out. But I have had casing issues with BFG on a couple trucks. I'm not a big fan of possibly the most popular tire company with a good reputation. I have had the tread wrap around the side like a pretzel due to failed casing on a couple occasions years apart on different sets.

I had and old set of A/Ts (35/12.50-16) where the left front tread blew due to age. I only ran them maybe 500 miles. Bought the set for the wheels but figured "what the heck" and ran the tires while new tires were coming. I was only doing 50 or so on a 2-lane. The strands slapped the rocker in, scratched the fender up, and peeled the upper rear corner of the front trim piece on my '72. 2/3 of the tread blew off and it was still holding air