You’re Momma’s so Old, She Made the Tires on My Boat Trailer

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
07/31/2020 at 11:17 • Filed to: None

Yesterday noticed that The tires on my boat trailer were low on air. Then I noticed that they was dry rotted to hell. So while checking the tire size today I also checked the date code. 64/4. So they are the original OEM tire. I won’t be towing it anywhere till I get new tires on. Obviously

It blows my mind that the PO took the time to paint and re-wire the trailer but didn’t put on new tires.

DISCUSSION (27)

Just Jeepin' > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:28

The information I’ve found online about older codes is baffling. What does that translate to?

bob and john > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:30

64/4? you sure> I just plugged it in to a date code calculator and it gave me an error

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Just Jeepin'
07/31/2020 at 11:31

Usually it’s just year and month

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > bob and john
07/31/2020 at 11:32

I’m assuming it means April of 1964.

Just Jeepin' > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:33

That’s definitely not the DOT standard prior to 2000, but that was a very weird standard because it only included 1 digit for year, hence my general confusion.

E90M3 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:36

Can you take a picture of the entire tire? It’s obviously gone, but I don’t think it’s from 1964.

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:37

Not necessarily . The old date codes weren’t that precise. They couldn’t tell you what decade they were in. Nonetheless, those tires have got to go!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > E90M3
07/31/2020 at 11:40

Yeah I don’t think any tire could last that long. I am thinking maybe 25 years minimum on it though. That is an awful tire.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Just Jeepin'
07/31/2020 at 11:41

64th week of 2004.

ranwhenparked > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/31/2020 at 11:48

They can, depending how on they’re used and stored, but you really shouldn’t - that 2stroketurbo guy on YouTube was running 1960s vintage Sears Allstate tires on his ‘62 Rambler American up until last fall. One of the reasons I checked in on his channel from time to time was out of morbid curiosity to see if they had suffered any catastrophic failure on the 200+ mile road trips he did with them.

Dr_Watson > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 11:55

That bitch got a serious crack problem yo.

Sovande > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/31/2020 at 11:59

So March, 2005?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ranwhenparked
07/31/2020 at 12:06

Huh woah my mind is blown. Except in fringe cases, you can't really keep a tire outside with that kind of longevity though and I assume this trailer has spent many years sitting in the elements.

Michael > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/31/2020 at 12:38

Was it a super-leap-year?

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/31/2020 at 12:42

That still doesn’t make sense though

Future next gen S2000 owner > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/31/2020 at 12:51

60 some year old tires probably wouldn’t have a date code. Probably wouldn’t hold air. I’m not sure the 64 is the week though.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/31/2020 at 13:14

2004 did feel pretty long, b ut I think we’re already into l ike week 400 of 2020...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 13:34

I bought Carlisle radials for my tent trailer and they tow fantastically.

Jim Spanfeller > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 14:17

Those remind me of the tires I used to have on my Thunderbird that I drove around on for a year...

That thing definitely wasn’t safe past 45 mph...

onlytwowheels > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 14:37

I’d repack the wheel bearings while the wheels are off.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Future next gen S2000 owner
07/31/2020 at 15:56

I've got 50 year old tires on my transport harrows. They look like hell, but they still hold air just fine, don't even have tubes in 'em.

Stef Schrader > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 16:26

Yikes (tm)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > onlytwowheels
07/31/2020 at 16:28

They seems to have been by the PO which is what he told me. They roll smooth and have no wiggle at all.

onlytwowheels > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 16:43

It’s an annual maintenance on boat trailers, so it might be worth it to have a peak at them. Marine grease is very highly recommended.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > onlytwowheels
07/31/2020 at 16:54

That makes sense. You don’t typically regularly submerge wheel bearings in Water.

pip bip - choose Corrour > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/31/2020 at 20:34

Kinja'd!!!

JMordu becoming “savethemilanos” > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
08/01/2020 at 11:15

I’m not that experienced with trailer tires, but didn’t they always use a different date code system?