Mike Melton warns against buying used tires, showing one from 2003 that risks cap separation and accidents. Even when money is tight, he says the safety risk isn't worth the savings. He's installing new tires on his truck instead.
If you're buying used tires, just watch out. Let me show you what to look for. All right, so if you're going to go look at a used tire, right, see the tread's still pretty decent, right? All right, you still got a little life out of there. What you want to look for is that manufacture date. See that 14th week of 2003? That's a major problem. Let me show you why. All right, here's that tire from 2003. So the reason that's a big problem right there, so when you have an old tire like in the video I was talking about yesterday, When you have an old tire like this, the whole cap can come off. So this thing, you can actually see where it slapped the top of the truck right here. So you have to watch the age of your tires. If you can't afford new tires, we totally understand. A lot of people can't afford certain things, but watch out when you buy used tires because this right here is an accident waiting to happen. Saving a couple dollars on a tire is not worth your life. So this guy said, forget used tires, I'm not getting no used tires no more. We putting some brand new ones on this truck today. That way him and his family is safe.
