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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    Yeah those would be potentially dangerous. I got 5k miles out of my desert dry rotted 2008's when I bought my truck in 2021 so 2011 dated tires are basically the same age as the failed tire I posted pictures of.
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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    In a way that is Goodyear giving us the FO price. You want this? Your gonna PAY for our inconvenience in giving you the time of day for a price. Also given the global security situation the demand has soared, and inflation has driven up the price of transportation and raw materials - we are...
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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    A fellow member mentioned to me that he had a family member that owned a tire shop and got them for a little bit less than is shown in that ebay ad - but not much. The military gets huge volume discounts - in fact if it weren't for them the factory making these wouldn't even have a market to...
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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    That video from Michelin makes it sound easy - having experienced a front right sidewall failure on my DOT 2008 Goodyear MV/T's - the amount of sidewall on these tires and how far the truck drops on that one corner is ALARMING and the violence of the shredded rubber not evenly rolling under the...
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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    It's an all-day job to do 6 of them for sure. Not as hard as that video makes it out to be if you have the proper tools - primarily you need the Ken Tool slide hammer bead breaker: https://www.jbtools.com/ken-tool-35926-heavy-duty-impact-bead-breaker/ This makes short work of the bead and is...
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    Looking to purchase a 1996 1083 and drive it 120 miles home. What could possibly go wrong?

    Tires are a HUGE concern especially if they are that old - judging by the mismatched rim colors this has already been a problem for it. If you lose a steer axle tire on the interstate you will, in all likelyhood, die horribly in the roll over and potentially take other motorists with you. IMO it...
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