Everything you NEED to know about Car Tires!

I thought I knew most everything about tires: Wrong. The best 30 minute presentation on the subject on the web. All content, no fluff. Thanks Mr. CCN~!

I used to work at a large tire warehouse and we always stored them stacked on top of one another, e.g. 3x3 stacked 4 or 5 high on pallets (varied depending on tire size). For out of season tires (e.g. winter tires in the summer) we'd stack the pallets directly on the pallet below in 50 foot high wobbly towers of tire pallets. So the tires at the bottom would have hundreds of pounds of weight resting on them. We'd occasionally come to work in the morning and find one of the towers had fallen over and we'd have to restack them. Additionally, all of our tires would arrive in containers, mostly from overseas (China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, etc). They would be "laced" together to fit the largest number per container. Since the transport takes months, they'd often come out warped and take a couple days to get back to a normal shape, especially if it was really hot out and they had been roasting in the sun for a while. AFAIK tire lacing is the standard way to transport tires as it's more efficient and they're much more stable. Works best for car tires. For tire stores, they only store tires on a rack for presentation or ease of access. Tires they aren't going to use right away will be stacked out back or offsite. When a shop has hundreds of tires they can't afford to have a massive area dedicated to racks of tires stored as shown in this video. The idea that a tire would be manufactured and then stored upright on a rack at the factory, in the shipping container, in the warehouse, on trucks, and at a tire store seems extremely unlikely.

I remember driving a 1970s Chevy Chevette. No air, no power anything. No power steering. And I had bias tires on it. I went to put new radial tires on and it was like a miracle. It’s as if I installed power steering. It was so much better in every way. Radial tires was a gigantic leap in performance and safety. Thank you for your video. Monster mechanic.

My impression is that manufacturers often put very cheap tires on new vehicles. My 2001 Tundra came with Dunlop ATs which lasted 24K miles. I replaced them with Michelins which were expensive, but lasted 65K miles and improved gas consumption by 1mpg. Looking at my cars, truck, bicycles and motorcycles I seem to end up with Michelin or Continental.

You are the man! I send all of your videos to my friends and family. I was changing my oil on my rav4 v6 at every 8K to 10K, now I'm doing it at every 5K you make a lot sense.

Never thought I would spend 30 minutes watching a video about tyres (English spelling), however you made it really interesting, thank you.

This is the kind of video, that I would show my son, the first time he gets his license. Very well covered everything known and imaginable and also unknown about tyres. It has so much useful info, I might need to re-watch it next time I am actually shopping for rubber next time.

There was an obsession in the early 2000s for low profile tyres. People don't seem to realise that: 1) the ride gets harder and often uncomfortably hard. 2) handling might be better but you then get more scrub on the tyres and they wear out much faster 3) they often bottom out on pot holes and damage the wheels (damage rims, crack the alloy) and I have even seen cases where it has damaged the chassis (VW was quite common).

The best video on tires hands down.

I appreciate how much info you put into your videos. Lately, I've been watching them like Saturday morning cartoons!

Also about the balance: If you feel the vibration in the steering wheel, it’s your front tires unbalanced. If you feel the vibration in pedals or the bottom of your car, rear tires out of balance. Also, road force machines can check if you have a serious problem with a tire, but they can’t balance your tire any differently. Also I would never try to save money on tires on a Toyota

This is my favorite technician/mechanic channel. Love learning from you. Great job and thank for the information you give us all. Even have this in a playlist for “Car education” so I can always go back whenever I want.

I remember taking some auto classes in community college and learned about load index, UTQG, aspect ratio, mfr. date stamp, different wear patterns. I think it’s to everyone’s benefit to take a couple auto courses in school, you can learn to DIY and diagnose certain issues and not get taken to the cleaners by dishonest mechanics. Great videos as always AMD!

He called me "an awesome viewer". This deserves an awesome like!

Thanks for this video, a tire shop once told me a new tire could sit for up to 5 years in a warehouse and still have an other 5 years of life once mounted. They were just trying to sell there old inventory.

CCN has a good heart educating all uneducated for free. Just bought my 2023 Venza and I’ve been binge watching your videos. God bless you!

Thanks for pointing out an often overlooked fact about tire age. Old tires can be dangerous, even if there’s still plenty of tread. Most experts agree the safe life of a tire is about six years. Excellent video AMD!

Proper mounting is important. On Yokohama tires, the yellow dot is meant to align with the valve stem hole. It is easy to make wheels round and balanced but then the hole is drilled, the wheel is now lighter on that part of the wheel. The yellow dot is the heaviest part of the tire and when you combine them, the weights needed to balance the tire are significantly less. This is a great video, thanks!

Just want to say THANK YOU, yet again. Your videos, your care, your honesty, your expertise, and your attitude are a tremendous blessing.💐💐💐

Have been driving for 60 years and never bothered to learn this information. Luckily I always bought tires the same as the OEM. Thanks for the video.