My OEM tires appear to be dry rotting and probably need replacement. They have been on the truck 5 years 3 months plus the interim time when they were made. Only 14,200 miles on the. They are Hangook AT's. I'll replace with an 'all season tire,' driving on the shoulder is about the limit of my 'off roading.' My dilemma is what tires to buy? I feel buying a nice Michelin is a waste on money because they will dry rot with the pace of miles I drive ion a year. I've had some experience with name brand low end tires and you get what you pay for. I want a 'quiet' tire comfortable tire. I think I have some time to shop and look to see what's available.

First pic is right front, second and third pics are right rear. No sense looking at them all, if one has it then they al will be the same.

 

Personally, I wouldn't be freaking about that yet, I would be more concerned with sidewall cracks. Call or email them for guidance, good luck. https://www.hankooktire.com/us/en/he...t/contact.html

 

It's the sidewall cracks you need to be concerned about. My last set of Michelin's were a little over 5 years old when I sold the truck, no cracks anywhere on them.

 

Listen to these guys, they're right.
I like the name you hung on them, "hang gook" appropriate name for a second rate tire!

 

I've used Michelin a lot over the years, switched to Continentals recently on 2 vehicles. I have an atv for off roading so a simple 5 rib all season tire on my truck does fine. The Continentals in my opinion are just as good but about 20% cheaper than a comparable Michelin tire. They also seem to wear better too.

General tires have been owned by Continental for a while now and are also very good.

 

My mom just had her tires replaced on her 2010 Escape but her tires were cracked like that more in the middle of the tires!!They were the original tires right under 30,000 miles the guys at Quick Lane said the date codes on them were from 2009!!

 

I'll do an inspection on the sidewalls this week. I haven't really looked at that area comprehensively.

 

You only drive less than 3k miles a year? I'd be putting on the cheapest tire that gets good reviews on Discount Tire or Tire Rack.

 

Same thing here, actually a bit worse. Replacing them shortly.

 

I am retired and split my annual driving of roughly 15k miles between 3 different vehicles. I only put about 3k miles on my 2012 Grand Sport Corvette convertible last year. Very expensive miles on those tires, considering a full set costs close to $2000. The tires on it and the F-150 age out before wearing out. The wife's 2014 Charger wears a set out about every 4 years.