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ymeski56

ymeski56

He's Toast.

haha

So you feel safer having a semi with 60-80,000lbs driving next to you with these tires than a pick up?

I wouldnt put these tires on a 2013 F150 2x4 grocery getter either.
If I leave an alligator on the zipper line I'll let you know. Then your garbage comment will have merit.

gone postal

The semi isn't allowed to have retreads on steering tires (i.e. axles where they're single tires and are the sole point of contact/control), they have to be new tires by DOT regs.

Retreads on an axle with 4 tires? one tire blows and you still have three.

Retreads on a vehicle with single tires on all axles would be bad news, as any failure can lead to immediate loss of control.

haha

Thats wrong. Only commercial buses arent allowed to run caps on steer tires.

Do some research on the trucking forums and you'll see virgin tires have a high failure rate than caps.

I'm not here to argue. I never ran these before but after doing research and talking to the company directly I'm trying them.

These are not the recaps of old like is ingrained in everyones mind.

packplantpath

Ever seen the treads fly off a truck in front of you?

Now picture that inside your wheel wells.

It isn't the failure rate that worries me. It is the nature of the failure. New tires don't generally go out the same way as a retread.

Left Plate

And why is that any different than when a non-retreaded tire blows the carcass?

This topic has been covered numerous times before. I swear, some of you that have nothing but bad to say about Treadwrights without first hand expierance are like.........well.........retreads!

ymeski56

Might be a good time to mention, the search widow at the top of the page has not been functional for at least a week. IB has been notified. Anyone that wants to do a search will need to use the Forum's "Advanced Search" function, until they fix the problem.

packplantpath

How is it different? New tires rarely, not never but rarely, have tread separation that slaps around the wheel wells at 60 mph ruining the vehicle wheel well.

That particular failure is much more common with re-treads. Not common. More common. Especially if you load the tire for towing and let it get under inflated a bit. Note the qualifying statements here.

Not a big deal on a tractor trailer. Big deal on a truck you don't want damaged. No, I have no experience with treadwrites per se. I do have experience with 18 wheelers and retreads. Maybe they are better than most. If they are willing to cover body damage due to tread separation, I'll give them a shot. Otherwise, not worth the risk for the cost savings IMO.

It is an odds game and the savings are not enough to make me want to play that lottery. Maybe they are to you. I'm ok with that too.