ididieseler
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are retreads something you guys would run or not. they are around half the price of new. just to clarify i'm talking bead to bead retreading not recapping. are they even legal as steering tires
anybody out there ever run retread tires?
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icanfixall
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This is a good question. I don't know about being legal either but will be watching the answers here. Might be a legal issue on an F350 but not on a 250 but really want to know.
HiHorse
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I do know people that run them. They will come apart like a recap will. Keep in mind they will be a harsher ride as they are a hard tread, but they will wear for a long time. Traction is also not very good due to the harder tread.
firehawk
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I don't even see why anyone would run retreads on a light duty truck. If you drive so much that tread wears out so fast that you are no worried about the age of the carcass, the cost of tires really should not be an issue.
I have personally run reacaps on trucks with great success.
Personally, for me if I can get a deal on em, I'd run em. If they come in the right size for sure.
Legality would fall under your states laws independent of other laws of other states.
JM2CW
Personally, for me if I can get a deal on em, I'd run em. If they come in the right size for sure.
Legality would fall under your states laws independent of other laws of other states.
JM2CW
I'm running a set of treadwrights on the second truck now. They seem to wear like iron. I did opt for the walnut shell treatment - crushed walnut shell is blended in the tread rubber and as the tread wears down, new "sipes" are created. They seem to be about the best tires I've had for rear traction when empty. I'm approaching 30,000 miles with them on this truck and guessing 10,000 or so on the previous truck.
They appear to have a lot of life left in them and treadwrights will replace them when I get to that point.
They appear to have a lot of life left in them and treadwrights will replace them when I get to that point.
pwjackson
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What type of tread or model are you running from treadwirght and what size? I have been looking at them but I want an AT tread and was suspicious of how they wear.
The casings are Bridgestone Dueler A/T. I think the tread matches the casing. They no longer guarantee that casings match the tread style.
E series. 265/75/16
NO_SPRK
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Is it legal to run them on steers?
No one has been able to quote me chapetr or verse that prohibits it. My dad was a big truck diesel mechanic back in the day, I remember that they always ran ****** rubber on steers.
I'm talking about an F350 though.
icanfixall
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My Dad would run a set of cheap *** recaps on the station wagon way back in the mid 60s. He got them for $44.00 for 4 deal. I look back at this and think what a chance he took with us.. But cost spoke louder than safety. I know I would not do what dad did... I'd sell my hands into prostitution first...
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loggin350
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I am running the treadwrights in 37x12.50 16.5, and I couldn't be happier. They are the "guard dog mt" and I have over 35k on them with another 10k left easily, over half is highway miles at 70. and have had them on my truck for almost a year and a half, on both axles. My truck is a srw 350 regular cab long bed. I was recommended these tires by 3 other friends that run them and I have recommended them to 3 guys from my platoon (all in different sizes, 4 sets were mt's, 2 were at's) not one failure in theirs or my tires to date and I think everyone I know with them will buy again. As for traction I was impressed with these, and one of my friends bought his second set and went from the guard dog to the at tread pattern and said the mt was better in every way, not just off pavement but better in both wet and dry conditions on road.
I'm not sure about trucks, but retreads or regrooved tires are illegal on the steer axles on buses. Personally, I wouldn't run them on a light-duty truck...if you have a recap come off, it's going to damage quite a bit of sheet metal, and it's really not worth the trouble.
I've run used tires before with success, but understand that that's a crapshoot...you might get lucky; you might not.
From the California Commercial Driver Handbook, 2010-2011, Section 4: Transporting Passengers Safely, page 62:
"Front tires must not be recapped, retreaded, or regrooved."
And, I just did a Google search and found this:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=393.75
Based on that, it looks like you can't legally run a regrooved tire on a heavy-duty truck or any bus, but it's legal for a pickup truck. With that said, IMHO it's a bad idea and I would strongly recommend against it.
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Jake_IN
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I have about 35k on mine. About 1/3 of that was towing or hauling heavy loads. I am running these tires.
Also these tires you don't have to worry about the cap flying off down the road.
I paid 80 bucks per tire when i bought mine and will buy again whenever i need them.
Just watch how they make them.
Just watch how they make them
http://youtu.be/r5pS86V1Wso
Also these tires you don't have to worry about the cap flying off down the road.
I paid 80 bucks per tire when i bought mine and will buy again whenever i need them.
Just watch how they make them.
Just watch how they make them
http://youtu.be/r5pS86V1Wso
junk
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I've looked at these a bunch. My brother in law lives in the town where they are made. The price is right and I've never heard of a failure but one tire blowing a part will ruin a day pretty quick. I still might try them on my 93 though. Can't hurt rusty fenders. I always read these threads on these with interest.
