fury9
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http://www.treadwright.com/t-Our-Process.aspx I dunno but it seems to be hot capped? ill call tomorrow
http://www.treadwright.com/t-Our-Process.aspx I dunno but it seems to be hot capped? ill call tomorrow
The plant I was in had a vacuum chamber that each tire when through to vulcanize the tread to the casing, it was some retarded temperature inside and each tire was in a rubber bladder that was pulled down to 30" of vacuum if my mind isn't failing me...
You almost payed attention in 5th-grade science.
29-in. HG is a perfect vacuum.
It is not possible to pull vacuum beyond that.
The most I remember about cap shops is the inferno-like heat and guys working in their TEE-shirts with all the doors open when it was below ZERO outside.
I don't know how they stood it in summer.
I will add something to this post... I have had nothing but trouble with Good Year Marathon Special Trailer tires on my horse trailer. They throw tread all the time. I run the max pressure on these D rated tires but it continued till I finally gave up on them. I did a search and found GY was having some problems with these trailer tires.. It was not just me. This happened several years ago. Now about 6 months ago while at the barn I see a brand new Marathon tire in the spare tire rack on a trailer with a large piece of the new tread blown off of it... This tire never saw the road but blew up just sitting there. It still had the rubber **** on the tread... You might ask how hot it was or how old the tire was... I can't say but I can tell you this... I wont ever own another good year tire... they made a great tire in the late 80s and early 90s. I had a set on my 5th wheel and they finally wore out in the early 2000s never throwing any tread. that trailer weighed about 10500 lbs loaded. those tires were fine but now... Nope... Never again...
Can someone post a highly focused and clear picture of one of there retreads from treadright? Shouldnt we be able to tell from a picture. I seem to remember seeing one on here and it looked like you could see where its all glued together, but not 100%.
When you get treadwrights they use caps from different brand tires right, so that means you may end up with 4 different brand caps on your truck correct?
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When you get treadwrights they use caps from different brand tires right, so that means you may end up with 4 different brand caps on your truck correct?