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retread????

I'd have to agree with Thunder on this one, I've been over-the-road with retreads, no problems. I do think chaddy is incorrect, I've seen retreads on the drive wheels of the tractors, you just can't mount them on the steers. Retreads are like like the old Virginia Slim ciggs adds, "You've come a long way baby" HA HA HA HA
 
To all you guys saying " they use them on Semi's " know this: it is illegal to run retreads on the steering axle. and most of the Big trucking outfits dont mess with retreads the down time and possible truck damage is not worth the "savings"

I've had horrible luck with my "hytec" retreads that I bought from the ad in the back of petersons I got less than 8000 miles before I pulled them of and bought new tires
 
few big problems in here to start.

there is recap/retread. this is a cap /tread prossess only. this is only applying the top cap tread section to a tire.

there is remold. the greendiamond type tires and this is only using the old casing and then extruding new rubber compound on the tire. then stick it in a mold machine just like a brand new tire is made.

both of these methods all depend on the age of the casing being used. then the least amount of plugs/patches/repairs to a casing are better. if at all possible zero holes ever in the casing is best. then to find a quality shop and employes to make a good product.

then all most all the gators/caps/shreaded tires on the nations highways are all due to lack of maintence on the drivers part. lots of drivers anymore get in and just drive with out checking stuff.

prime example of this was the otherday at my work. truckshop got a call semi driver lost his rear trailer tires off 1 axle . needs to be fixed on the road. we get there and mid 20's yung kid driver with no clue how this happened. we found 2 tires/rims completely gone nowere to be found. hub and drum busted all to he!! and drum would have been off but old style trailer with drum on back side of hub. brake shoes gone and brake slack adjuster gone off axle.

then same axle other side both flat and just sidewalls on what was left of the rims run to he!!. front axle on trailer had 2 half flat and 1 flat with last tire on trailer any good holding up 50,000 lbs of paper products in the trailer. state police showed up and called d.o.t police to show up. then he was done for the day .

also the firestone problem is not 100% on firestones sholders. its 50% firestone and 50% ford. both partys were not talking to each other or useing there heads. thay ran those tires at 26 psi to hold all the load. that was to little a psi for that load/tire combo. then drivers dont know how to drive with a blow out these days also.


it all boils down to stupid drivers not doing there job before getting in and driving on public roads.
 
Also I had issues with balance all told of the 5 tires I bought I had to have 6 sent to me in 8000 miles
 
I do know retreads are used on truck a lot so I'd suspect they do ok for a while, but I do see a lot of treads on the side of the road.

It all depends on the use. A retread will never be as good as a new tire. It's impossible for the old and new rubber compunds to adhere to each other as good as a new tire.

But if your rig is offroad only, for a farm, or not used a lot, then retreads are probably a good deal. I'll never run them for mine, but how much cheaper are they?

Edit: I counted the number ot truck sized treads on the side of the road on my way into work. I counted 11 over a 30 mile trip. That's almost 1 every 3 miles...
 
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I've only had my CDL for 5 years, but my old man had his for 35 years. EVERY truck (except new) I've seen had retreads/caps on the rear. It's illegal and stupid to put them up front. A local guy died from having them on front of a dumptruck and one let go. When you see "gators" on the side of the road, it's from having too much weight and/or not enough air pressure. Like Brett said, driver stupidity not checking/maintaining the tires.....
 
Blue85 said:
Show me this thread before you continue bashing.

You can also find several threads where people were happy with them.

I have been running the treadwright (was hy-tec or something like that) for years. The compound wears better than the major brands and the carbides give a traction option that nobody else even offers.

It is a common misconception that "re-tread" is never anything more than gluing some treads on. Their process is more of a re-molding as new material is molded to the carcass similar to how new tires are made. They work fine aired down, too. Plus you can get 35's that are about 1" taller than commercial brand 35's
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Dude calm down please show me where I was ever bashing them. I said there was a thread about this a couple of weeks ago. No I would never use them but inwas never bashing so please read more carefully LOLr:D
 
dfl701 said:
Dude calm down please show me where I was ever bashing them. I said there was a thread about this a couple of weeks ago. No I would never use them but inwas never bashing so please read more carefully LOLr:D
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I was thinking of this:

dfl701 said:
They come apart very easy cause they are just gluing tread back on....therefore not safe at all
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yeah, i was behind a semi when one of its rear tires let go, wasnt fun trying to dodge that ****, id rather buy new. I never knew why i saw so many semi sized tire peices on the road when i commute, now i know why. others may be happy with them, as someome else said, i wont be the one on the side of the road with body damge or worse
 
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