remanufactured tire

[Captain Ledd]

but I note that wherever they're used routinely (heavy passenger aircraft, tractor-trailers), they are deployed in PAIRS, for redundancy, i.e. what's the chance of both tires blowing out/separating at the same time?

Thus while 16 of the 18 wheels on a "semi" might be re-treads, the critical front 2 tires NEVER are.

Actually thats basically for weight distribution (planes at least). I forget what the plane was but it was one of the larger (or largest?) planes at the end or immediately after WWII. They tried the single 2 wheel thing like all the other aircraft had at the time but when they rolled it onto the test runway all that pressure on 2 points actually crushed the runway concrete. Thus the 4+ tires that are spread out on basically any larger aircraft today. What good is a bomber that can only take off and land on a select few state side runways?

And semi's are running single tires in the rear called (creatively I might add) "Super Singles". Which given they pass the rigorous inspection process, I'm sure are retreaded as well.

 

[rangerbum]

If It's mainly for off road use, then I approve 100%. But I dont really trust recaps. That being said, my uncle had a "virgin" tire on his Kenworth separate the other day.

 

[sbsumerix]

i read about the re-treaded mud tires in a jp magizine the article they did was good they tested them with low tire pressure, pulling with the tires and kept them on a vehicle for quite awhile for roads and the tires did just fine no problems. they said that the tires are just fine for both off-roading and daily driving

 

[rangerbum]

I dont really trust any tire on it's own. It depends on the owner of the tires mostly. I CONSTANTLY check tire pressure. I check probably every other day, cuz I get bored . And I rotate them like crazy. About every oil change, and speaking of oil, I change that usually before 2500 miles.

I've heard of both new and recapped tire problems, and know from personal experience that it's more about maintenence than anything(with the few exceptions of a faulty tire construction).

I had a tire seperate on my gmc, but that was more because I was exceeding their speed rating by 29 mph.

 

[OCRanger4x4]

I had a tire seperate on my gmc, but that was more because I was exceeding their speed rating by 29 mph.