Treadwright tires
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From: Pensacola, FL
Treadwright tires
Anybody running these tires? They seem to get great reviews and the price is right, but I know a lot of people say retreads are not safe.
https://www.treadwright.com/
https://www.treadwright.com/
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That is a problem with retreads...hence my "not on a steering axle". I wouldn't run retreads on my truck, but I drive lots of heavy trucks which use them on the drive axles.
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Is that with retread tires in general or treadwright's retread tires. I just want to run them during hunting season, but will be on the highway when headed up and back from the hunting camp so want them to be safe.
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OK, i'm going to ask a dumb question. I am assuming the back axle is the drive axle and the front axle is the steering axle, so putting them on the back axle would probably be OK?
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I'm just gona throw this out. High rotational speed is what causes a retread to separate. If you just chugging along at relatively slow speeds, I’d run em. How slow or how fast, I haven’t got a clue. How’s that for a non-answer??
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Alot of the local farmers run the Treadwright mud terrains and I have yet to hear of any issues with them. I know I've seen them running down the road a time or two with more weight then the load rating indicates is safe to hold as well
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From: Western AR
Treadwright has a FANTASTIC reputation with me and my friends that run them. They are also endorsed by several off-road magazines as THE go-to tire for those who do serious off-roading. I have a friend that drives 50 miles each direction on his every day without issues. He loves them for his highway commute and for the deer camp. Mom-and-Pop operation up in North Dakota. American as it gets with a great product and quality control. We took a set to a tire shop to get mounted this past year, and the old guy who runs the shop (and has been doing it for 40 years) didn't believe they were retreads. He couldn't find the seam until we showed him. He said he had never seen a retread that good, and he has seen a lot. People I know who buy tires from the new tire retailers have way more problems with theirs than we do with our Treadwrights (we have had none).
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There was another member that also run TW's. He did ALOT of off roading and gave them plenty of punishment. Never had a problem.
One of my buddies was looking for some 37's for a decent price. I showed him the TW's. He ended up calling them to get some more info.
From what I understand, the old retreads had a problem with cold fusion of the new rubber to the donor carcass. Technology has came a long ways...
One of my buddies was looking for some 37's for a decent price. I showed him the TW's. He ended up calling them to get some more info.
From what I understand, the old retreads had a problem with cold fusion of the new rubber to the donor carcass. Technology has came a long ways...
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Treadwright has a FANTASTIC reputation with me and my friends that run them. They are also endorsed by several off-road magazines as THE go-to tire for those who do serious off-roading. I have a friend that drives 50 miles each direction on his every day without issues. He loves them for his highway commute and for the deer camp. Mom-and-Pop operation up in North Dakota. American as it gets with a great product and quality control. We took a set to a tire shop to get mounted this past year, and the old guy who runs the shop (and has been doing it for 40 years) didn't believe they were retreads. He couldn't find the seam until we showed him. He said he had never seen a retread that good, and he has seen a lot. People I know who buy tires from the new tire retailers have way more problems with theirs than we do with our Treadwrights (we have had none).
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I had a set for about 35-40k miles...they were mint. I only changed them out cause I had to drive 2000 miles pulling a trailer and I knew I would be hauling a$$ the whole time so I put some high way tires on it.
I had the ones that look like bfg all terrains.
I had the ones that look like bfg all terrains.
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I went ahead and pulled the trigger on these:
https://www.treadwright.com/p-95-285...one-m-t-e.aspx
For $650 shipped to my door, that's pretty hard to beat and they do seem to get great reviews from people running them.
I'll update this post occasionally after I run them for a while.
https://www.treadwright.com/p-95-285...one-m-t-e.aspx
For $650 shipped to my door, that's pretty hard to beat and they do seem to get great reviews from people running them.
I'll update this post occasionally after I run them for a while.
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The most important thing with retreads is how good is the casing? (original tire) Back when I did a lot of tire work on semi's most retread failures came from the casing having rust in the belts. They have come a long ways in finding those issues in retread tires today. That said, I would not put them on the steer axle either. I know with semi trucks, that may be illegal in some states. Something to look for, on a tire, there is a DOT number, which includes the date. The last 2 digits are the year. Also, when they are recapped, the re-capper has to mark the tire too. Likewise, the last 2 digits indicate the year it was recapped.