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What's up Fellas?
I am going to post a review on the treadwright AP A/T LT225/70R19.5 tires I am running on my F450.
A year ago when I bought these it was really hard to find a review from someone running this size treadwright retread. There are plenty of reviews for off roading applications but few for commercial type use. Now that I have had these tires for a year I want to share my experience with anyone else who may be considering retreads.

I am running the Treadwright AP A/T, a on/off road tire with Bridgestone casings. Before putting the AP A/T retreads on I had Michelins which I loved, but at 500 a tire it was hard to justify them. I paid around 115 per tire for the Treadwrights.

The 19.5 AP A/T tire looks to be a moderately aggressive tire but nothing extreme. It is surprisingly quiet and a smooth riding tire even at the recommended 105 psi. So far I have put 8,000 miles on the tires with no problems and even tire wear. These tires are used on and off road and have held up well overall, with VERY satisfactory performance in snow, mud, sand, and on the highway.
On the Michelins I would get around 60,000 plus miles and once even 70,000 miles when rotated. I expect I will get around 45,000 miles out of the Treadwright AP A/T, (if this changes I will update this post).

I should point out that it is very important to maintain the appropriate PSI on retread tires, for the Treadwright AP A/T it is between 95-105 PSI. Failure to have enough pressure in the tires will cause problems which are not covered under the warranty.
The majority of retread failures I have read about are due to low tire pressure. Since the recommended PSI on my door jam and the minimal PSI required for these retreads are different I used a permanent marker to write on the door jam the correct PSI for the retreads, so that when the truck is being serviced the shop technicians maintain the correct retead PSI rather than the Ford manufacturers PSI.

I check my tire pressure every few months and have not had any issues whatsoever.

It needs to be noted that the Treadwright tires are retreaded here in USA, while any other tire you purchase new at anywhere near this cost will be made overseas. For me supporting USA workers and companies is important.

Bottom line for me is these have been a great tire. I am ordering a set for my F350 and front end tires for my tractor.

Hope this helps some folks out.

 

thanks for the review....I see a lot of re-cap's on the side of the road with skid marks from the other tires all over the place so needless to say....good reports about re-caps is good to balance the observations.

 

Not too many retreads out there, good report.

 

Thanks for the review. Hopefully they hold up well for you. I drive a tractor and trailer and have put over 1 million miles on a combination of retread and new tires. Half with a company that ran exclusively retreads(flatbed) and the other half with a company that runs exclusively new(tanker). I have had about 20 blow outs and all have been with retreads. Good to see a positive review and hope you continue to have good results with them.

 

I have had a good experience with the TW gaurd dogs. I have had a set on my 88 F250 plow truck for the past 3 years. Also I had a set on a 2001 epedition
Biggest things is proper air pressure and rotation every 5k.

 

I also am an 18 wheeler driver, with apprx. 475 million miles. I have used quality retreads on both drive wheels and trailer wheels with good luck. I always have my own carcasses (new, worn out) retreaded and then only once. I then trade them in on new tires and repeat the cycle. I would however NEVER run caps on the steer tires, illegal in commercial service anyway, too big a chance of loosing a cap and blowing the tire.

 

I've found the caps my company uses last as long as new tires IF they make it past the first 30 days. I've only gotten about 4 million miles at the wheel in the 32 years I've been driving though. 😜

I wouldn't use caps in my POV though. When they blow they can cause a lot of damage.

 

That is what I would be thinking of.