Retread tires

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Originally Posted by ben4372

I'd be worried about the tires going on a truck that gets driven little. The tire industry is getting hip to the age of rubber. If the carcass is already 5 years old, you got to wonder how long it is gonna sit in your garage. The tires on my Willys are nearly 10 years old but look like new. I'll likely replace them in the next couple years. They are not recaps. That's why recaps make sense on a truck that sees a lot of miles and will wear them out in a couple years. Not so great for a collectors car.

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Hmmm. That's an interesting point I hadn't thought of. I guess I'll just have to drive it more![Coffee]

I've got Wardens on my Amigo. I think they just hit 12,000 miles in 2 years. My spare is on the back and open to the elements for two years. The spare has small, but noticeable, cracks around the edge even though the tire has never been on the pavement before. I can snap a picture if someone wants. I'd be comfortable with it getting me off a mountain though. I've had the tires up to probably 85 mph, but hardly ever drive that fast in any of my cars anymore. My rear two tires have the Kedge Grip. I still haven't rotated them.

I have run several sets of Treadwrights, I have never had an issue, the new tires they have are not just recaps their new B2B versions are complete remolds, tread sidewalls everything, no "cap" to come loose, the whole tire has been molded,

I have a set of the warden b2b on my 3/4 chevy right now, quite smooth, great in the ice and snow, way better than the new michelin m/s on my wife's 3/4 ton surburban, they suck out loud, trading them this week for a set of warden's

I have used them on my 1 ton dually, my durangos, my jeeps, avalanche, never an issue, they are not the old recaps that your dad used, on my dually they saved me $600 per set.

They sometimes take a little more weight to balance, the guard dogs the OP is using are the same pattern a BFG MT, very loud on the road, but on a trail rig i would not hesitate, i had a set of 33s on my lifted durango for a while, the road noise was too much for me, the warden is the same tread pattern as a BFG AT, quite and smooth

you dont want these though, dont increase demand, i dont want the pricing to go up :)

Since we are talking tires, I have posted an ad down in the Trading Post under Non-Firearms. Although not retreads, these are two Michelin road tires off of a Toyota Tundra Crewmax with a good number of miles left in them. Sure would like to get rid of em. [Help]

My dad tried them and had a blowout from tread separation that actually dented the the rear quarter panel on his truck. Also, what are all those tire parts all over the interstate? Retreads baby, retreads.

I have 35,000 miles on a set on my dually and I can't complain about them I never even had to put air in them but they are bald as shit now

So after having 6 different sets of the greadwrights over the hear I finally had one fail

The drivers fro t separated today, not a blow out, but it is cooked, about 12000 miles on it bought last oct.

I will report on their customer service, I cant wait to have another set shipped so I am off to the tire shop in the am

How fast were you going when it happened? Any issues keeping control until your were safely off the road? How fast do you usually drive on them? I've pushed mine to about 90, but I don't really feel comfortable doing it.

As other guys have noted trucking companies use them all the time on big rigs (with the exception of the steer tires). I may look into them next time I'm ready for some tires on my 2500HD. Over $1k per set gets a little painful.

Can these be bought locally? Or online only?