Who gives a sh#*like about the inconsistencies its not a fu#*+#" court hearing.I've had enough bad experience with those tires and whitenessed enough to know not ever to run them again.

 

If you want people to believe you, you can't just make extreme statements without being willing to back them up. As you seem to be unwilling to back up your statements with any real details, I have to go back to my original statement that questioned the veracity of your claims.

In what town did the accident with your sheriff friend happen, and when did it happen? I really would like to know. If my tires are unsafe, I would like to be able to prove it to myself so that I do not needlessly risk the safety of my family. I have yet to see any solid reasons for feeling retreads are unsafe. Rumors and myths are not what I call solid reasons.

Also, if retreads were so unsafe, why would the FAA allow them to used on jet airplanes?

 

The wreck happened on i-25 north of denver.he's the Routt county sherrif. Give him a call.I thought the same thing about the airplane story as well.joel at Treadwright told me it was the rubber company that was suppling their rubber for the tires was at fault.since then they have a new supplier.good luck.any time I took a road trip with those tires that thought was in the back of my head. Which one is gonna go this time.

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Im not a child making stuff up this is a website Ware people put information from experiencing things.I don't care if you don't believe me that's entirely your choice .

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Now that's funny shh#*!!. Also they read all their info and have no common sense.

 

Couldn't help coming across this discussion when evaluating a new set of Treadwrights for my GMC 2500HD. I've had TW's on my wife's FJCruiser now for two years and two-and-a-half sets.
Albeit the FJ is a lighter vehicle and my wife's driving closely resembles an aging priest's, I have had mixed results with the 315x75x17's (35x10.50x17 approx)

I also had a delamination/bubble at about 3/4 life only rearing its ugly bulge midway through a 1000mile round trip to Boise. We changed it out and by the time we returned home it had enlarged to about basketball size and then exploded with just less than C4 intensity while on the door rack (even after deflation to 15psi). I called TW and sent a pic of the remaining tread depth and they offered a pro-rated replacement value. I wasn't happy with that and merely sent an email stating that I really wanted to believe in recaps by their company and that this type of delam shouldn't be the norm. They happily replaced the tire for free and it was on my rig within a week. I also updated the rest of the tires at this time.

Then one of the three new tires I purchased (BTW the carcasses are BFG KO's) revealed a deep cut on the sidewall during mounting. Again I sent a pic to TW while the tire was still on the mount showing the gaping hole. Again, they sent a new tire immediately to replace the damaged one.

So, while not scientific, my experience with the company has been fantastic. But now that I'm considering new treads for my pickup my mindset is clear: researching other experiences within enthusiasts sites because my dollar-supported-faith is in conflict with my actual experience with TW's. I want to believe, but the faith has slipped.

My opinion is that you should really evaluate your dollar to safety quotient. Does saving X amount of dollars pay over safety? For my wife's FJ and driving style I'm continuing to buy TW's, but replace them at 3/4, selling them off to local hardcore yet cheapskate offroaders that love a $50 tire. At the size I have on the FJ I'm saving about $200 per tire over KO's and ProComps, while at 285x75x16's for the truck I'm only saving about $20 per corner. So I'm searching hard for faith in a tire set that will have an additional 2-thousand pounds and an occasional trailer hitched on. My search continues, but I might just re-up with the Coopers I currently have.

Ken

 

Tires are the biggest saftey component on your truck and you've had a tire delaminate and yet you call your experience with the company fantastic. I'll never send my wife out on caps

 

I have had them same recaps on for 2 years now and have had good luck with them "knocking on wood" and all I do with that pickup is pull heavey loads. One day I had 38000 pounds gross with hay and went 52 miles in 102 temps. I was waiting for one to let go but they didn't. They may have change something where the tires are failing but I don't know. Me And my Dad are running them. Good luck.

 

As a too long time truck drive and owner-operator I found with a decent retread it's all about the age of the casing the retread is put on. It was a sure thing that a cap would fail some point in it's 5th year of the casings life. No matter how many times it was capped. Giant Food capped tires 4-6 times due to the extreme mileage put on the trailers in that 5 year period.
My 11-24.5's were fine hauling tonnage with the caps as long as it wasn't past that 5 year casing life. The bubble forms from the casing starting to separate and air leaking between the cap and the casing in the ones where the entire cap comes off and often it leaks in the sidewall and makes a bubble til the casing gives out and you just get a blown sidewall and the cap stays on most times.
I am talking about big truck tires but still would be pretty much the same I figure.
Have a great day
GP

 

You can't compare 24.5's to light truck tires they are much heavier casings and will hold up better capped than LT tires will.

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So is your truck a dually ? Oh and BTW it's Cummins not Cummings

 

I'm with Sanfoja and Jeepers on this the facts need to be pesented when making such claims and accusations. I have buddies that run treadwrights as well as my brother and myself. Other than having one tire take a chunk of lead to be balanced our experience has been great. As previously stated check the case and make sure its less than 5 years old and keep an eye out for cracking and bulging. As for saying that 11-24.5's cant be compared to light truck tires is false in a sence because the process is the same and in theory they are proportinatly the same as long as the light truck is loaded to spec.

NadirPoint hate to break it to you, but you sir are the troll
All the rest of us just want facts.

 

The process may be the same but casings are not