All major line recaps (bandag, oliver, etc) have warrantys , and what qualifications do you have to be the expert here ?

 

Im by no means the expert.I just did tons of research before I trusted the safety of my family on these tires.I can't afford these high dollar brand names.so I will settle for the second best thing.didn't mean to upset anyone.I apologize.

 

I'm not upset, but I have been driving company trucks several times when a retread came apart, and I wouldn't wanna be driving a srw when that happened especially if I owned it.

 

it amazes me how much tires are now a days if they were cheaper i would buy new ones last time i bought tires they were 350 a piece for bfg a/t at discount tire.and personally i don't like Firestone I've had them before and they rode horrible tires don't hold up like a few years ago. I've read a lot of reviews online never heard anything bad on tread-wright's tires great mudding tires and street tires. its just a great home grown company who produces great tires for a great price.

 

sounds a little far fetched to me.

 

I've seen that 10% number in a lot of retread industry literature. How many tires on the road are recaps to begin with? I don’t have industry wide numbers, but I know I personally install 15-20 original tread tires, new or used, for every recap installed. So recaps making up 10% of failures isn't so far out of line. The main cause of tire failure is heat from running the tire underinflated, this can be caused by road debris, leaking valvestem, cracked rim, etc. and will destroy a tire whether its new or recap. Get quality tires and maintain their air pressure, you'll probably be alright. From what I've seen treadwrights seem ok,you'll have to make that call yourself.

 

In the trucking industry there are probably more caps than new in use on any given day and as far as road gators the last study I saw (wich was years ago) had the numbers at about 60/40 and I cant remember if it was more retreads or less, but either way I've never seen it as one sided as 90/10. Maybe they were only studying passenger/LT tires who knows.

 

Yeah, I guess they probably install a lot of caps at company terminals,I was just thinking about my personal experience. The trucks I see have more original tread than caps, but it might be a pretty close ratio. The 10% number I saw was in literature direct from the recap companies, so you can imagine how accurate it is

 

parts on the side of the road u see is due to a few things one the trailer brakes did not release it happens all the time and it rubs a hole in one side of the tread making it weaker then heat from a long haul can cause them to blow. i see a ton of retreads on container trucks and they are the cheapest p.o.s tires ive ever seen company's spend as little as they can with those trailer tires and the number is more like 20 of those fail so that where the 20% or w.e the % was said earlier. and finally truckers not checking the pressure of their tires and the rims dig into the tire so its ripping it apart. tread-right truck tires are good if you take care of it they are good tires DOT standards for them are very high for pickup truck tires they are higher than semi tires because semis can not run retreads on front steer tires they only use retreads on none retread tires.

 

Most tires fail due to being run low on air pressure, no matter what the cause.