A few of the offroad mags have been doing articles lately about retreads. They've had pretty good luck with them too. I might have to give them a shot in the future.

 

You cant really compare simi trucks to pickups. They run over 100 psi and thoes tires have way more stress. I have a friend that has been running the Guard Dogs on a 3/4 ton chevy 4X4 fromt and rear with no problems. Thoes are the softest tires they have. I have the Sentinels front and rear and I love them. I wouldnt run them with low pressure or past the point of needing replacement but I agree that even the best new tires can have a tread seperation.

 

Got some mt's all around on a 2500 dodge, they are kinda soft rubber. I've ran a couple of sets with no problems. Probably going to try some 285's on the back of the twd I just put together when I wear the tires on it out.

 

On a SRW pickup you're more likely to wreck from a rear blowout than you are from a front blowout so why not run them on the front. My truck won't see any recaps, but if I had a dually I'd run them on the rear.

 

I have been a distributor for Treadwright over a year now I have sold many sets here in steamboatsprings. And have had many happy customers. And I run them on my megacab front and rear as do all my customers. I have yet to see one separate.Treadwright runs them on front of all their delivery trucks it is completely safe.all you old school guys just need to do some research. Let me know if anyone wants a quote pm me.

 

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They use crushed walnut shell and crushed glass to make the winter blended rubber.just like a blizzak

 

I bought a set of retread tires for my 1985 ford 4x4 back in 1989. They were the Bandag brand. They looked good but the caseings were of mixed brands [manufacturers] My truck bounced and vibrated all over the road. I believe that if you were to install a set of these tires they would work fine with good service IF the caseings were a matched brand being constructed identical. Other than that they were good. I would not be afaraid to install these tires on the rear axel if they were a matched pair. What do you think?

 

I do know a farmer that bought the 19.5's and had a cap throw within a few weeks. The tire guy in town checked them and the carcasses the caps were on were like 8 years old. My understanding is a tire should not be over 3 years old to cap.
They can be hard to balance also so buyer beware on that.

I'm running bandag caps on my work truck, wear like iron but a little hard to balance. I can't blame it all on the tires, I made my own rims and had a little problem with that.

 

They match the casings now and have high DOT standard to go by now.