I have owned 3 sets of the guard dog pattern tires, 1 set on a 2000 jeep cherokee(sold before i put to many miles on it, 1 set on a reg cab chevy 2500 gasser 4x4, i sold it with a little over 20k on that set and they had only wore a 1/4 of the tread, the last set I just had put on my duramax and have about 10k with little wear. I have numerous friends and family that bought these and they are worth the money.

 

still doing great at 303,153 miles just hauled a 48 foot goose neck 100 miles yesterday

 

You know I have always thought about grabbin a set of those for my dually. I can't seem to get more than about 35k out of a set of tires on my duals. And it doesn't matter what tire I buy The fronts do well, so I just rotate. Thanks for the update

 

They are legal to be run in any position on a big rig. Not on the front axle is only for buses. Check your FMCSR green book, section 393.75, subsection a through e. Addresses front tires and only says caps can't be used on buses. Doesn't say one thing about other commercial rigs. It addresses tread depth, load carrying capacity, regrooved tires, air leaks, flats and body ply or belt exposure. I did not see anywhere else it addresses front tires.

Having said that and having driven a whole lot of different rigs, I have never seen anyone run caps on a semi front position.

RR

 

Anybody who puts a recap on the steer axle of a big rig should be immediatly shot in the head

 

Technically it's legal to run recaps on the steer axle of a big rig, but in practice it's very rare. Trucks that do run 'em on the steers generally have enough other problems that if a DOT officer inspected 'em they'd never see the road again.

The statement that recaps are legal to run on non-bus steer axles is according to federal law, state and local laws may differ.

 

I ran recaps floaters on the front of a linkbelt crane for years. Crane weighed 58,000 lbs. Never had a problem but very top speed was 60 mph down hill. Most of the time I was running between 30 and 45. I wouldn't run them on the front of my dumptruck but I do run caps on the rear.

 

304000 just rotated. Fronts were showing some where due to my bad alignment but thats what you get with 304000 miles

 

Okay, I just reread the thread from the beginning again. You have approximately 6000 miles on those tires with minimal issue. That's good, when I originally read that last post I thought you meant you had 304,000 miles. I've seen semis get that kind of milage out of the drive tires, usually less from the steers. Getting that kind of milage out of LT tires would be incredible. As in causing me to question your credibility. Maybe running semi tires on a pickup, IDK. Anyway, keep us updated, thanks.

 

That would be great if you could that kind of milage out of a set of tires but I dont think the tire companys would make verry much money since most of the cars on the road will only go half the miles my truck has gone. but If you read my first post it says how many miles I started with