Most of the reason for any tire failure (including caps) is not regularly checking the tire air pressures & the tire gets too hot & throws the cap or blows out...Keep all tires at proper air pressure & youll avoid a lot of headaches...Another reason is one dual taller than the one next to it..

Originally Posted by roadreeler57

Most of the reason for any tire failure (including caps) is not regularly checking the tire air pressures & the tire gets too hot & throws the cap or blows out...Keep all tires at proper air pressure & youll avoid a lot of headaches...Another reason is one dual taller than the one next to it..

In all the years I've been out here I have never peeled or blown a virgin tire, I can't say the same for retreads...
With the same care and attention to tire pressure the recaps fail far more frequently than virgin tires whatever the reason whether it's bad casings or poor workmanship.

Originally Posted by blackw900

In all the years I've been out here I have never peeled or blown a virgin tire, I can't say the same for retreads...
With the same care and attention to tire pressure the recaps fail far more frequently than virgin tires whatever the reason whether it's bad casings or poor workmanship.

I can't argue with the logic, and I've always admired your business ethic.

I used to haul containers back in the day, so I'm all too familiar with poor retreads. I supposed it worked for me then because I had to run my truck accordingly to babysit the trailer sneakers.

And I only capped my own casings for drive tires. I wouldn't buy and off the shelf retread for drive wheels. You don't know how beat up those casings were and how much they were abused.

But after a little thought, if I were to run my own truck and trailer long-haul, I would probably opt for virgin tires. Like I mentioned before, the cost of a destroyed full fender, or a bashed up fuel tank isn't worth the temporary savings for virgin vs. retreads.

my company only uses virgin tires on the tractors. i am bettting that they went down that road with a fuel tank taking a beating from a blowout.

Originally Posted by blackw900

In all the years I've been out here I have never peeled or blown a virgin tire, I can't say the same for retreads...
With the same care and attention to tire pressure the recaps fail far more frequently than virgin tires whatever the reason whether it's bad casings or poor workmanship.

Originally Posted by dibstr

According to the NHTSA findings in the Commercial Medium Tire Debris Study. The study found in its analysis of tire fragments and casings collected that the proportion of tire debris from retread tires and original equipment (OE) tires is similar to the estimated proportion of retread and OE tires in service. The study results suggest that the majority of tire debris collected is not a result of manufacturing/process deficiencies for either virgin tires or recaps. They found that the major culprits of failure for Virgin and recapped tires were #1 Road hazard and # 2 improper tire maintenance. Both of the major failure reasons are at least to some degree driver solvable.

A quote from the study.

"10.4 Overall Study Conclusions"

The analysis of tire fragments and casings collected in this study has found that the proportion of tire debris from retread tires and OE tires is similar to the estimated proportion of retread and OE tires in service. Indeed, the OE versus retread proportions of the collected tire debris broadly correlated
with accepted industry expectations. Additionally, there was no evidence to suggest that the proportion of tire fragments/shreds from retread tires was overrepresented in the debris items collected.

Examination of tire fragments and tire casings (where the OE or retread status was known) found that road hazard was the most common cause of tire failure, at 38 percent and 36 percent respectively. The analysis of tire casings found maintenance and operational issues accounted for
32 percent of the failures while over-defection accounted for 16 percent. Analysis of tire fragments found that excessive heat was evident in 30 percent of the samples examined. These results suggest that the majority of tire debris found on the Nation’s highways is not a result of
manufacturing/process deficiencies. Similar findings are corroborated in earlier studies of tire debris.

That's official

Dont Run em and Wont Run em and im an O/O...I can see companys doing it for cost but it is under inflated tires that shred the most times..

i stand corrected nice job RickG

Originally Posted by TheRoadWarrior

i stand corrected nice job RickG

Thank dibstr . He provided the info on another thread .