I replaced mine at 180,000 - would have gotten more except for a botched alignment earlier this year. Got that taken care of too...
How many miles do you put on your steers?
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Pmracing, Nov 12, 2011.
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I run mine for about a year (around 100-120,000 miles) then throw a new set one and rotate the old ones back to the trailer when I need a tire back there. I know many guys don't have this option, but I find it works best for my operation considering the beatings my tires take running the northeast every week and the kind of time sensitive route I have. Here lately I have been seeing a rash of blown steer tires by other trucks on the road. Often I wonder if this from guys running them way to long and underinflation issues. Personally I won't take the chance of blown steer even with running Centramatics and knowing the history of the tire. I find it cheaper to replace every year.
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I currently have 139,000 miles on my b.f. st244 steers. going to replace soon. maybe 25,000 miles or so.
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Kind of thinking every three months or so they will last 8% longer, as that seems to be the average interval & percentage for price increases.
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as long as i can lol.....sry could not help myself...
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Regardless, before you put a new set on, spend the money and align the whole truck versus only the steer axle, as torque steer is the usual problem. Additionally, a new set of steers will be ruined by running them as little as 50 miles when the truck is out of alignment, loose wheel bearing, or kingpin issues. Once the irregular wear pattern starts, it's impossible to stop.nofilter Thanks this. -
I think it would be a waste of money to align the whole truck just because putting a set of steer tires on unless you think you have a problem. Cupping is not caused from miss alignment but from to much weight or lack of air pressure. Not sure what all bad wheel bearings would cause but can't imagine not spotting that problem before it causes any tire wear. And I did recently replace my wheel bearings.
I'm afraid the load range G tires will cut fuel economy just a little from more rolling resistance.nofilter Thanks this.
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