Dealing with trucker recaps on freeways

I watched a motorcycle do that today in ATL, I slowed down and was waiting for the accident to happen, hopefully he wouldn't end up road pizza.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

Thank dibstr . He provided the info on another thread .

 

Another bogus "study" by the same idiots that brought all of the "fatigue" B/S...

Keep reading your studies and I'll keep believing what I see with my own eyes.