Is this tire legal?

Ya, I'd be willing to bet there'll be steel showing soon.

 

Looks like a steer tire from a truck with alignment problems that's been moved to a trailer.

 

I'd get it replaced soon as it feasibly worked for me. Looks like either the it was ran as a steer tire with bad shocks, or i've had tire shops put a steer tire back on the wrong way after patching it and it will ruin a tire in much the same way as that one. It probably wont blow right away, but I doubt a DOT officer would like it

 

i would bet $20 on any cherry machine, at any truckstop. that this is a driver working for a 1099 owner. driver your 1099 boss is being cheap, cheap like the rest of the 1099 owners. when you play with the devil. you will get burned. js

 

That's a bad steer tire taken off a tractor with some really bad front end issues. And itself will start showing metal real soon. Toss the #### thing, get a proper trailer tire on there, find a way to fix the front end of the tractor and put decent steers on that.

I would not drive that a inch the way it sits. And the tractor would probably already show problems as well.

I hate to think that you might also be affecting the other trailer tire on same wheel with that crappy abused old one among other problems.

 

I agree with this, I've seen worse passed by dot inspection.

 

I think if you really look at it that Tires already been regrooved and is in horrible shape I vote for the change !!!

 

Not really legal. I would replace it because its not legal. Also if the tire has any casing value, it soon won't, as it will be worn down to much.

 

Even if it passed a tread depth test it has considerable uneven wear and would most likely fail a DOT inspection. A tire kicking bear might not notice. Tell your boss you want it replaced.

 

I"ve got a trailer tire starting to do that.

Been on the trailer since it was mounted. Never once seeing the steer.

Loose bearings or worn shocks.