Anyone running recaps?

A cap is a cap.... eventually someone will be dodging it on the zipper.

 

I skimped out a year back and went for 8 Bandag recaps on my tractor. Figured since they came with a 90 day gurrantee I could return them if i didn't like them..... made it 12 days before 1 belw a cap off and had to be replaced. a week later, another one blew and took out my air-tank. Needless to say I returned them and got some Yoko's

 

It is all down to application.
A good recap (Good casing done in clean facility per correct spec) in the correct application makes financial sense.
A poor cap or wrong application is as useful as putting water in your diesel to up the mileage.
Passenger air craft take off and land thousands of times daily on recaps at 175mph at much higher weights.
These are however caped under strict control in certified facilities and the application is well understood.
My experience is that good caps are fine up to an ambient temp of 86F and about 55mph.
You can go a bit faster if it is cooler and slower if it is warmer.
If you operate outside these parameters then don't consider them.
If you operate in 100F heat and travel at 75mph with recaps you might want to try the water in the diesel thing as well.

 

I heard its not "legal" to run recaps on spread axle flats? Is this true - I'm taking my trailer to get new tires. And yes running recaps can do more than just blow the tire up, had one go out and took out all my trailer lights.

With so many on the market, any suggestions?

 

michelin caps are the way to go....every casing is x-rayed for defects before capping only a michelin recapper does this and the casings can be no more than 4 years old....never had a problem with any of their caps they have a failure rate of less than 1% according to the company i get them from and they have 13 truck tire facility's

they make a special wrap around cap for spread axles i know some guys that run them doing local work with no problems .....just keep up on air pressure

 

I put new Cooper Roadmasters on for $2200 from Action Tire in Atlanta.

I drove a truck that was leased,PacLease Wilmington, the leasing company put recaps on it, (After repeatedly telling them we didn't want them, we did TV work and can't be late.) I didn't get from Wilmington, NC to Nashville beofre one blew out, took out a full stainless fender. I called the leasing company and said I would have a Pete from Nashville if I didn't have new tires by the end of the day. I got new tires and the tire compnay paid for a new stainless fender.

 

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I was thinking the same thing ................................

 

i would never put caps on a my truck. the reason caps will cost you .5-.7 mpg

think about it. caps $1800, new $3000 so you save $1200 right but your fuel millage will go down .5 mpg

if you run 50,000 miles # 6 mpg you will use 8,333 gl. 50,000 # 5.5 you will use 9,090 gl. so you will use 757 gl. more fuel and at $4.10 (now) that's $3103.10 more in fuel less the $1200 you SAVED getting the caps so getting the caps (at todays fuel price) only COST you and extra $1903.70 for the first 50,000 miles...!

remember the old saying "PENNY WISE POUND FOOLISH"