Flat Spots on 2 Drive Tires

How much tread is left on the flat spot? The shop should at least rotate/flip them around so one position isn't bottoming out. If the flat spot is less then 4/32 they need to be replaced.

 

Looks like somebody just got 2 trailer tires.

 

I would just rotate them as best you can to offset the flat spots 180 degrees apart and see how it goes. Or like semi said, make them trailer tires.

 

Got to make sure all you're wheels are turning,,,I only did that once in all my career and I did all my trucking in the Midwest, so frozen brakes were a daily ritual sometimes. My 1st trucking job, late 70's, I worked there about 3 years, came time to move on, my LAST day, I left the yard, and on the 1st corner, maybe 100 ft., I noticed in my mirror, a trailer wheel was stuck. By the time I turned around, maybe 1/8th of a mile, and got back to the yard, I had 2 flat spots, almost to the cords. Apparently, it doesn't take long. I felt terrible, and the boss was pissed, but he knew it was my last day. I offered to pay for them, but he said forget it. ( The job sucked, but he was a great guy) And for the next 32 years, before I left, I made sure all my wheels were turning.

 

Put them on the trailer.

I generally don't do recaps. I prefer new tires once before winter each year and I know I can get at least that much of of them before the next fall set of new tires. Old tires go to trailer work.

I am biased against recaps in general.

If you are pushed for money or out of options, at least swap those drives around put the baldies on either side outer wheels on the bogie (Second drive axle.)

 

Flat spots will propagate around the tire, eventually ruining them. Find a shop that has a tire shaver and have them trued up again.

Not sure where you’re at but Falken Tire in Jacksonville, Florida has one.

 

And make sure whoever does it lets the air out and shaves them while the tread is flat. I had one guy there reverse crown my tires, taking too much out of the middle and not enough off the sides because he didn’t know how to run the machine.

 

Recaps you can get a section put in.