Front tires

Is this groove , just a real thin groove, or an actual groove?

 

Yes it is, I had never heard of the other one, but now want to look at them. I have never had a dealer offer them yo me, I have run these all over the country, in the woods on my log truck and on the gravel ion the haul road with no problems. I do get them siped though.

 

You make small cuts across the tires, it makes a lot of difference in traction, and on pavement the tires actually run cooler. A guy that never drives on snow and ice would not do it, but you pretty much have to on ice.

 

With and without, both are steers

 

Don't worry, if the front end is flawed enough far enough Mr Cupping will show up soon. Thats the first thing I look for every morning on the tires. And yes I pretrip my vehicles to this day. I already know the tower on the right front has a new bolt and is slightly too much right alignment but within factory spec.

I don't think it matters what kind of trucking you get into. Local or OTR, you will be working those steers soon enough. I had a patch of ice at the state ware house in Nevada one afternoon after picking up Bonded Cherries (Now there is a load... you think it's Fort Knox bullion or something...) and that patch was right around a corner and not finished with turning.

As soon the one steer hit it it slid it sideways while the other stayed on gravel. Bent the sidewall out on the defective steer. Both were replaced as well as a check of alignment was made.

 

That is what I was thinking, I just never called it a groove, and for my use actually would prefer not to have them, it seems like gravel will sometimes chunk them out, but not bad enough to have ever been a real problem.

 

One of the Major brands had a tire with the groove in the side, on the sidewall. Supposed to be the latest technology, I bought it !!! The 1st week, I took a chunk out of one of them. Lol . It was a good design idea, worked good against cupping. But not practical. They were discontinued,