LOOK AT THIS STEER TIRE !!! LESS THAN 2/32" !!

I think you are wrong but if you are correct good luck finding a shop to mount one!

Edit: Just googled it and you are correct! Wow learn something new every day! Thankfully 99% of carriers, O/O's, and shops know better!

 

I am 49 and every DOT (non-trooper) white truck that has ever pulled me over is older than I am or at least close. I would prefer you at 59 of even 65 over some young man that is still learning about trucks and safety....while on the job!.

Ah just my .02.

I would not go back in to law enforcement for any amount of money....my heart can't take it....I am a baby when it comes to catastrophic events...especially involving little kids or animals. But I would gladly become a DOT inspector.

 

We run a few off road trucks and they seldom hit the highway but they'd be legal if they did. We'll run recaps on the steer axle and we've had good luck with them.
The trucks are loaded extremely heavy most of the time but they never get much over forty miles an hour and the tires stay relatively cool. I think that's key.
It's very rare that we ever throw a cap. Most of the damage and failures are from shot-rock gouging the sidewalls, same as regular tires.
On a big job we'll have a service trailer on site with a compressor and tools along with a tire bank so the drivers can change their own tires if they need to. No point in a truck sitting idle all day just for a flat tire. A regular service man comes in at night and he'll do tires then too.

 

This has been discussed many times in the forums. Section 4 (d) and (e) are specific about what can be used and what is prohibited.

§393.75 Tires.
(a) No motor vehicle shall be operated on any tire that—

(1) Has body ply or belt material exposed through the tread or sidewall,

(2) Has any tread or sidewall separation,

(3) Is flat or has an audible leak, or

(4) Has a cut to the extent that the ply or belt material is exposed.

(b) Any tire on the front wheels of a bus, truck, or truck tractor shall have a tread groove pattern depth of at least 4⁄32 of an inch when measured at any point on a major tread groove. The measurements shall not be made where tie bars, humps, or fillets are located.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, tires shall have a tread groove pattern depth of at least 2⁄32 of an inch when measured in a major tread groove. The measurement shall not be made where tie bars, humps or fillets are located.

(d) No bus shall be operated with regrooved, recapped or retreaded tires on the front wheels.

(e) A regrooved tire with a load-carrying capacity equal to or greater than 2,232 kg (4,920 pounds) shall not be used on the front wheels of any truck or truck tractor.

(f) No motor vehicle may be operated with speed-restricted tires labeled with a maximum speed of 55 mph or less in accordance with S6.5(e) of FMVSS No. 119 at speeds that exceed the rated limit of the tire.

 

Yep, I see an alignment, parts issue?

 

Keyword "regrooved" and "recap" are 2 different things.

 

Yes, this is why 4 (d) covers both. (e) is unique to regrooved. I honestly don't even know if they are still regrooving commercial tires.

 

One of the results of hauling cheap freight......

 

Regroove isn't the same as a recap.

 

This is funny because the tread has nothing to do with the load range ply rating. The casing does.

And regroove means to cut new grooves deeper into the existing rubber ply. Which means that the under tread ply that the tread is bonded to even on new tires and the same as retreads has less rubber above the steel plies to protect them. That is a no no on steers only. Not the same as retreading.