No it can't. You can't shave a 1/4" or more of tread off of the side of an out of round tire and true it. You'll end up with no tread depth there and something that can't be balanced. The tire is junk.
Now if you are talking about shaving a few ten thousandths off of a tire that is round and has some very slight imperfections to it, of course that can be done. Lots of shops out there can true tires like that.
I'm talking about severely put of round tires that many times come that way brand new right from the manufacturer and they are junk. What I have in my situation is a junk out of round tire that cannot be shaved true. It's way beyond that.
Michelin steer tires
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I run heavy up front so I wear tires out sooner than most and run 18 ply tires. My experience with the Michelin steers has been reasonably good, if midway through the tires life I dismount them, flip and place back on the same position due to the edges wearing prematurely. The last set of steers I bought my tire rep recommended Continental. He said fleets in my line of work are seeing 30,000 more miles than with the Michelin steers. He also recommended me to continue using Michelin on my drives and trailer as those normally wear even for the life of my tires. I also changed to a 3.25” offset flat faced wheel to get a wider stance. It seems to allow the tires to wear more evenly. With my carriers fleet discount I paid $384 a piece for the last Continental purchase. Roughly the same for my Michelin.rollin coal, Cat sdp, BoxCarKidd and 1 other person Thank this.
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