Treadwright 315's showed up today. 5 GY MTR skins reloaded!

[LC80Ducati996]

Just got them in the AM..

Will have pics tomorrow and possibly and install.

Since today I just did front rotors, pads and wheel bearing repack.. well been busy.. also went to watch a race with the kid because he wanted to go..

All five of them look pretty good. I have the D-mud pattern on mine. I dont think they have a 315/75 mold in their MTR style.

 

[Bikeman]

I just got mine last Friday from Treadwright too in the same size but with Dunlop Mud Rover casings. I am using Dynabeads and they run smooth on a second set of factory alloys.

 

[chibo]

I've got 13k miles on my 285/75/16's. I just got back from partying so I'm tired as hell but in short they are great tires for the price (I paid 80 a piece shipped) but they like to chunk in rocks, smell weird when spun, and will cover your truck in rubber pieces if you spin them in the rocks. They also wear extremely quickly imo... I'd probably buy them again unless I had money laying around to burn. I'll take some pictures when i wake up.

Oh. I get weird vibes in the 30-35mph range and some of the casings make me a little nervous.

 

[p8nt]

Anyone have any negative experiance with retreads?

 

[e9999]

there was a very interesting program on the Discovery channels on how they retread large equipment tires. Impression I got is that if the vulcanization is done properly (maybe a big if), the rubber becomes "one" and they should be as strong -or close to- as the original molding.


is the tread depth similar to OEM?

 

[medtro]

Anyone have any negative experiance with retreads?

This happened to me a long time ago. While driving at 65 MPH, the tread came off and wrapped around the e-brake mechanism, fully locked that wheel, made a lot of smoke (saw it from rear view mirror), and slid the truck over to the oncoming traffic lane of an undivided highway. I was lucky I didn't hit anything that day.

 

[jasonomni]

The tires you drive on are important

seems like there would be a better place to skimp on

But, if it was not my daily driver it would make more since

 

[medtro]

The tires you drive on are important

seems like there would be a better place to skimp on

But, if it was not my daily driver it would make more since

Is this directed to me?

 

[chibo]

is the tread depth similar to OEM?

I suppose.

 

[chibo]

Ok here are a few pics.

My spare, tread depth by ruler is 14mm.

One of my tires, tread depth by ruler is 9mm. I have like 13k miles on these tires.

This is what I was talking about by chunking. The outer lugs like to tear off in rocks... a few of them leave pretty big holes.

If you spin the tires in the rocks your truck will look like this all over near where your tires are.

That's rubber, obviously.

When I got the tires they measured a flat 33" on every tire in a 285/75/16 size. They still rub even now with the OME 2.5" and brand new bumpstops. VERY loud tires on the highway.

 

[jasonomni]

MEDTRO

no not at you

just i general

I was saying that running retreads on a daily driver would worry me, b/c I would be worried about something like what happened to you happening while I was doing 70 down the freeway

It was just a general statement

 

[redcheetah]

FWIW I have had original, non-retread tires chunk like that in certain types of rocks.

 

[medtro]

MEDTRO

no not at you

just i general

I was saying that running retreads on a daily driver would worry me, b/c I would be worried about something like what happened to you happening while I was doing 70 down the freeway

It was just a general statement

Thanks for the clarification. I agree with everything you said. With that said, that wasn't my truck, I was the driver at that time.

 

[reffug]

I gotta say that I also would be a little worried at high road speeds driving a retread but for the purpose of wheelin I think this is a great cost option. Makes a second set of tires worth considering for the purpose only of tearing it up. Just 02.

 

[chibo]

I gotta say that I also would be a little worried at high road speeds driving a retread but for the purpose of wheelin I think this is a great cost option. Makes a second set of tires worth considering for the purpose only of tearing it up. Just 02.

I was rather worried when I first got them but they've held up fine and I rarely think about it. Hmm, maybe that will get me killed. I really can't argue with the price/performance on them at all.

 

[p8nt]

I think the concern is natural, but not necessarily founded. I'm guessing here, but if this process had a potential for hazard I think some form of government would address it. I know we see highways littered with the remains of retreads, but there are also many vehicles that suffer conventional tire failure.

edit: from Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau

Is Safety Really An Issue With Retreaded Tires?
(And what about all that rubber on the road?)
The biggest problem the retread industry has is the issue of safety, according to a spokesperson for TRIB, the Tire Retread Information Bureau.

The reality is very different from the perception most people have, and that's the problem. Retreaded tires are as safe as comparable new tires, a fact that has been proven by millions of users over many years. Yet, some people are still afraid to use retreads.

Virtually every commercial airline in the world routinely uses retreaded tires on even their largest passenger jets. Thousands of school buses, municipal buses, trucks, taxis, race cars, and millions of motorists safely use retreaded tires. Retreads are also safely used on emergency vehicles such as fire engines and ambulances.

Still, the issue of safety lingers in the minds of many prospective users of retreads. They will often cite rubber on the road as "proof" that retreads can't be as safe as new tires.

The fact is, a large percentage of rubber on the road comes form new tires. In his article, "Tire Life and Failure Analysis", Lawrence R. Sperberg of Probe Scientific Laboratory, El Paso, Texas writes:

The writer once conducted an experiment close to the New Mexico-Arizona border on Interstate 10. He parked, and for a distance of roughly 150 feet on either side of the westbound lanes, he searched and catalogued the tire debris found on the highway shoulders and in the median , taking care to discard duplicate debris from the same tire failures. He found that a different tire has failed for each eight inches of highway length and that roughly two thirds of the failures were new non-retreaded tires and one third were from retreaded tires. He repeated the experiment at selected places between Palo Alto, California and Akron, Ohio with much the same results, although the eight inches between tire failures was never again achieved, although it was approached. That one study consumed over four man hours at the Interstate 10 location cited, plus additional time taken later to recheck everything.

TRIB, the Tire Retread Information Bureau, has a mission to educate consumers and government officials about the environmental and economic advantages of retreaded tires. For additional information, contact TRIB. info@retread.org

 

[concretejungle]

I wonder if you could retread a TSL Swamper?

 

[LC80Ducati996]

Chunking in rocks is common. Look at slee's tech page about tire size and lifts. He ran one rig in moab and had to get rid of some super swampers due to chunking.

I could not find any dynabeads locally and my friend may have a lift and a tire mounting machine but no balancer..

So we put them on with no balancing..

They need it but they dont shake a whole lot.. I had a new BFG 33 years ago loose a weight and it was about the same...

They make about the same amount of noise as a BFG MT or a procomp MT, bighorn etc.

Happy for the money

 

[p8nt]

Ducati,

Im looking on the web site for tires in that size and I see a D/Mud and a D/Mud Ultra. Do you know what the differance is? Also, Ive heard conflicting stories: Are these supposed to be GY MTR or BFG MT?

 

[LC80Ducati996]

Ducati,

Im looking on the web site for tires in that size and I see a D/Mud and a D/Mud Ultra. Do you know what the differance is? Also, Ive heard conflicting stories: Are these supposed to be GY MTR or BFG MT?

The ultra I believe is their tire with the green diamond material in the rubber.. search green diamond tires on google...

D-mud is a BFG style.

They have an MTR style in some smaller sizes.. Think they are limited as to how many sizes of molds at this point.