They do have 285 70 17.

 

The main reason semis blow so many tires is from neglecting to check and adjust air pressure as needed.
If you have a good recapper and they use good carcases there is no problem in normal use.

 

I would put forth that race vehicles are an entirely different animal than the street driven vehicles that folks here drive every day. I would also suggest that you do a bit of research yourself, and see the number of good reviews on the treadwright tires, some right here on this very forum.... Sure, there are some bad ones as well, but, I can find bad reviews on every brand new tire without even breaking a sweat. You will find an overwhelming majority of the reviews stating they are good tires, and folks would buy them again.

I have worked in the automotive field for pushing 35 years now. I also have a fair bit of 'real world' experience, on vehicles that are DRIVEN ON THE STREET EVERY DAY. Both in the civilian world, and in the military. I have seen brand new tires that were far worse quality than some used take-off retreads on customer cars. I have driven more cars than I really care to think about..... In the end, it all comes down to whom do you trust? I can give you a dozen experts, and get two dozen different opinions. So it all falls to the individual. Do your research, form your own opinion, and spend your money wisely. You have your opinion, I have mine. Which of us is right? I am sure that we both believe that we are.

Consider the number of semi's on the road, the number of tires for each semi, and the number of miles each semi goes....... Then, factor in to that, the number of different places where those semi's are serviced. Are they all the same quality? Do they all pay attention to the little details? Do the drivers of the semi's regularly check tire pressures? (yes, I am aware they are supposed to..... doesn't mean they actually do it.)

Not all of the dead semi tires you see scattered along the road are retreads either.........

 

Actually if you do some research, you will find many different researchers that have gone and collected tires and pieces of tires from the side of the road and found out that more than 80% of these tires were not retreads, given the fact that retreads are still very popular on semi's it seems to me they are just as safe if not safer than new tires.

I have yet to see a complaint on treadwright tires yet....have seen many complaints on other brand of tires

 

The only complaint I have seen about Treadwright tires was one guy that had them wear out really fast. They do have a 2 year 24000 mile warranty on them though, so if they mess up you can get them replaced.

 

tl;dr

and I'm basing my experience off everyday vehicles. I work on tons of those at work also. Cheap tires= failboat. /thread

 

Good argument.

I will agree that cheap (as in Poor Quality) tires are a bad plan, I just can not agree that treadwright tires fall into that category.

 

Lol, they're $100 tires. If you're willing to put your life onto $400 bucks, that's just scary.

 

Not entirely. Last week a tire on a semi blewout as it went by my house. I was putting spark plugs in my uncle's Denali and it scared the hell out of me! I had to go out into the street and get the remaining tire before someone ran over it. The tire was not a re-tread, it was just badly worn as I could tell by the piece that I picked up.

I'm not knocking treadwrights at all, because I have never had them. Both my father and I appreciate the characteristics of BRAND NEW tires. Never in a million years would we jepordize ourselves with a re-tread. I've had cheap tires before and HATED them. That being said, 8 of the brand new Goodyears or Firestones that we put on our trucks this year could blow out, so who knows. Thats what insurance is for.

 

Aren't you like 15??