noJeepshere
Adventurer
That right there is why I'll never put retreads on anything I own.
CRAP!
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Nicaragüense
Observer
I highly dislike rethreaded tires, and would never run them on my dodge. That being said I have had failures with originals and recapped tires. Lots of commercial trucks run them for the savings at time of purchase. You can spend sometimes double what a recap costs for virgin tires, 300 ish per recapped tire versus 600 per virgin rubber multiplied by 16 or just 8 if you only do the trailer. Thats why tons of large fleets do that. All the savings go out the door with the cost of repairs when a carcass takes out the rear corner of your trailer and damages frame crossmembers, and possibly your load. It could happen with either type of tire though.
I personally have had a higher ratio of capped tires go bad. Not always catastrophic, some times the carcass was cracking from being old or the tread separating so they were replaced. I try and get virgins but on occasion I have had to put caps on because of availability or $$. We all face that choice at one time or another I guess. Just check tire pressures and be safe out there Glad you did not get injured or damage your truck.
I personally have had a higher ratio of capped tires go bad. Not always catastrophic, some times the carcass was cracking from being old or the tread separating so they were replaced. I try and get virgins but on occasion I have had to put caps on because of availability or $$. We all face that choice at one time or another I guess. Just check tire pressures and be safe out there Glad you did not get injured or damage your truck.
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Nick02
Member
On a scale of 1-10 this rates as a 50:Wow1:
Two-three weeks ago some jerk illegally dumped tires behind my house in my alley in my pathway to my back gate, thought nothing of it.
I had to move them outta my way to get in my house, two were bald 37" all terrains, one old km, and one of the last tire I am certain is that failed treadwright on a Nitto Terra Grappler carcass. .
Of course the city takes the trash outta the alley but not tires!
Two-three weeks ago some jerk illegally dumped tires behind my house in my alley in my pathway to my back gate, thought nothing of it.
I had to move them outta my way to get in my house, two were bald 37" all terrains, one old km, and one of the last tire I am certain is that failed treadwright on a Nitto Terra Grappler carcass. .
Of course the city takes the trash outta the alley but not tires!
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sixbennetts
Adventurer
Wait, one Expo member has a tire problem. Gets new tires from the dealer, and the original tire shows up in another Expo member's back alley?
What the........
What the........
rube bonet
Adventurer
:Wow1: :violent-smiley-031::lurk:
Nick02
Member
Broadway and rural? makes sense, I am less then three miles away!I got my tire changed at Big O in Tempe AZ in March of this year. The journey it took from there I could not begin to tell. But I will say that looks exactly like the tire I had changed! :Wow1:
Nick02
Member
I am not sure if you got to see the tire off, but there is a big patch on the inside of the tire underneath where the tread fell off. Maybe it slipped passed inspection, but I am 100% sure that's why the tire failed.
Makes even more sense it was desert rat since all the tires were off-road related.
Makes even more sense it was desert rat since all the tires were off-road related.
suntinez
Explorer
That's crazy!
njtacoma
Explorer
They probably pay someone to haul away the tires. The tire hauler maybe had a few that couldn't be resold, so he found a handy place to "dispose" of them.
When I pay that disposal fee on tires I always wonder what really happens to them. Dumped in an alley, or something else:Wow1:
When I pay that disposal fee on tires I always wonder what really happens to them. Dumped in an alley, or something else:Wow1:
noJeepshere
Adventurer
On a scale of 1-10 this rates as a 50:Wow1:
Two-three weeks ago some jerk illegally dumped tires behind my house in my alley in my pathway to my back gate, thought nothing of it.
I had to move them outta my way to get in my house, two were bald 37" all terrains, one old km, and one of the last tire I am certain is that failed treadwright on a Nitto Terra Grappler carcass. .
Of course the city takes the trash outta the alley but not tires!
It IS the very same tire. If you look in the middle of the scar, there is a pinprick hole that looks exactly the same in both pics. I think you guys could get a legal issue going with this here.
rube bonet
Adventurer
LOL! what are the chances! :Wow1: