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Retreads
Abrignac Offline
#1 Posted:
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Should be illegal on any street legal vehicle. I’ve already dodged two today that were lying in the middle of I-80 and I’ve been driving for less than 30 minutes.
ZRX1200 Offline
#2 Posted:
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I thought they were on commercial.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#3 Posted:
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To the west suburbs and back yesterday. Damn things are everywhere. Could've made quite the fire out of them
ZRX1200 Offline
#4 Posted:
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Hobo napalm.
Gene363 Offline
#5 Posted:
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I think they are required for some states that have good roads. Since you don't have to dodge potholes, tire treads in the road add to the sporting nature of auto travel.
MACS Offline
#6 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
Should be illegal on any street legal vehicle. I’ve already dodged two today that were lying in the middle of I-80 and I’ve been driving for less than 30 minutes.


100% agree. Especially for the mother effing semi trucks. Carrying 80k pounds of sheit on retreads? Just.... NO.

It's wrong, it's un-fkn-safe... and it's a hazard to other drivers. And when the other driver hits that sheit... the trucker is usually long gone and the poor driver is stuck with the bill.
Gene363 Offline
#7 Posted:
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Outlaw retreads, like Kalifornia, is outlawing gasoline-powered vehicles?



Sarcasm
Gene363 Offline
#8 Posted:
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Crappy new tires do disintegrate and I think there may be a lot more good retreads rolling down the highways than bad, but maybe someone in the trucking industry can comment?
Abrignac Offline
#9 Posted:
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Gene363 wrote:
Crappy new tires do disintegrate and I think there may be a lot more good retreads rolling down the highways than bad, but maybe someone in the trucking industry can comment?


See the OP.
Gene363 Offline
#10 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
See the OP.


I was thinking of someone that maintains a fleet of trucks, especially the tires or buys tires for commercial vehicles. I know retreaded tires are commonly used with success for off-road equipment so it is not necessarily an entirely bad idea there, but have no idea for commercial vehicles.
MACS Offline
#11 Posted:
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Retreads are a BAD idea. Period.

They're not as good as a new tire, and it's just cutting corners. Take into account that semi's are toting thousands of pounds worth of goods... on a sheit tire???

C'mon, man... not a good idea AT ALL.
Gene363 Offline
#12 Posted:
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MACS wrote:
Retreads are a BAD idea. Period.

They're not as good as a new tire, and it's just cutting corners. Take into account that semi's are toting thousands of pounds worth of goods... on a sheit tire???

C'mon, man... not a good idea AT ALL.


Not to be argumentative, LOL* but Google says 44% of semis roll on retreads. Recycling is good, maybe the standards for retreading should be increased, and truck tire inspections more stringent. Shipping costs money and operators are going to cut costs, some right down into safety margins.


* As I said, I don't have personal knowledge about the trucking industry. I have spent a lot of time on the highway and there are tire treads that have been thrown off, but is it really that often compared to the number of trucks on the road and the miles they rack up every day?
MACS Offline
#13 Posted:
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All good, Gene... wait until the truck in front of you throws a tread and you hit it. When it does 3k worth of damage to your car, lemme know how you feel. Especially when the truck doesn't know it threw the tread and is long gone while you're on the side of the road with a busted radiator, lights and front end.

And when your insurance company asks who they should go after for the damages? What'cha gonna say? Um... that truck, um... that I didn't quite get the plate of... on such and such highway?

Yup... trucker gives no f---s. Company gives even less.

It's a fucking BAD idea. Retreads should be banned.
Gene363 Offline
#14 Posted:
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Actually, we already had a large chunk of rubber smash through the front end of the Acura Integra we used to own. Another reason I try to stay far away from truck as much as possible.

OTOH, I've had miscelanious chunks of steel destroy tires and a family member had a pipe or bar fly through their windshirld and out the back window of a station wagon. Luckely, it was centered and missed both of them.

I like to know all the facts befor outlawing something and I'm not convinced all retreads are bad. I've had factoy tires come apart and in the poor days put many miles on retreaded tires.
tonygraz Offline
#15 Posted:
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I had retreads on an old Falcon way back when that lost a retread on my way back home from work. It came off in pieces and made a racket. I also remember a non-retread Uniroyal that peeled off on a car I drove back then.
Mr. Jones Offline
#16 Posted:
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I used to dodge retreads all the time on I-95 with trunks full of "organic green" back in the late 70's early 80's...

Then I would dodge retreads(as the well known "snub whitey" handle) on the PA turnpike In green non discript Buicks with no serial #'s snub nosed .38's filled with $100's of thousands of dollars in the trunk in old Samsonite suitcases in very low denominations that added up to big big money for the Democratic National committee from cleveburg, to Pittsburgh to Philadelphia warehouses.....from1982-86...

You guys cry like little girls on here ...

WaAAAaaa
WaAAAaaa
WaAAAaaa

Your all a bunch women's...
MACS Offline
#17 Posted:
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Guy dumpster dives for trashed lottery tickets... garbage picks his neighbors... beotches about the SSG and FBI and has the nads to say anyone else cries like a girl.

LMAO!
Mr. Jones Offline
#18 Posted:
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Especially Y.O.U. MACARANNA...
Mr. Jones Offline
#19 Posted:
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Waaaaa
I cant's dodge rubber...
It may hurt me...
Waaaaa...

Cries Mac's the girly man...
MACS Offline
#20 Posted:
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I got some crushed aluminum cans and some plastic water bottles, buddy... you need a handout?

Will work for trashed scratchers?

Take your meds, sheithead.
Mr. Jones Offline
#21 Posted:
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Hey Mac's...

BLow me...

200 federal agents living up your ass for 18++ months is no comparison to a hunk of rubber on the highway you can easily dodge if you have better motor skills than a tard...

Just saying...

I still get your logic...but your a douchebag at heart...
Always will be...you can't change that...
MACS Offline
#22 Posted:
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Dodge that tread when it pops right off the truck in front of you and flies right up into your windshield or goes right under your front bumper.

Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do.

You wanna throw stones, fugger... prepare to get your glass windows shattered.

Plowboy221 Offline
#23 Posted:
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I used to blow retreads on purpose so I could sit along the highway almost getting hit every other car and so the company could pay the roadside service few, plus mileage to me and double the price for another retread tire…… . I’ve had brand new trailer tires blow, I’ve had drive tires on the tractor blowout, sometimes **** happens….. summer time is the most common because of the hot weather an over inflated tire builds so much heat it’s crazy.
ZRX1200 Offline
#24 Posted:
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*writes “retread” on his pecker*
dkeage Offline
#25 Posted:
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ZRX1200 wrote:
*writes “retread” on his pecker*

Exploiting....niiiice. Beer
Plowboy221 Offline
#26 Posted:
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ZRX1200 wrote:
*writes “retread” on his pecker*



Only for you big boy 😘
BuckyB93 Offline
#27 Posted:
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When I use to do my daily commute on the interstates and highways around MA (Rt 2, I-190, I-495, I-95/Rt 128, I-93), retread debris was a common sight. Thankfully I was never hit by one but had to swerve from hitting them.

I too question why they are allowed. I can't imagine (well, I can imagine) being behind a semi and having one rip off and come crashing through my windshield at 80 mph. It would not be a pretty sight.
8trackdisco Offline
#28 Posted:
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How many of your are going to continue to spell Retards wrong?
BuckyB93 Offline
#29 Posted:
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Prolly about twenty NINE! of us
Plowboy221 Offline
#30 Posted:
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8trackdisco wrote:
How many of your are going to continue to spell Retards wrong?



Canceled!!! ram27bat
RiverRatRuss Offline
#31 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
Should be illegal on any street legal vehicle. I’ve already dodged two today that were lying in the middle of I-80 and I’ve been driving for less than 30 minutes.


You should be on a Bike running next to a trucker or behind and they toss a tread... That Chit hurts to Hell... many times, so I try and get passed a truck ASAP, but then you get these left lane huggers who are afraid to pass the big rigs... 90% of the time is about when it's going to toss a tread!!
JadeRose Offline
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This thread was boring. Then it turned hilarious.
Gene363 Offline
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JadeRose wrote:
This thread was boring. Then it turned hilarious.


CBid, it's like that.Frying pan
JadeRose Offline
#34 Posted:
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Gene363 wrote:
CBid, it's like that.Frying pan



True, true. It can get pretty retreaded at times.
Gene363 Offline
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JadeRose wrote:
True, true. It can get pretty retreaded at times.


Not to mention retarded, however, this thread doesn't have the usual Cbid gaye post... never mind, toolate. LOL
RiverRatRuss Offline
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Gene363 wrote:
Not to mention retarded, however, this thread doesn't have the usual Cbid gaye post... never mind, toolate. LOL


Hey Now!!! just because I go into gay bars at Happy hour for free drinks doesnt mean I swing that way!!! I also Randomly drop into churches on Sundays dressed in full leathers, bandana and grease under my nails.. just to get a Jesus fix doesn't mean I preach it... I'm just a tight ass Conservative.. and know they ain't gunna pass the collection plate my way when it comes around... I like to let people pass judgement on me!!! LMFAO!!! Herfing
rfenst Offline
#37 Posted:
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This retired car crash lawyer believes what his experts have told him and what accident reconstruction books and courses taught over the years: Retreads are dangerous and should be outlawed, IMO.
DrafterX Offline
#38 Posted:
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Did $1600. damage to my car about a year ago... $500 deductible.. took them almost a month to fix it also... Mellow
Gene363 Offline
#39 Posted:
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rfenst wrote:
This retired car crash lawyer believes what his experts have told him and what accident reconstruction books and courses taught over the years: Retreads are dangerous and should be outlawed, IMO.


Thank you Robert, that is interesting. I've read that 44%* of trucks are using retreds, (*from the internet, so take it with a grain). Requiriing new tires for all vehicles would exponitionaly increase tire carcass disposal problems, OTOH, the road shoulders would eventually look a lot cleaner and some car repair shops would have less business.

I am still curious to know if, just like tires, not all retreads are the same.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#40 Posted:
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I’ve run both. Had about equal failures. Some of that stuff you see on the roads is actual tires. Just sayin. Since the cheap Chinese tires have become available I typically buy those. Have 3 trucks that run local hauling grain. There’s specific names in retreading that I’d buy from if the price was right. Michelin is one.

Recaps are way better today than they were years ago. I’ve left what looks like a retread on the road more than once. (I got out and picked it up). It was not a retread it was just the tire itself coming apart

Not for or against retreads. But price a new Michelin 11r 22.5
I just think they have their place
8trackdisco Offline
#41 Posted:
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rfenst wrote:
This retired car crash lawyer believes what his experts have told him and what accident reconstruction books and courses taught over the years: Retards are dangerous and should be outlawed, IMO.


Speak to the hand
DrafterX Offline
#42 Posted:
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Laugh
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#43 Posted:
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Bandag is the other brand I run. I trust those two
tonygraz Offline
#44 Posted:
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Drafter hits anything he sees on the road.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#45 Posted:
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I like no treads. Makes for exciting cornering
8trackdisco Offline
#46 Posted:
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Don’t tread on me.
Gene363 Offline
#47 Posted:
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I like no treads. Makes for exciting cornering


They are steel, it's got to be good. jester
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#48 Posted:
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So I realize this thread is a little old. However today I was running my truck. Hauled a load of soybeans Had a complete separation of tire tread from tire. On the road it certainly looked like a recap. (I picked it up) however I bought that tire new. Was a Goodyear as if that matters but it did separate Tire had maybe 40 percent life to it. On the next axel I’m running bandag recaps that are basically worn out. They’ve been really good. Just some food for thought.


I hate Goodyear passenger/ pickup tires but I’ve had really good luck with their semi tires. Today was not such a good day with them. Busted a mud flap pipe and destroyed my wires to my brake lights on truck. Just letting some of you guys know sometimes it’s not caps you see. Anyway I’ll be up and running again for under 800$ two new Chinese tires on the way. Just not sure if that’s better or worse that a recap. Hate to spend several hundred more on a tire that may or may not last until it’s worn out
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