Treadwright Tires

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I've been considering getting a set of Treadwright tires. I've read some good things about them, and a fair amount of bad things, so I thought I would ask on here for some feedback. I'm looking at either a Warden or Axiom. My truck is my daily driver so I need something with decent highway performance but still good on dirt roads and in the snow. What experience have you had with Treadwright tires?
 

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I don't have any personal experience with them. I've heard the name when I was researching tires. Seems like a good ole American up-and-coming company story. Rare in this age of global tire companies. Tire technology is 'out of the box' these days ...its a matter of hiring the right top chemists & engineers away from other companies. And hopefully their smaller size allows them to control quality (to be high). Generally smaller companies are very responsive and customer service is good. Hopefully that's the case. Every sale counts with small companies. Their product 'looks' good from what I can see. Maybe they'll be the next Cooper Tire. Definitely give them a shot and let us know. :waytogo:

 
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I ran them probably close to 20 years ago. They took a lot of weight to balance, but the traction was pretty good. I've looked at them off and on, but couldn't justify the cost recently, since they're pushing close to $200/tire and I can find decent new tires for that cost locally.
 

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If you do buy them, HunterDan makes a good point: Invest in a good balance job. The first balancing sort of sets the wear pattern of the tires ...pretty much for their life. So a good balance job is crucial.

Find a shop which uses a Hunter Road Force Balancer, and make sure they do the full rim-matching process. I always either stand there and watch them (banter with the techs), or if it's my local (small GM) garage, they let me help them. Because what happens is tire techs get lazy and if the machine says they could lose .5 oz if they rotate the tires ...they might say, "awww that's close enough ..not enough to matter." and skip the rim-matching process. Because it takes more time and work. But I've seen multiple times that after rotating the tire on the wheel, the savings can be MORE than the machine predicted. Sometimes a fair amount weight savings. Not always, but sometimes. And on big, heavy tires like you're looking at, which can often take a lot of weight to balance, ...these things matter. Don't walk away and trust tire techs to do the right thing... (sorry former tire techs, many of you are great but some are bad apples).

Well-balanced tires reduces/eliminates downstream driveline wear and increases tire life. So spending a few bucks more up front for a top notch blanace job can save you a lot of $$ in the long run.

Edit: Every GM garage is required to have a pretty new Hunter Road Force balance machine and changer. My small-town GM garage balances them cheaper than any of the tire shops around here. And they do a great job. Put a piece of tape on each wheel ahead of time and ask them to write the final balance score on each, afterwards. If you care to know.
 
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Treadwright recommends static balancing for their tires.

“*Treadwright Tires recommend static balancing of our tires. Due to our aggressive lugs and that we static balance our tires during production, static balancing is the best option.”

Sounds like a product I might use on a farm vehicle, not my DD.
 

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When I was a kid I bought I bought a static balancer. Balanced a lot of tires that way for many years. It works ok ...and if you really take yer time a guy can get a decent job. Esp if the tires are good and round. But it can't manage a number of balance issues ya face with tires ...like out-of-roundness, for one, broken chords. And other tire anomolies. Even slightly warped or bent wheels (not even the tires).

The nice thing about Road Force balancing is it puts 1200 lbs of pressure on the wheel/tire as it's spinning. It will reveal during the process what you've got in tires. Out-of-round tires, broken chords, manufacturing defects, etc ...won't easily slip past. You get a score when you're finished. And you can also match to a rim and get the lowest number of weights. I've had tires mounted at Walmart last year full of weights on a regular Coats spin balancer ....marched them down to my GM garage on the way home and we cut the weights more than half on the tires!

So ...Lets say, for instance, if you had one or two which didn't balance out decent, or showed problems, then you would know to return or replace the ones which need to be. Bear in mind, large and heavier tires are prone to need more weights, and any mfgr can have a few that slip by which might be further out of range. So you wouldn't want to condemn a company outright for such a problem.

Road Force Balancing doesn't work as well for larger tires ..so there is some truth to it. I guess the starting place would have been to ask how large tires you are looking to buy?
 
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275/70/18 is the size I have now. Not looking to go any bigger.
 
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These tires are not retreaded. They buff the tire down to the core and take a little off the sidewalls. The rest of the process is the same as if they were making a new tire.
 

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From my read I took away that they use recycled 'content' within new compound. But I may have read it too quickly..
 

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These tires are not retreaded. They buff the tire down to the core and take a little off the sidewalls. The rest of the process is the same as if they were making a new tire.
Isn't what you just posted the definition of a retread? School me on the difference.
 
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I have used them several times, as has my brother in law. As several people have stated, they used to be a real pain to balance. I believe as they have grown they have significantly upgraded equipment and don't have this issue like they used to.
 

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I've used em' more than once and will use them again when my tires need to be replaced from my 2019 ram classic. Great company and you do need to static balance them. The ones I bought before the tire tech guy told me on one set I ordered the tires were so perfectly made that minimal balancing was required. They used to be made somewhere in the west like S Dakota or somewhere but now have moved to Houston. I love em' and I'll use em' again.
 

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These tires are not retreaded. They buff the tire down to the core and take a little off the sidewalls. The rest of the process is the same as if they were making a new tire.
Then what do you consider retreads?
 

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These tires are not retreaded. They buff the tire down to the core and take a little off the sidewalls. The rest of the process is the same as if they were making a new tire.

I've used retreads and am not opposed to them, but is a retread. A hot cap retread, but a retread.

Recaps (retreads) you buff down the tread only. A strip of premade tread is then glued on. The tire retains its original sidewall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSUYURoDUc

That's also a retread, but a cold cap retread. Cold caps are what's used on trailers that you see the alligators on the road from when they get hot and let go, giving retreads the bad name they sometimes have. Hot caps are the same as a new tire, assuming the original carcass was still in good shape.
 

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I ran the wardens on my f150. Really considering buying a set for my ram. I was looking at tire prices and these are an affordable option. I really like the look the of the mud lord
 
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