Personally I wouldn't run re-treads on a daily road driven vehicle. But if the price was right I'd definitely use them on an offroad vehicle for farm use or trail/mud use.
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Don't agree. I worked in a hot cap tire retreading place when I was in high school. One of those jobs that makes you realize college might be worth it. Also made me realize running retreads was not a cost effective solution, as they generally did not last as long as new tires.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.
Don't agree. I worked in a hot cap tire retreading place when I was in high school. One of those jobs that makes you realize college might be worth it. Also made me realize running retreads was not a cost effective solution, as they generally did not last as long as new tires.
....One of those jobs that makes you realize college might be worth it.
I hear that.....
I worked at one of those "College might be worth it" jobs the summer out of H/S.
Bottom line both processes still use the "inner core" of an old tire so that rubber has "dried" out. According toRecaps (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
The remold process puts new rubber from bead to bead. The tire is then put in the same molding presses used in new tire production to create the tread and sidewall design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItJXEzZOZBo
The Cooper AT that is only at Walmart is a great value in a new AT tire for our trucks. I think I paid $123 a tire for 275/60/17.
Yeah, Great way to put that. Having been to a couple re-cap places, I here where you're coming from. Most tire places and plastics factories are questionable environments. Although I had exactly ONE large plastic company (customer) which did invest in good clean air for it's workers and the whole plant was spotless & air conditioned. It was rare, but they were well-run (profitable), paid their people decent wages/health care and had little turn-over.
I worked at one of those "College might be worth it" jobs the summer out of H/S.
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They do an LT 10 ply for Walmart as well, but it is $50 more per tireI have those on my Ram. Perfect for light-duty hwy cruising. Smooth, soft sidewall. Sucks up a lot of small road 'roughness', pretty deep tread. Not for every owner. You give up a little 'handling response' that a stiffer tire might offer, but you get a smoother ride. That's what I was looking for. Great overall tire value for that purpose. Walmart mounts them for free.
But a supple tire is not the right tire for "real" off-roading or mud tire, heavy hauling/towing, etc. You want an E-rated tire with thicker carcass/tread if you go that way. But there are Coopers which have really good mud/off-road tendencies (3 or 4-series would be perfect) and are a great value. IMO, nobody is better on tires than Walmart.com. They run sales that tire outfits can't touch. And free mounting. I've bought countless sets from them (have them Road Force balanced elsewhere). Not saying other places aren't good either. Plus yer in their database if there's a problem out of town. There's so many 'good' truck tires these days, it's hard to say what's the best. I bought a local set of Hankook DynaPro A/T's last fall which would be good on/off road tire. There's too many to list.
That said, there's also value in going to the local tire shop around the corner too, which I sometimes do as well to keep them happy. I like to spread my business around.
...They do an LT 10 ply for Walmart as well, but it is $50 more per tire
They are only $187 per tire at Wally World. I run them on my 2018. Purchased, mounted and balanced at Walmart without issue. I have over 30k miles on mine and they are wearing evenly at 40psi. Probably get better than 50k out of them. They are very good on mild off road terrain and in the rain. No experience in snow as I live in the south. They are a very heavy tire so don’t expect your mpg to go up. Noise level is not as bad as I would have expected on a LT large lug tire. They are getting louder as they age but still barely noticeable with the windows up.I have been eyeing venom power tires, they are made in the factory as cooper and I can get them for $875 shipped.
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