Tire - "WeatherChecking"

[Cobrajet]

Here's a vid of the Bandag retread process...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66316154427181

That video makes me feel much more comfortable on the highway around truckers that may be running Bandag "Application Specific" re-tread tires -- NOT!!

Makes me wonder if those big chuncks of tire tread I have to dodge are from retreads or new tires. Also, whether tread failure is from normal use or low pressure/puncture. I'm sure there are studies on this, but I'm saving what little eyesight I have left for reading this forum.

[Ldub]

That video makes me feel much more comfortable on the highway around truckers that may be running Bandag "Application Specific" re-tread tires -- NOT!!

Makes me wonder if those big chuncks of tire tread I have to dodge are from retreads or new tires. Also, whether tread failure is from normal use or low pressure/puncture. I'm sure there are studies on this, but I'm saving what little eyesight I have left for reading this forum.

Having worked there, I'd say 90%+ of the "gators" you see along the roadside are from re-treads.

But that's just opinion on my part, I don't have any studies to back that up...