TreadWrights

[JHarris1385]

Not sure if I have heard anyone on here using them or not. Within a week of reading about them on the Planet, I convinced my Land Rover buddy to buy some (245/75-16). He got them in yesterday and they look awesome. The Planet has nothing but good things to say about them. Some swear by them. You can't beat $85 each for a nice mud tire.

This is going to be my next tire. Just not sure if I am going to put them on the 16's or 18's?.

Did I miss anyone on here running them or have?

[Marlin]

I saw a set first hand on a rubicon LJ. They looked nice, and he aired themdown to 18lbs, no problems as of yet.

[JHarris1385]

A link to what I was referring to would be nice. http://www.treadwright.com/shopnow/p...-dog-mt-d.aspx

[Grif]

I had never heard of them. Thanks for the heads up Jharris. That just may be the way to go for me, they are certainly affordable and its hard to find a bad review on the internets.

[Bob Barker]

That is a real nice looking tire, and it's really a great price too! If I ever get any new rims I will go probably order a set of these. Has anyone on Planet talked about how many miles they are getting out of them?

[JHarris1385]

50k or so. My friends 245/75-16 looked real good. They were treaded on a Wrangler MTR. I have never read one negative thing about them. Makes alot of sense, cheaper and recycles.

[RamAirZ]

Ya they are awesome tires, a buddy of mine was running their mud terrain style tire for a long time. I plan on getting a set down the road.

[ZEUS]

The retreads I was interested in years and years ago were known as "Hi-Tec Retreads" and the company was in Nebraska or South Dakota... but I think Nebraska. Anyway, they used "Green Diamonds" in their rubber for extra winter time grip which is why I was so interested.

I did a search for them just now and found this article. It seems Hi-Tec became Treadwright and gave up on the Green Diamond technology which perhaps went this way: article

Not near as cheap as they once were: Prices

[JHarris1385]

Those prices almost seem fake.

[JHarris1385]

Even though it is not a VX here are a couple of pics of his LR. It made a huge difference.

[Bob Barker]

I tried to order a set of these tonight and they are at 0 stock for the 285/75R16 size in the Guard Dog M/T D style tire...

But they do have them in 285/75R16 with the Kedge Grip (broken/recycled glass in the rubber) for mo' moniez each...

The shipping is what's killing me! An extra $140 to get them to me! It's almost worth driving to them for pickup.

[JHarris1385]

But aren't you getting them at just a few over a $100 bucks each?

[Bob Barker]

Yeah, with the Kedge grip they are like $117ish, then $140 to ship... It's dirt cheap for some damn nice mud tires, but I'm extra cheap and that shipping charge is killing me!

[Grif]

I'm not totally sold on the kedge grip thing.

First off, read thier documents, they admit kedge will shorten the life of the tire somewhat as one of the primary functions of the kedge material (glass and walnut shells) are meant to slowly slough off creating tiny pockets in the rubber which improve grip.

I can only see this happening when street driving, and will prolly only affect traction during street driving too. So its primary effect on traction is only usefull when it degrades, and then only on street turf.

So in a M/T tire, I see kedge grip as a detriment.

In a tire used primarily on the street/highway I can see kedge as positive for traction, but decreases the life of the tire.

[JHarris1385]

I do not agree with the above. I believe their description fully illustrates why it present. It would not make sense to create an additional line of tires with a compound that did not work. The previous company used "green crystals." In general these are off road tires. However if you do have questions google the company and read all of the amazing stories.