On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:43:34 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-03-22 12:21 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:53:14 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>eah. That is a lot. Not just a little price.... way over priced.
>>>
>>> Many years ago, there was a nearby store that sold retreads. Less than
>>> half the price of new tires and they were just as good. The process is
>>> the same and if done properly....just as good as new.
>>
>> Retreads are passable used on a low speed dump truck, don't take them
>> over 40 MPH. I see lots of those retread caps on the roadside.
>>
>
>How do you know if they are retreads if you see only the caps?

More than half will be inside up, easy to see it was vulcanized.

>As I
>mentioned the other day, when I was on a road crew in 1978 we picked up
>more blown out Michelin tires than all others combined.

WTF knows what you picked up in 1978?

Do you think that's believable, practically nothing you claim is
believeable, blown retreads will only show the tread part on the
roadway, easy to see it was vulcanized, the portion with the sidewall
and tire name will still be on the vehical's wheel or totally
destroyed... and most retread places grind off any tire ID because
they don't want to get sued by tire manufacturers for using their name
on a shoddy product without permission. Today it's near impossible to
register a vehical with retreads, they are not legally permited on
interstates... sure but many truckers don't obey vehicular code. It's
usually the inner tire on a tandem trailer that's the retread, not
easy to spot. The driver will head for a tire shop for another
retread.
When we bought our first house on Long Island my father helped us
move, he used his old Duggan's baked goods delivery van. We got from
Brooklyn to the east end of Long Island just fine, but halway back
with no load a rear tire blew. It was a Sunday and the tire shop in
Brooklyn was closed. So we hobbled back to Brooklyn at no more than
15 mph and laid low until early Monday morning when the tire shop
opened and they could put on a new old retread. My father had worked
for Duggan Brothers for 27 years at that time and he told me that all
their trucks used retreads... they delivered light loads (bread &
cake) to the homes on city streets, all slow driving. But that day we
were on the expressway.