What he said.

 

dont get retreaded tires..those are the ones laying in the ditches!!!! haha

 

Governments don't buy them for price, they buy them to "do their thing" for recycling.

 

I also ran recaps, bias ply tire recaps back in the 60's. My mildly modified 1965 Chevelle with 327 and 4 speed would run 140mph and I saw it many times on recaps. Never had a blow out. I got regular tires recapped into a "cheater" slick and ran them on the drag strip clocking up to 99mph.

An airline pilot told me in the mid 70's that the airplanes used recapped tires.

Don't know how recapping works with belted tires! Tires last so long these days, I think I will stick to new ones. But if I was young and broke like I was back then, I'd probably run them.

 

And in the Roadways, Highways, they'll jump up and slap yuh cruisin the Interstate, in a heart beat. If someone YELLS duck!, Just do it, don't say goose and definitely don't look

 

This is true. However, airliners are like 18-wheelers, one goes out, the other three can easily take the weight.

 

All those alligators on the side of the highway... result of too much retreading.

However, I have a pile of 75% worn 10-ply tires kicking around. I wonder if retreading them would make them the equivalent of, say, 6-ply?

 

I would say they arent worth it you would be better off buying someone elses used tires over retreads seen to many fail over the years.... semis can do it cause the other wheels will support the truck but if you only have 4 wheels and one blows you are in for a ride.

 

We have local company that does retreading. I have used them quite a few times as a winter tire but if you don't get them off in the spring they'll be worn out in no time. The rubber is soft so they grip the ice like crazy but hate the dry pavement. Have never had a failure though, I think we even had them on a hay wagon before.

 

I've had them separate on me before. Was doing 70 when it happened and barely was able to keep from losing it. Absolutely no one in my family will ever run them. Even if I have to buy their tires for them. It just isn't worth it.
One more thing to consider, see what your insurance has to say about them.

 

We ran retreads on our F-150 7700's at work (I work for state gov ... it was part of recycling). Never heard of any comming apart, but they made the truck wander badly while driving down the road. After a year of so they took them off ... I never got an explaination why, but I think it was due to the poor handling.