How many alligators did you see this weekend?
This was the first major holiday weekend that we went out, albeit late as we didn't take off until Friday evening. The number of tire carcases was extremely high in my mind. Heck, thirty minutes aft...
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Like blt2ski said, most tires pieces are not from failed retreads. The easy way to tell is if there is any steel (or other ) chords, then it's not a failed retread.
Over the years, I have pulled many dozens off the road - and so far not a single one was a retread failure. Of the ones I've just driven past, very, very few might have been retreads.
I did see a lot more cars and a lot more breakdowns along my usual route - typical of a holiday weekend. I have blamed both on breakdowns and tire failure on the likelihood that many of the cars haven't seen more than 10 minutes at highway speeds in a long time and then the driver loads up the car and after an hour or more the weak stuff breaks.
Over the years, I have pulled many dozens off the road - and so far not a single one was a retread failure. Of the ones I've just driven past, very, very few might have been retreads.
I did see a lot more cars and a lot more breakdowns along my usual route - typical of a holiday weekend. I have blamed both on breakdowns and tire failure on the likelihood that many of the cars haven't seen more than 10 minutes at highway speeds in a long time and then the driver loads up the car and after an hour or more the weak stuff breaks.
