Tread squirm is for real!
Last summer, I had my first tire failure while pulling our fifth wheel on a very rough interstate, I broke one of the belts on my "E" load tires on my 1-ton. Fortunately, we made it to a tire store w...
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BenK wrote:
....... About the same time Michelin started advertising 'silicone' in their compounds. ......
I think you mean silica - an ingredient in tread rubber that improves rolling resistance and partially replaces carbon black.
By contrast, silicone is a polymer that is sometimes used as a lubricant. It also has the property that very little adheres to it, so it can not be used in a tire factory. The rubbers used to make tires are very incompatible with it.
