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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Noticed that around early 2000's, where they did NOT have that in all of the tires owned before. To clarify...have always 'broken in' new tires, but these days...much longer to do so. Used to be just a couple hundred miles...now many hundreds to a couple thousand miles...
About the same time Michelin started advertising 'silicone' in their compounds...
More so with smaller cross section tread blocks...and/or...those with heavy sipe'ing as part of their design
Even with the now "who owns who" world of tires...their 'other' factory/badge/models/etc are not the same across them
Have NOT noticed this on higher speed rated 'P' rated tires...yet...
About the same time Michelin started advertising 'silicone' in their compounds...
More so with smaller cross section tread blocks...and/or...those with heavy sipe'ing as part of their design
Even with the now "who owns who" world of tires...their 'other' factory/badge/models/etc are not the same across them
Have NOT noticed this on higher speed rated 'P' rated tires...yet...
