19.5 and re-treads

And for the regroove comments, beware. With the modern day tire anytime you cut/groove into the undertread your'e diminishing the integrity of the tire unless done by someone that completely understands the situation...and there are few out there that do, especially on this or any other internet forum.

60,000 on the rears is a very doable #...heck the same on the fronts would be great. Firstly there's not anyone poster on this site that I've encountered that has enough knowledge to comment on retreads, or as the industry now likes to be known as in the Remanufacture classification.

To with only buy retreads from the source manufacturer, not a 2nd or 3rd party. There are many that produce by the numbers not by the quality, most that is.

If you can't find a source check with the NTDRA(National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association) for the nearest retreader.

If done right a retread should perform well enough to make the purchase worthwhile.

Times past (way past), I ran retreads. I have had retreads come off. Scary, but never lost any air. Today, I would not even consider retreads on my truck.

They say my tires are regroovable, but I do not think I am interested in that.

I had my Mitchlen 245/70R19.5 XDE M/S, mounted in Nov of 2006. My rear axle loaded is 6,200 pounds. I would have to review my records, but I think I have about 100,000 miles on them. If you only have 60,000 miles on yours, you might consider doing a little research for a longer millage tire.

I was driving a e-350 van about company van about 12 years back when a recap let go at 60 mph,the company no longer puts recaps on rigs….trust me it was pretty much a E ticket ride!!

We were using retreads on our medium duty fleet trucks on the drive axle with poor results, the retread company just couldn’t seem to make a round and true tread. Because of this we were having vibration problems with those tires.
Now were only using brand new tires on the 19.5’s same as on our light pickup trucks.
We still use retreads on the drive axels of our heavy duty trucks with 22.5 tires, for whatever reason they seem to be much better at making them round and true.

dadwolf2 wrote:
Just out of curiousity, what is the price difference? When big rigs use retreads on the rear, at least they have multiple tires supporting the load. I would go with new.

Retreads are about $180.00

Retread or Regroove? My tires can be regrooved when the they wear down. I would avoid retreads on a SRW. Even on a DRW, I would worry about body damage when the tread lets go.

Just out of curiousity, what is the price difference? When big rigs use retreads on the rear, at least they have multiple tires supporting the load. I would go with new.

I see way too many retread (alligator Skins) carcasses on I580 to even contemplate it. One tread separation blow out is more than enough for me.