Treadwright.com - Looks like cheap BFG KOs

Has anybody been to treadwright.com? Or ever used a re-treaded tire? They've got these tires that look just like BFG All-Terrain T/A KOs but for half the cost. Buuuuuuut, they're a re-treaded tire. So any thoughts?

 

Anybody?

 

hell to the no, i'd never roll a re-tread tire

 

i have had them before but not on this truck i really liked the price and the way they were made def. buy them again for something else

 

Some more info:


http://www.ih8mud.com/product-review/treadwright-mtg-ultra-grip-tires/

 

i considered buying some of the m/t's for my prev truck but they were on backorder.

 

This link didn't work for me. I did some more digging and I think it's just not worth the risk. I guess semi's, trucks, and planes use a lot of re-tread tires but they're not legal on steering wheels. So if they're not safe enough for steering wheels then it's just not worth the risk. But maybe if you're just looking for a tire to go wheelin with and expect to bang it up and don't need to rely on it for daily driving it'd be a good deal.

 

Huge thread about them at FJC.com. A lot of FJ'ers are running treadwright tires without issues, in many cases reporting that they take less weight to balance.

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/wheels-tires/95882-treadwright-tires.html

 

Wow, that's an awesome thread. It seriously made me re-think going through treadwright.com for some re-treads. Thanks for the input.

 

I've been looking at these for a while now and I think I'm going to buy my next set of tires from them

 

One of the guys on TundraTalk bought the 285/65/18's on the BFG carcass and they looked great. He seemed to like them a lot

 

I really like the Sentinal A/T but they're an E load range and I think that'll give me a substantially stiffer ride than I'd like. They also look very similar to the Revo 2s. I very well may go for the Warden A/T which is a BFG KO clone. Shoot, for $90/tire I think it's worth the risk.

 

05SCtaco has those tires and they perform flawlessly off road. If I were to get new tires, i wouldnt hesitate to get retreaded tires

 

What risk? These guy haven't had an issue in all the years they've been in business. I did my research

 

Big rig retreads are different and from what I've read those strips of tire tread on the side of the road of 50% new tires and 50% re-caps and that's statistics from actual truck drivers

 

i personally wouldn't ever use a retread - don't want the risk. driving 80 miles an hour and having a tread come off.. not worth the savings for the peace of mind.

 

I use retreads on my dually, no problems on the highway

 

Correction. I spoke to a guy at tread wright and he said a company in Italy clones the tread patterns and the Sentinal A/T is actually cloned after the Revo, not the Revo 2.

From that FJ thread, I haven't seen any complaints from the daily drivers. And there's a 2 year 24,000 miles warranty on workmanship. I think this might be the road I take if I don't find anything better on craigslist or ebay or something.

 

Another review source, with a short video...

http://www.moabjeeper.com/articles/general/listing.cfm?articleID=504

 

I've driven retreads before. No problems. It's not like some dude is sitting there with a hunk of rubber and super glue, making the tire pieces back together again.




Actually, I don't know how they make them. Maybe there is some super glue involved. But they worked for me.