Retreaded tires

Took my set of brand new Mickey Thomson tires to get mounted at a local shop and the guy behind the counter said that all tires from tire rack are retreaded tires and I can only inflate to 35psi, his reasoning was that because it says made in USA that they retread it and stamp an new manufacture date on it. Has anyone else ever heard of this or is this guy just bullshitting me?

 

He’s retreaded.

 

I've never heard of such a thing on passenger vehicle tires, they do retread some 18 wheeler tires but not passenger tires that I've ever heard of.

The max design pressure of the tire is stamped on the tire along with the DOT number, load rating, and manufacture date of the tire, this is required on all tires sold for highway use.

 

You know that guy that was a bit ''slow'' and was held back in school? You do now................

 

Lmao post #2 is on point.

 

I used get retreaded tires on my 76 VW Scirocco during my low income college years.

But, they were advertised and sold as actual retreads, not new unused tires.

Hella cheap, too!

 

Wow.

A conspiracy theory regarding used rubber.

Tell him to tick tock it

 

He wanted to sell you his new tires

 

Used to be pretty common decades ago...

 

I did the same thing for my 1977 Toyota pickup (broke high school kid). Tire were stupid cheap and bias ply.

 

And we are still alive to talk about it.

 

Very common in the past. Way past. Local service vehicles like taxi cabs and folks who rarely ventured more than 50 miles from home. Back pre interstate system. Well, when it was fledgling, not as it is today.

 

100%
Town i grew up in had tire shop that did them on site. Many locals, used car outfits, the mines, and tractor/trailer rigs all used the retreads they produced