RoadLux Tires

[TomC]

If I were still running my big rig, I would have super singles without question. But on my bus and truck conversion, I'll stick with duals-mainly because we go where commercial trucks don't and servicing a super single flat could be an issue.

[uncle ned]

I have a friend that runs super singles on both of his big rigs. Loves them.

I was talking with him about them and he was giving me the price and how good they run.

After hearing the price I told him I would get mine from the midnight auto supply in town.

He called me several days later and told me that would not fit my coach because they were hub centered and my coach was lug centered.

I laughed and said you did not think I would get your tires and did not know the difference.

Still think they would look great on the rear of Huggy but at the time I could not find any tall enough.

I run 11r25.5 the tallest that I can run because of the gearing of the 730.

Uncle Ned

[tcolley]

Recaps are illegal on steering axles of any vehicle that is under federal DOT jurisdiction. I do run them on my trailers as long as it's my carcass, and I've had good luck with them. Also, I've had more blowouts from Chinese virgin tires than from recaps on American carcasses. I stay away from foreign tires. Not worth the few dollars saved.

[DoubleEagle]

Let's put it this way - my wife, my daughter and sons, my grand-kids, are not allowed to go on buses that have recaps or Chinese tires on the steer axle, and they have been instructed to check the DOT date to determine the age, and to check for sidewall cracks no matter who made the tire.

[Scott & Heather]

Tcolley, I'm not 100% sure on that. I'm pretty sure you can use recaps on the steering axles of anything except buses. You can't regroove, but you can run recaps.


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[TomC]

Tcolley is correct in that you cannot run recaps on the front axle of a DOT vehicle in commercial use. Personally-I'll run the best tires always on all positions. The only way I'd run recaps is if they were my own recaps. When I was with Bekins Van Lines, we had to run recaps on the trailers. The tires would rarely run more than 100,000mi with at least 2 or 3 giving out during the year. I had one throw a cap in 80 miles (probably was neglected to be baked). Good Luck, TomC