One thing you gotta keep in mind is the straight tread tires wont have the deep tread like a drive will. A 29/32 tire will out live a 19/32.
There ya go. Something I didn't realize.
One thing you gotta keep in mind is the straight tread tires wont have the deep tread like a drive will. A 29/32 tire will out live a 19/32.
That is the same tire I had on the steer and I junked them. When I took them off they still had 18/32 on them. You might get by with them beings your a local kinda guy. HSRgional, HSLongHaul. Dont confuse the 2 as I did.The HSR2 is 23/32> I think that is one of the deepest treads you will find on a non lug tire. the big thing would be comparing prices. I have a set on the front axle of my spread and they are wearing like iron, but they are expensive.
That is the same tire I had on the steer and I junked them. When I took them off they still had 18/32 on them. You might get by with them beings your a local kinda guy. HSRgional, HSLongHaul. Dont confuse the 2 as I did.
There's a whole different set of stresses on a long haul steer position tire than on a trailer tire.
The regional steer tire is made more for in city driving and short 175~300 mile runs MAX.Regional is typically running OTR but staying in a 500 +/- mile radius. Why is there a difference as far as tires are concerned?
I wish I had took some pics of the tires. Ask BW9 he seen them. I'll agree they may do vary well as a drive or trailer tire and may be a damn good city tire........open road 500~600 mile days as a steer they suck ass.I've been running mine both local and regional and they are doing ok. Even if I was doing long haul I'd rather have them than some junk long haul tire that will be wore out after making a cpl turns...lol
I wish I had took some pics of the tires. Ask BW9 he seen them. I'll agree they may do vary well as a drive or trailer tire and may be a damn good city tire........open road 500~600 mile days as a steer they suck ass.
I'll have you know I've done busted out over 42,000 miles this year THANK YOU VARY MUCH!!Why are you worried, yours dry rot before they wear out anyway...lol
That's how I feel about the Michelin XDA-HT 445/50R/22.5 low profile super-singles we used to run. Most worthless tires EVER. Even in the summer, I'd be climbing just a minor grade in Iowa or something, in the rain, and the damn things would start spinning with 32,000 on them.A guy I worked for ran those tires on the drives that looked like trailer tires. On a slick road the rookie driver jack knifed it and puncture the fuel tank. the owner fired him on the spot. I blamed the owner for putting those kind of tires on and a rookie int that truck. Then again I had some experience and I would not drive on those tires, Unless it was summer and then they would need to come off in the late fall.
I am sure they are fine. But, most of the wrecks I see have single tires on them. I don't trust them in the snow and ice. You live laterally to me on a global sense. The climate is the same.That's how I feel about the Michelin XDA-HT 445/50R/22.5 low profile super-singles we used to run. Most worthless tires EVER. Even in the summer, I'd be climbing just a minor grade in Iowa or something, in the rain, and the damn things would start spinning with 32,000 on them.
Did you form that opinion after driving a Freightliner with lugged tires and then getting in a Kenworth with those Michelins?i've long wondered why everyone and their brother puts lugged tires on the drives even when rarely, if ever, operating in snow conditions?
The best ride i've experienced, and i would strongly suspect best mpg, was with michelin x-ones.