Truck Shop
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True-but there is are huge factors in the life and death of caps, first is it a virgin casing that was capped?Heat gets the retreads.
Second is it a ring tread cap? Third is it a casing that accepts caps well [side wall flex has allot to do
with it}. Fourth is the tire pressure kept at a constant level like 95 psi instead of a 100. I don't like caps
but allot of failures come from those four items.
For your business and dump/vocational more than likely not just because of conditions.Its hard to think that they would last long enough to pay.
But in the OTR end yes. This tire below Yokohama 527 will run with rotating and psi kept
up a little over 200,000 miles on a 4 axle, we one set make it 241,000. Never had anything
come close to that average is about 160 to 165 on the rest. Plus the traction is really good.
But it's not a cheap tire either.
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