Not yet...you had good results? I do run HSL's on my steer

 

250k On steers Yeah Right. Maybe on the trailer mounted to the spare tire rack which never has seen the road.

Aint no way in hell unless you rotated them every ten miles. and drove like a pornstar going to churh Real slow.

YMMV

 

hey bobby i just talk to my old man he buys Michelin's for steer tires and he buys them for drives but will only get then capped one time. HE will only run recaps if he supplys the casing. So he knows they only been caped one time. He also said he gets around 40-50k out of the steers :shock: BTW this is on a tri axle that gross 73,000 every load. Runs anywhere from 2loads to 15 a day.

 

NO! I'm just considering it, for my next change.

 

Do you have the balancer hoops?

And you probably do drive as described, right? Cuz you're running for mileage.

 

I run them at 105 psi, I find better pressure really helps contribute to long life.

Too many guys I know run them at 90 or 95. They always get funny wear really quick.

I don't have any balancers, I might put some on.

 

My experience has shown proper tire inflation to be the number 1 solution for extending tire life. I check mine every single day in the morning. I also have a hose reel with enough hose to fill every tire on the truck, just open up the compartment, pull the hose and fill them up.

 

Yup, as soon as you let the tire pressure drop, immediately funny wear starts showing.

I think a lot of people do not run enough pressure, and don't check often enough.

 

Hey Allan I don't know if you saw No_worries answer to my question on tire pressure but I know you read papers on this stuff and are up in the cold up there so I'll ask your opinion too.

When in the early morning the tire pressure is low cause of the cold, do you use that as the accurate temp reading? As I mentioned I saw them to be real low but when I got the the next truck stop and let it sit and cool for a couple of hours they never dropped to that early morning pressure as it was now warmer outside. I am nervous of filling them up in the morning like that when it is real cold out and then when it warms up having too much air in the tire. What's your thoughts on that?

Thanks.

 

Tire pressures are based on "cold" readings, not hot.

As long as the temperature is reasonable(anything above say 45 degrees), you'll be fine.

You're right the temperature will go up, probably a good 10-15 psi or more. Don't worry about it, the tire is designed to handle this.

Too low pressure is far more damaging then too high pressure.

Like I said, I run 105 psi COLD in all my tires, and I get fantastic tire wear.