Tyre choice poll

[Digsit]

Vam suggested a poll on tyre choice.................

[SteveH]

Retreads are fine to me, but limits on what I would do with them on.   Mind you, would not hammer the motorways with non retread mt's either, not what they are designed for.

[gords]

My set of 4 Colway ATs are being fitted on Thursday.

I'll write my opinion when I've had them a little while :)

[Paul]

:-k  It's Goodyears on my Disco and Remolds on the Bobtail,

Which one do I vote for.. :lol:

[Pete5844]

I would like none retreads but then again I would like a V8 Defender with all the trimmings so for now I'll get what I can get with the pennies I have.

[Vam]

Brand new Marshalls on back, brand new Generals on the front, replacing Colways, one of which blew up at 65MPH on M1
 - just thought Id add that last bit  

Vam

[Digsit]

hmmmm 60 + visits but only 10votes so far :-k

[bill]

Maybe the vote should have a not decided either way as an option.

I have used both and not found any diference.
Plus a number of mainly off road cars use re treads for cost and 'puncture economy reasons.

Nowadays i think that for speed limit driving, M'way etc, retreads are equally as good as new.

Only my point of view.

wills
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[Sooty]

Technics claim that there retreads are as good as new tyres.
I have not heard of any comments to contridict this claim.
My Tecnics Amazons are fine but only had them a few weeks.
We will see in a year or so, ask me then.

[muky-kid.]

Ide rather dammage a cheap remould, than be gutted by wreckin a dear non retread like bf goodrich or scorpion muds.......  Plus im a tight git..lol

[SHERMAN TANK]

A rather nice balding fellow at craddocks told me that the law on the manufacture of retreads is much stricter for safety and stability. Or was that just sales talk??????

Either way he sold me Colway AT's remoulds.........and there great on and off road.

DAVE.............. :D

[Digsit]

Maybe the vote should have a not decided either way as an option

Good point well made Will Forgot the Neutral camp sorry Its just a bit of fun. Could be useful for future reference tho.

[alaric]

Due to my high mileage I stick with new tyres for my Paj, however, I had a conversation with the manager at my local tyre centre (who's married to on of my colleagues - i.e. reduced bullshit) about whether to get retreads for Em's 'Zuk which is used almost exclusively off road.

His opinion was that for off road slow speed re-treads are probably okay, but for road & motorway use he wouldn't touch them.

The difficulty is not so much the quality control of the retread process, but of guarenteeing the quality of the carcass underneath - it's not always possible to see what damage the previous owner has done.

He had fitted a set of retreads a couple of weeks previously that a customer had ordered over the internet, and was unable to put enough weights on the wheel to balance out the irregularities in the tyre. Doesn't sound too good to me...

Alaric.

[diesel_boy]

proper rubber   thats the only way at  the end of the  day  a new tyre is the only way if you want to get ya boot down ive  seen retreads do some wierd things beeing a truck driver ive had a few go bang  on the truck  but i will vote for both retreds if you a re just gunna play in the mud but not on the road  its like  putting 2nd hand brakes on your mrs's car !!!!!  you only live once

[cowboy]

I use 2 sets of wheels. I know it's a pain in the butt changing them to go off road, but as diesel boy says new tyres are safer on the road. Dave.

[Range Rover Blues]

The difficulty is not so much the quality control of the retread process, but of guarenteeing the quality of the carcass underneath - it's not always possible to see what damage the previous owner has done.

He had fitted a set of retreads a couple of weeks previously that a customer had ordered over the internet, and was unable to put enough weights on the wheel to balance out the irregularities in the tyre. Doesn't sound too good to me...

Alaric.[/quote]
Not the first time I've heard this.  Worse still BECAUSE you don't know anything about the four tyres under the stick on covers you can't even guarantee they will handle anything like each other.
If I were seriously off-roading I'd do as cowboy does, especially as 4 remoulds on white 8-spokes are so cheap and then you can have really agressive treads.
So can we clarify, are we voting for an all-round tyre, a road tyre or just what we have fitted ourselves (whatever the purpose)?

[Digsit]

Here's an outrageous idea.

vote for Retreads if you personally would fit em for any application

vote for not retreads if you personally would not fit retreads under any circumstances

or

stick one vote in each if you would fit retreads just for off road use and 'new' tyres for tarmac.

or

dont vote yet if undecided

Radical eh? Just a bit of fun we said. :D  :D

[muddyweb]

stick one vote in each if you would fit retreads just for off road use and 'new' tyres for tarmac.

This isn't Florida you know !

Besides, the system won't let you cast more than one vote...

[Digsit]

Thanks for that Tim :D

Just trying to keep things light hearted O:)

[Bush Tucker Man]

Done circa 8,000miles on the Colway 235/70 All-Terrains & not a single problem.

Well, one slow leak, but that was a scabby rim not sealing properly.


I had the Bronco M/T's (BFG pattern) on the 110Tdi (in a 235/85 section), they were superb.
They handled everything from motorway trips to Plymouth, to Welsh mountain roads, to Tong.
They let me down once, on Pendine Sands, but we got out in low-range & diff-lock.

No, no qualms here about re-moulded tyres

[gords]

My Colway 235/70 ATs were fitted today and seemed absolutely fine on the road.

Managed to take it down a short lane and definitely noticed the improvement over the near-bald road tyres I used to have :D

[Range Rover Blues]

Here's an outrageous idea.

vote for Retreads if you personally would fit em for any application

vote for not retreads if you personally would not fit retreads under any circumstances

or

stick one vote in each if you would fit retreads just for off road use and 'new' tyres for tarmac.

or

dont vote yet if undecided

Radical eh? Just a bit of fun we said. :D  :D

Yeah but there's a difference between wouldn't use them under ANY cuircumstance and think they're generally a good idea. If I could guarantee NEVER getting out of low box then I'd use remoulds, but personally I think they should be as illegal for highway use as bald tyres, (which is what they were until recently after all).
It seems most of the people who are against have learned the hard way, and most who are 'for' seem to be hung up on the price.

[Digsit]

Poll is looking very evenly matched