B: Re: Tire Replacement

[Cy Galley]

Many are Truck treads from underinflated tires; run so long that the bond 
melts and the tread comes off.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Van Horn" <res02xmz at gte.net>
To: <beech-owners at beechcraft.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: B: Re: Tire Replacement


> The highways are littered with delaminated treads.

Which are almost always from new tires, as it happens.  This from a tire
engineer whose job was to analyze them.

There's no evidence that recaps are any less reliable than new.  In fact,
the evidence indicates the reverse.

Dave VH
Seattle