Truckers, lets see your rigs!

hotfarm1066 said:
I've seen and fixed many that put the cap through the back of the trailer. Mainly because Farmers think recaps are a good idea then don't drive enough to wear them out and 5 years later (if not sooner) they start throwing caps. Rewireing the whole trailer on a timpte because the back light wiring is destroyed sucks.
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We were probably responsible for a few. We used to burn through tires more when we had a lumber contract. Used caps for years but whenever we had some that were too old or failed the inspection we would sell them to the local farmers. They found the cheapest tire shop around that would cap them and they would routinely come apart. Good shop had a 5yr limit on casings and any cord damage and they were rejected. Not the farmer special shops, if it’s black and round it passes. Was a good outlet for junk tires. Lol
 
jfaulkner said:
We were probably responsible for a few. We used to burn through tires more when we had a lumber contract. Used caps for years but whenever we had some that were too old or failed the inspection we would sell them to the local farmers. They found the cheapest tire shop around that would cap them and they would routinely come apart. Good shop had a 5yr limit on casings and any cord damage and they were rejected. Not the farmer special shops, if it’s black and round it passes. Was a good outlet for junk tires. Lol
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Fkn farmers. Probably dropped the tires off in an $80k pickup....
 
Farmers don’t bother me. It’s the “times are tough” farmers with big fancy house, huge shop, all new equipment, fancy show truck to haul grain 10mi to town (that his son uses in the off season to cut rates since he’s bored) while whining in the local restaurant that corn went down $0.03. You would think having the farm welfare available for everyone to see online would shut some of them down but you would be wrong.

The guys that just do their job and mind their own business are OK in my book.
 
jfaulkner said:
Farmers don’t bother me. It’s the “times are tough” farmers with big fancy house, huge shop, all new equipment, fancy show truck to haul grain 10mi to town (that his son uses in the off season to cut rates since he’s bored) while whining in the local restaurant that corn went down $0.03. You would think having the farm welfare available for everyone to see online would shut some of them down but you would be wrong.

The guys that just do their job and mind their own business are OK in my book.
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Bingo. Ive heard for years now that milk prices are in the tank. But there still seems to be money for racecars, hot rods, fancy pickups, vacation homes ect ect. I dont fault anyone for havin nice or cool stuff. Just dont b*tch soo much about how your broke or your repair costs
 
Rig Wrench said:
Bingo. Ive heard for years now that milk prices are in the tank. But there still seems to be money for racecars, hot rods, fancy pickups, vacation homes ect ect. I dont fault anyone for havin nice or cool stuff. Just dont b*tch soo much about how your broke or your repair costs
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The problem with the dairy industry is that most forgot economics 101, you can’t keep producing a product when demand is dropping.
 
jfaulkner said:
I had a Continental steer tire do it, only about an 8” piece came off and did about $4000 damage to my hood. Had it been on a trailer I probably wouldn’t have noticed before it came completely apart. Had the exact same tire do it on a trailer.

Buddy had one on a trailer do the same.

Here’s the before pic.
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And here is the after.
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I had 2 more come apart over the summer so I sent them in for x-ray. Both had cuts so I must have hit something on the road.
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Never use Continentals on any axle. Nice to see US versions have same faults, factory or importer always say there is something wrong with your truck/trailer/pressure/driving/overloading or whatever but never their tyres. Since 2000 and they are still as bad quality even if they say they have made some changes.
 
Leiffi said:
Never use Continentals on any axle. Nice to see US versions have same faults, factory or importer always say there is something wrong with your truck/trailer/pressure/driving/overloading or whatever but never their tyres. Since 2000 and they are still as bad quality even if they say they have made some changes.
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Fingers crossed, just put 8 HSR2 16ply on my trailer. All the ones that failed here were the same model tire that they don't make anymore. Friends have had amazing luck out of the HDL2 DL drive's and they're the only 16ply 285/75R24.5 made here. No one else makes a heavy LP 24.5
 
jfaulkner said:
Fingers crossed, just put 8 HSR2 16ply on my trailer. All the ones that failed here were the same model tire that they don't make anymore. Friends have had amazing luck out of the HDL2 DL drive's and they're the only 16ply 285/75R24.5 made here. No one else makes a heavy LP 24.5
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I ran the 285/75-24.5 HSR2’s (don’t remember what ply) on a spread axle belt trailer hauling feed into dairys in the Texas panhandle. I got 110-120,000 miles out of them. Never had one fail.
Probably didn’t load them quite as heavy (per tire) as you do, but sure did a lot of turning on gravel. I always thought they held up well.
 
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