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Re:Tesla Semi by CamperBob2 on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:39PM (#15724726)
when a semi tire goes...

... it's usually because the company was too cheap to buy anything but retreads.

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Re:Tesla Semi by dsfyu404ed on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:39PM (#15725323)
Retreads don't fail appreciably more often than new tires. Being in the boring part of the bathtub curve makes up for their age.

DOT HS 811 060 is the study you should Google.

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Re:Tesla Semi by CamperBob2 on Saturday November 18, 2017 @05:12PM (#15730977)
So any given tire carcass I'm likely to see on the road -- hopefully in time to dodge it -- is just as likely to be from a new tire as from a retread?

Sorry, not buying it.

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