Retreading tyres is a good way to help shed our dependence up the Mideast for oil, as it saves oil—a lot of oil!
The US-based Tyre Retread & Repair Information Bureau is reporting that while it takes 22 gallons (83 liters) of oil to make one average size truck tire, we only need use about 7 gallons to have it retreaded. Thus a fleet replacing around 100 tires annually would save 1,500 gallons (~5,680 liters) a year.
Oh, the so-called ‘rubber alligators’ (scrapes of shredded tires) often seen on highways are more likely the result of poor tire inflation or overloading, rather than a blown retread. Even so, it’s still an issue in my mind, as you don’t see that with non-retreads no matter what the tire inflation.
Hey there, great post, I’ve been trying to tell people that tread in tires saves gas and dependency on oil.
Btw, your formatting of your site in Mozilla Firefox is messed up 
The sidebar is at the bottom of the page, just letting you know!
June 12, 2007 7:07 am
k chasu
dude. you have got to be kidding? retreads? maybe on an old beetle. my insurance would not pay if a retread popped and my subaru got hurt.
reminds me, in zim there are people on the side of the road who sit with a stanley knife and carve something that looks like a tread into a 3mm thick bald tyre.
retreads are uncool. spend money on tyres.
June 11, 2007 7:54 pm