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Old 01-24-2008, 03:16 AM
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In my opinion, all recaps are good for is tearing stuff up.
I agree with Jackrabbit. Having had mine tear the crap out of my trailer, ripping mudflaps off, ripping wiring out, costing me days off the road to fix the damage; worrying if I could limp in after having them blow... well....

I won't run them anymore. If I DID run them, it would be ONLY on the front axle of my spread axle flatbed. On my last trailer, the force of the blowout on the front axle broke 3 crossmembers on the frame and bent the decking up.

Nope. No more recaps for me. I am sure they have their place. Just not on my truck ...
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According to "michelin fuel savings calculator" recaps are NOT worth it.

The extra rolling resistance more then makes up for the couple hundred bucks you save capping tires.
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Old 01-25-2008, 01:49 AM
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Allen you've go me sold on the Michellin, I know there are a lot of tire discount programs out there, from OOIDA etc which one do you use?
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http://www.pdcassoc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=membership

http://www.pdcassoc.com/members/Michelin_Tires.pdf

I'll try that out next time.

Anyone else have any good suggestions?
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That's the one I use.
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