Retreads...Remoulds?????

The do use them on Tamila station (shark bay)

Hi Rick:

Hi from another grey nomad. My personal opinion is that a retread may not be able to handle some of the rough travelling, given that the sidewalls would have had plenty of use. I briefly looked at retreads, but gave up on the idea because of that doubt.

Plus there are occasions where one can vent one's spleen at a manufacturer if the tyre is a new one and it gives up on you after a short period of use.

Just my $0.02 worth.

Jack

Rick.
The case of the tyre is designed to last the normal life of the tyre tread, a lot of the cheap recreational tyres fail from a delaminating case when they still have usable tread, true this is caused by over inflation but you have no way of knowing how long a case will last on a remold, its a gamble, your choice. Eric.

Rick,
In my younger days we used to use them simply because it was all we could afford, but that was when standard 4X4 tyres were 7.50X16. Dunlop grand treks used to make good casings for retreads so we just bunged on a set of bar treads and replaced them every 12 months when they wore out. Don't remember having too much trouble with them back then.
I wouldn't be so comfortable with them now other than in this type of size with very good casings. A lot of the wide tyres found on 4X4's these days have enough trouble with casings on the original tread without trying to double their life, and I would think trying to stick that much tread across the casing would place more stress on the process than you would like.

Rolande

My friendly local tyre dealer won't sell retreads if my kids are going to drive - thinks unsafe at youth-speed (less than 140). Had one peel on a sedan a couple of years ago - we should have claimed against the company, but my husband was by himself, had to buy a new tyre on the spot, and left the old one there.

Nah, not worth it in my opinion. Sort of like having the option of using recycled bungee cords I reckon..

THey are ok on light cars, but full sized ones like 80/GQ/GU/100's etc they are no good on.

They have a higher fail rate on the heavier cars...

FWIW, buy some good second hand tires for same money with 80% tread would do you better.

Hi Rick,
Like you I am a Grey Nomad who in his youth used retreads on my FC Holden and they would peel off every now & then, but it was all I could afford at the time. Now My GU is shod with BF,s and has towed a 1.8t Off road van throughout oz with only 2 punctures one in Tom Price van park and the other in Dirranbandi. With the tough roads and heavy work we now subject our forby,s 2 I would be loath to use a retread or recap as the risk of failure in remote areas is too risky.

G'day, I have bandag retreaded Michelin X4x4's on my Defender. My reasoning was that the cases are virtually bulletproof - I used my own casings, so I knew what was under the retread. 25 000km later and they are about half worn (including one mad dash from Perth to Sydney in 5 days) and I have had no troubles with punctures or delamination.
Maybe I'm just lucky, but thats my experience. The choice is yours.
Cheers,
Alex.