Longest wearing 5.50 tires

[Doug]

I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?

[Al Marzo]

Michelin

On 13 Aug 2004 02:32:31 -0700, (Doug)
wrote:

>I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
>high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?

[rip]

You might contact Desser Tire about retreads. A retread generally has
thicker treads, and can use a harder rubber compound. Cheaper, too.

Doug wrote:
> I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
> high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?

[Mike Rapoport]

I have found the longest wearing tires to be Desser's retreads. They are
the cheapest too.

Mike
MU-2
Helio Courier

"Doug" > wrote in message
om...
> I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
> high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?

[Lou Parker]

"Mike Rapoport" > wrote in message . net>...
> I have found the longest wearing tires to be Desser's retreads. They are
> the cheapest too.
>
> Mike
> MU-2
> Helio Courier
>
> "Doug" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
> > high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?



How long is long?

[Mike Rapoport]

YMMV but longer than anything else.

Mike
MU-2


"Lou Parker" > wrote in message
om...
> "Mike Rapoport" > wrote in message
. net>...
> > I have found the longest wearing tires to be Desser's retreads. They
are
> > the cheapest too.
> >
> > Mike
> > MU-2
> > Helio Courier
> >
> > "Doug" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
> > > high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> How long is long?

[Jim Weir]

A. Agreed, and if you can have somebody save some parTICularly nice casings,
they will retread YOUR casing rather than a random casing. I'm waiting until
the local flight school goes through one more Michelin and I'll have a full set
of Michelin casings to send down for retread. Then when I get them back, the
Goodyear Flight Customs that I've got on there now will go down.

B. Watch CAREFULLY if you use them on a retractible gear aircraft. The rubber
is just enough thicker that them may jam in the well if it is a particularly
tight fit.

Jim



"Mike Rapoport" >
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

->YMMV but longer than anything else.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

[[email protected]]

On 15-Aug-2004, Jim Weir > wrote:

> B. Watch CAREFULLY if you use them on a retractible gear aircraft. The
> rubber is just enough thicker that them may jam in the well if it is a
> particularly tight fit.


Very true! And if the gear does jam there is no assurance that you will be
able to get it down again in flight. Makes for a very expensive tire
change.

We recently had to change main gear tires on our Arrow. I wanted to
consider retreads, but our mechanic nixed it because of the possible wheel
well fit problem.

--
-Elliott Drucker

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
wrote:

> On 15-Aug-2004, Jim Weir > wrote:
>
> > B. Watch CAREFULLY if you use them on a retractible gear aircraft. The
> > rubber is just enough thicker that them may jam in the well if it is a
> > particularly tight fit.
>
>
> Very true! And if the gear does jam there is no assurance that you will be
> able to get it down again in flight. Makes for a very expensive tire
> change.
>
> We recently had to change main gear tires on our Arrow. I wanted to
> consider retreads, but our mechanic nixed it because of the possible wheel
> well fit problem.

ALWAYS do a retract test when you install new tires! One time I bought
McRearys. I had to switch sides, as one would not fit one wheel well but
fit the other, while the other tire fit the first well.

I have found Condors to be good tires and have even used Goodyear
recaps, which worked well also. No to McRearys!

[Bruce A. Frank]

BUT, though I like retreads the sidewalls have already received a
lifetimes worth of UV exposure. On planes that sit a lot the natural
sidewall checking gets worse and worse and can eventually crack through
the cord. If you fly a lot and go through a pair of tires in a year it
can be a good investment. If the plane wears tires out every 5 years the
retread might not be a good investment.

rip wrote:

> You might contact Desser Tire about retreads. A retread generally has
> thicker treads, and can use a harder rubber compound. Cheaper, too.
>
> Doug wrote:
> > I need some 5.50 tires and I want Loooong wearing, as the labor is
> > high. Don't care much about price of the tire. Any suggestions?

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