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Dan:

Im use this tire on my 170 and it gets a lot of landings. I
have only gone through 2 or 3 in about 700 hours and one
was premature due to my stupidity and reluctance to fill the
tire when it was cold. The biggest cause for premature wear
is under inflation.

I run mine at 34 lbs/sq in and check it regularly. If you
let them get even a bit low, you will destroy the tire and
the tube in no at all time. BTDT.

Pete

The pressure is well up, right at spec at 35 psi, in the
tailwheel. It's a Citabria used for flight training, and since it gets
a lot of landings we expect more-than-normal wear. However, we used to
get much longer service before this current crop of tires showed up
under everyone else's part numbers, even under Scott's. It's even more
disappointing to see this in a US-made tire; I could understand it in
some imported POJ.
I'll keep looking, and take Patterson's advice and see if McCreary
still has one.

Dan

(POJ = Piece of Junk. Similar to another, more vulgar term.)