You must be a Class A CDL then???
Tell me where you can by a “good quality” retread in Mexico??? I’d like to know, next time I am down there...
There may not be anything wrong with good quality retreads, but for commercial use, as far as I have known and been told, some state tests (certifications) do talk about this, that retreads are a no-no for apportioned loads...My nieghbor across the street is a CDL independent driver...And I’ll take his word over any about this...So I stand to be corrected, but it has always been somethign I was told that retreads were a no-no for commercial trucking use on tractor trailer loads...
The Mexican “trucking industry” (I use the term loosely) does not strongly regulate the inspection or operation of trucks in their country...You grease the skids the way things usually get greased in those environments...
But if the general convention is that its ok to have our highways littered with retread debris, then fine...
Kinda makes you wonder why the linits for Mexican trucks operating within our borders was only about 50 miles inland for many years...But then again, I may have heard wrong...
I guess you can tell I’ve never been a big fan of NAFTA, or other programs which compramise the safety of Americans on our roads...If you’ve ever driven, or seen how wonderful the driving ettiquite is down south of the border, you’ll understand mine, and a few others concerns we’ve had over the last decade or so...
FYI, I only have a Class B CDL (exemption) to legally allow me to drive and operate Fire Apparatus in my fire district...It mainly covered the weight and vehicles with air brakes that are a part of those organizations...that was where I might have recalled that those departments cannot operate on retreaded tires...
I will gert with my nieghbor tonight, and go back and look at the book(s) to see if the restriction was on our side and not the commercial use of these refurbished tires...
No problem...
Furthermore, on this side of the border, our beloved government has found that road alligators actually are the result of new AND retread tire failure. Here's a useful compendium of retread legal info:
www.goodyear.ca/truck/pdf/radialretserv/Retread_S13_V.pdf
Our amigos to the south are well known as artful regroovers, as well as dicey retreaders. But in this country, retreads for commercial use are a a huge (multi-billion!) industry Say "hi" to all the fellows at the FD.