http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires Just another ATE weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michelin has a commercial playing in Canada (passenger tires) & they state that an “underinflated” tire will cause a loss of traction turning a good braking vehicle into an under performer”… Now my question…and I am thinking more about truck tires. If you want higher traction…like in sand…you lower the ... http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/07/17/effect-of-underinflation-on-traction/ What are the pros and cons of wide base vs. Fuel Max duels? http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/07/01/wide-base-or-fuel-max/ Werun trucks with set back ster axles and set foward axles, the set back axle truck wears tire out faster that the forwards do. We run the same tire on both. Can you tell me why this happens? http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/01/29/tire-wear-on-set-back-vs-set-forward-steer-axles/ What is the specified torque for a wheel nut of a 11R22.5 OR 295/75R22.5 heavy truck tire wheel? http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2007/10/27/wheel-nut-torque/ HAVE THE G647 RSA UNISTEEL BE REPLACED BY THE G949 RSA. I NEED TO KNOW WHO I CAN BY THESE TIRES FROM IN THE INGLIS FLORIDA AREA ZIP CODE 34449 THESE TIRES ARE ON MY 1993 F350 ROLLBACK http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/08/19/g647-rsa/ I’m looking for someone to tell me what are the major tire grooves on this tire. There is two small skinny lines on the outside of this tire that go around this tire and needed to know if these are concidered a major tire groove or not. http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/07/28/major-tire-tread-on-22570r195-g647-rss/ Would it be wise to use a 11R22.5 tire in place of a 12R22.5 for vocational vehicles such as a Concrete Mixer trucks in Florida? I have some concerns about the availablity of 16 ply 11R22.5 cap and casings. The other concern is the load capacity is near the max ... http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/07/28/11r225-or-12r225/ Service TEch said I need new tires due to tire rot on the inner rim area. The tires are not that old and still have good tread on them…What is the story? http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/02/23/tire-rot/ Can a 295/75R22.5 be used in place of a 11R22.5? I would be changing both steer tires…both tires are LR-H. http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/02/21/29575r225-tires-in-place-of-11r225-tires/ I’m ordering a new truck and when specking tire size which size (should) get better fuel mileage? Tire size makes no differrence to my fleet, but will have to recalculate the rest of the drive train specs. http://expert.fleetowner.com/tires/2008/02/14/29575r225-vs-11r244-which-gets-better-fuel-mileage/