Hi
I have a fleet of 10 trucks, and get good mileage from my tyres but do have them recut by ATS when they get to a couple of mils. I am thinking about buying a recutting machine but would like your comments and wonder if the tyres can be recut more than once?
MIKEHOCKSARD:
HiI have a fleet of 10 trucks, and get good mileage from my tyres but do have them recut by ATS when they get to a couple of mils. I am thinking about buying a recutting machine but would like your comments and wonder if the tyres can be recut more than once?
This is what I wrote in 2005 on a similar topic. Although you may save a bit of money by cutting your own, one slip and the saving is whatever a new tyre costs, little cut and clean the sipes probably. As previously mentioned, some tyres have moulding marks, little holes in the tread pattern, in theory you do not want to cut below these. Get a tyre cuter and practice on a knackered tyre
Wheel Nut:
2005 I have just had ATS out to replace a tyre that they cut 2 weeks ago.Its false economy to keep cutting tyres. One cut and then send them for remix or sell the casings back to the dealer.
If they hadnt tried to cut my tyres for test when I was on holiday, they could have remixed them. As it is I have just had a tyre taken off today which is scrap, because the professionals cut into it too deep
The mention of the wires showing and going rusty is partly true, what in fact happens is the casings are rejected by the remoulding firms as they cannot use them with broken or rusty wires, its the same if you have a major repair, you have to judge the difference between replacing the tyre or paying a repair bill and then not having a tyre to part exchange.
A lot of larger companies do not buy tyres, they lease them from the manufacturer, our trailer tyres are run this way
good idea on buying a cutter ! as a rule the more budget the tyre the less rubber there will be to cut
another factor will be what work the truck is on ie m/way rdc work then the tyres will stand a deeper cut
but quarry/site work they will not due to wheelspin which will rip a cut tyre to the cords in seconds and some firms dont bother cutting due to this fact also the driver may not know untill vosa point this out on roadside check
another thing i never do is take the truck for test with cut tyres on as the they have been known to rip on the brake roller test and thats a fail straight away
on the whole a good idea but use your noggin when cutting as once you go to deep the tyre is u/s and if you send them for remoulding they may be rejected if the cords are rusty
hope this helps
moose
I worked for a guy many years ago who obtained a tyre cutter and was happy as Larry cutting away until we told him it worked easier if you plugged it in,around his feet was a load of broken blades,never forgot that great laugh but to answer your question ATS,excellent service,I have on occasions cut my own tyres seems easy enough think the limit is about 6 mil.anymore then remaining rubber breaks and exposes wires.Expect ATS would tell you max then stick to it.
I can remember my dad ‘striping’ tyres as he called it.
