Myth#1: Retreads are inferior to new tires.
The idea that retreads are some thing sold from a dingy shop just to deliver a few cheap miles doesn’t square with the reality of modern retreading technology.
Today’s quality retreads are on a par with new tires and will almost certainly outperform cheap tires. Tyresoles retreads take this one step further - they are generally as good as the best quality new tyres, no matter what the brand.
No wonder nearly every major truck fleet in the country uses retreads to deliver cost-effective mileage and durability.

Myth#2: Retreads aren’t safe.
Poor-quality, World-War-II-vintage retreads gave rise to this old-wives tale. Today’s retreads are a different story.
If you don’t believe it, don’t fly. Nearly every major airline uses retreads. Even sophisticated F-14 jet fighters use retreads. And you can imagine the stress aircraft tires undergo during high speed take-offs and landings.
Tyresoles retreads are even trusted to carry the most precious cargo imaginable: Children. School bus fleets all over North America have logged millions of safe, trouble-free miles on our retreads.

Myth#3: Retreads don’t deliver good mileage.
Just as new tire mileage varies widely, so does retread mileage. The reason? A complex mix of tread compounding, tread weight, tread design, casing structure and many other factors go into mileage.
Yet quality retreads give excellent mileage. Thers’s no way truck fleets would be using them if they didn’t. To fleets that run millions of miles a year, mileage is money.
Quality is important here. A quality retread will almost always outwear a cheap new tire hands down. It’s one of the reasons Tyresoles retreads deliver mileage as good as, often better than, virtually any new tire. And our process consistently delivers this same high quality day in and day out.
Another reason our treads go the distance is expertise. We know what it takes to build high mileage into a tread.

Myth#4: Retreads don’t perform well.
When it comes to performance, our retreads deliver. That’s because we know treads so well.
What’s more, our wide selection of tread styles and sizes - lets us fine-tune treads to any application. We even have treads that can save fuel.

Myth#5: Retreads can’t take the heat.
The idea that retreads bonds fail on hot days probably stems from some hot caps (retreads that are built by baking the tread design into the casing) of yesteryear.
Few would argue that heat can destroy a tire, whether it is a new tire or a retread. For that reason, Tyresoles uses cold process retreading to save the casing from high heat during the retreading process. The treads are precured at the factory and only enough heat is used to bond the tread to the casing - eliminating the high heat necessary to mold the tread on the casing.
That’s one of the ways we avoid casing deterioration and deliver long mileage. Yet every quality retread these days is quite capable of handling the heat of hot-day running.
By the way, one of the major sources of heat is underinflation. That’s why proper inflation is so important, no matter what kind of tire yor’re running.

Myth#6: A tire casing wears out with the tread.
A tire casing doesn’t wear out like its tread does. It’s generally built to go much farther.
Also, casings don’t lose strength. Tests have shown the opposite. The university of Michigan found the burst strengths of worn tires were higher than new tires. The worn tires were stronger! Why? Because loads placed on tire plies tend to equalize while running, actually improving strength as the tire wears.
One more thought about casings. When you buy a retread from a company that inspects thoroughly, such as Tyresoles, you know you’re getting a proven casing. A new tire can have manufacturing defects. These invariably show up early in the tire’s life. By the time it has gone through its first tread life, you know you have a casing that can deliver many more miles.

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