Probably many of you older folks are familiar with this, but perhaps the younger generation hasn't been introduced to this concept.
Can you do this to car tires as well?
Yes.
Should you?
Depends on the tire and your personal risk to reward threshold.
I personally am not adverse to regrooving custom patterns in light truck tires for traction or water displacement...but that's me.
Check with the manufacturer before modifying any tire that a life will depend on it's operational integrity.
The semi tire I'm regrooving today is labeled regroovable.
The outboard tire has a lot of life left in it, but the inboard your has a strange wear pattern.
Just one side top to bottom and one side edge to edge has worn below the 2/32 legal limit...and it is just this one type of 18...the others are nearly new.
Dual tires need to be replaced in pairs...so this tire is getting 4/32 of depth cut to allow the least waste of the outboard tire tread. Should extend the tires life a month or two.
The regrooving tool is like a giant soldering iron with a replaceable cutting blade. The high heat melts the rubber enough to cut the grooves... like cutting styrofoam with a hot wire.
I'd already started when I decided to photograph.
The cut pieces vvv
Once it gets dirty, you'll never know it wasn't original tread.
Can you do this to car tires as well?
Yes.
Should you?
Depends on the tire and your personal risk to reward threshold.
I personally am not adverse to regrooving custom patterns in light truck tires for traction or water displacement...but that's me.
Check with the manufacturer before modifying any tire that a life will depend on it's operational integrity.
The semi tire I'm regrooving today is labeled regroovable.
The outboard tire has a lot of life left in it, but the inboard your has a strange wear pattern.
Just one side top to bottom and one side edge to edge has worn below the 2/32 legal limit...and it is just this one type of 18...the others are nearly new.
Dual tires need to be replaced in pairs...so this tire is getting 4/32 of depth cut to allow the least waste of the outboard tire tread. Should extend the tires life a month or two.
The regrooving tool is like a giant soldering iron with a replaceable cutting blade. The high heat melts the rubber enough to cut the grooves... like cutting styrofoam with a hot wire.
I'd already started when I decided to photograph.
The cut pieces vvv
Once it gets dirty, you'll never know it wasn't original tread.