Transportation Matters: Tour of Goodyear retread plant in Trenton

[FourDollaRacing]

Go suck on your iPad you "green" geek. This is a man's world....

[pionier111]

museums-technik..

[I3lackl3ear]

lol so this is why I see those layers of tires on the highway....

[rgary75]

with that being said ...... I still wouldnt use them on my semi (except as a spare) but are ideal as trailer tires

[rgary75]

the difference between a unicircle tread and a regular retread is : A unicircle tread is 1 piece which is a mold and is stretched over a good casing , as to where a retread is glued to a casing with a seam somewhere across the tread pattern . A regular retread (in my opinion) is a waste of time and money . But a unicircle tire is a good buy at around half the cost of a virgin tire . It has no seam along the tread pattern to become unglued .... only along the sidewall where its molded to the tire

[Arctic388]

just found a company that does retreads for pickups, search treadwright

[timbabeu2005]

This is pretty cool. The retreads I've seen on the side of the road look like they separated along a seam. If these are really adhered well, as well as the outter tread is on a new tire, it looks legit.

And about them not retreading car tires, there's tons of sizes of car tires and it seems like a lot of people get weathering and cracking before the tread wears out.

[spinlessbastard1]

nothing wrong with remolds .its another myth !

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[KF6LIL]

but no i would'nt trust a retread tire period NO!

[KF6LIL]

They're probaly good to put on trailer's.

[KF6LIL]

Have you actually ever seen a big rig lose it's retreaded tire's on the freeway i know i have and some truckers hate retreaded tire's but some companies get them because they're cheap tire's

[maidinmetal]

this is the biggest idiotic decision Goodyear Canada Corp made. Move the retread plant from Etobicoke to Trenton.

[AJBluesman]

Cool Video !

[Eddyah]

One thing that we should all note is that this retread process is for TRUCK tyres, not car tyres. My guess would be that most companies aren't as meticulous when it comes to car tyres as the load is much lower

[danlc95]

I wouldn't know what it's called, but I love the tread pattern on the stack of tires behind the host's head at the beginning of the video. They were very common in the 80's on drive axels.

[fordwindsor351]

Illegal to use on public cars and trucks in New Hampshire as of 2006 or 07

[Zionson1]

Why cant a retread tyre be of maximum quality for it to be used as a steer tire?

[lilroefer21]

@Zionson1 Retreaded truck tires can absolutely be used as a drive tire. It just depends on the type of tread that you put on it. Tread companies, such as Marangoni, make treads that are designed to be drive tires. They are typically thicker treads, and are usually placed on tires of higher quality and higher load ranges.

[meisterlover]

doesnt really matter how old the tire is thats why we do the inspections and grind out the rusted belts they only showed one way of putting tread on the tire they didnt show the other way we do when we have a roll of it and stitch it on nothing wrong with a retread tire, just never use them as a steer tire.....

Matt Coast tire employee

[joekalteich]

the idiots at the plant should be fired...major lawsuits if you aren't wearing safety glasses. Wait till corporate sees this video.

[PukkPukk]

Put a sock in it.

[canadianhockey2012]

@joekalteich 2 years later and still there

[NSJD1972]

Good Year Wolverhampton

Was the biggest plant outside the U.S

untill they got rid of it only the banburys there now

[NSJD1972]

Load of crap who owns goodyear

Dunlop do

[NSJD1972]

Bollox to Goodyear

[JDUIGAN2008]

crap fill ins on the az extruder lol you need me at your plant

[lilroefer21]

@JDUIGAN2008 Yeah those fill ins suck ass. Apparently they enjoy grinding them down by hand. Those are no where near flat.

[angel727272]

no thanks!! had them and wont ever will buy one again!!

[82Gunney]

I know the Vid is in Canada, But the problem with Caps are drivers do not check for proper air pressure in order to keep the life of the tire, also seems that capping companies such as Bandag will use a tire for more than 5 times or a 10 year old tire..mandates have been made in order to limit the number of times a tire can be capped by branding the year and number of times capped, but alsways see old tires on the road..thanks for showing..Gunney