Recaps dont like heat.I would only put them on when temperatures were getting cold outside.If you made it to spring without throwing any they would run all summer usually.Bandag had its problems but I had good luck with the new place that used Michelen tread.If you had Bandag caps where they put regular caps on low profile casings they would peel off in no time.Also if you buy the whole recap casing and all it could be third time cap and they peel off easy too.Use your own carcass and good tread and they will run a ways if you put them on when its cold and keep them aired up.Another thing that helped me was to put new valve stems in every time I put new tires on.If you get good caps they can run 100,000 miles and virgin tires even farther.By then your valve stems are all beat up and the seals are worn out so a new one will maybe be a little insurance that it will run as long as the tire does.Recaps arent for everybody.I guess a team running caps wont work according to what you learned.I would run hard though and peeled very few.In 15 years I had less than 20 tires blow out and once I owned the truck and trailer only about 4 in 7 years and those were on the trailer usually caps that came on the trailer when I bought it.Also seems like nearly as many virgin tires blew as caps.Usually tires that blow have some problem like a bad valve stem or a nail or something in them and run low air pressure then throw a cap.I ran caps on the tractor tandems but didnt have any trouble with them using my own casings.I would run 6 or 700 miles a day but I would stop every 4 hours and take a break usually and kick my tires.Somebody with a grain truck who checks them a lot will probably do alright with them as long as you dont put them on when its hot.For some reason they peel right off in the hot summer.Once they get some cure time they will last if you put them on in the winter.
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