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2. Retread - Wikipedia

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   Material cost for a retreaded tire is about 20% that of making a new tire. [3] About 90% of the original tires by weight is retained in retreaded tires. A 1997 study estimates that then current generation of commercial vehicles tires to last up to 600,000 miles if they're retreaded two to three times.

3. Tire recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   $2.50 per tire [42] North Carolina: 2% of cost of tire (rim size = 19.5' or less), 1% of cost of tire (rim size more than 19.5') [43] North Dakota: $2 per tire [28] Ohio: $1 per tire [44] Oklahoma: $1 per tire (rim size 17.5' or less), $2.50 per tire (rim size is greater than 17.5' & less than or equal to 19.5'), $3.50 per tire (rim size ...

4. Tire tread - Wikipedia

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   Studded mountain bike tires for icy conditions. Off-road tires used in mud or dirt feature individual knob patterns to allow the tire to bite into the surface and lever the sides of the tread to get a better grip. Given the smaller contact patch, these tires tend to wear quickly when used on asphalt (depending on type of rubber).

5. Uniform Tire Quality Grading - Wikipedia

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   Non-passenger car tires, such as those for motorcycles, buses, medium trucks and above along with trailers are also not required to have a UTQG rating, although FMVSS Standard 109 requires the following to be listed on the tire's sidewall: speed restriction if less than 55 mph, regroovable if designed for regrooving, and a letter designating ...

6. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   Their new company produced tire patches, tire cement, and tire repair kits. They purchased The Giant Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, a tire-rebuilding business, in 1920, and in 1922 moved the business to Findlay, Ohio, [ 3 ] at a site at the intersection of Lima and Western avenues that is still occupied by Cooper Tire, adjacent to The Cooper ...

7. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   Mountain snowflake pictograph: Winter passenger and light truck tires that meet the severe snow service requirements of Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) and Rubber Association of Canada (RAC). [20] N-x: Original tires for Porsche where "x" is a "0" for the first approved in that size, "1" the second, ... [20] "NHS": Not highway service