you also sipe a tire to gain snow traction, doubtful it would increase heat in a street tire with the proper PSI

 

siping creates heat by added friction as the 2 pieces of rubber rub against each other as the tire goes around so at 65mph on the highway im guessing it creates alot of heat, might not be an issue if only ran in the snow but if you are were after a dedicated snow tire why not just buy a snow tire...

 

disreguard the post on siping and heat i miss understood how it works its actually disipates heat, so it would actually be a plus and help with tread life

 

I was gonna say, siped MT's are the best of both worlds. great on ice/packed snow, and then the MT tread makes them great in deep snow

 

ive been reading for the last 45 min's about siping and i agree i was alittle confused because race car tires are siped to build heat quickly at first then to disipate heat after they reach temp, i will most likely be siping my tires next weekend

 

If I was going to run tires with siping I wouldn't do mts personal there to expensive to add more cost on and ats will last longer anyway and they have a degree of siping to start so they don't really need it

 

Im torn between the guard dog and mt, seen couple opinions on the mt, everyone seems happy with guard dog can't seem to go wrong. What is there mt a model of or close to?

 

I think it's like 15%

The Guard Dog is their M/T...

 

They also have one that's almost like a super swamper

 

They also make a crawler mt in 31/10.50r15 which is the one I was talking about with bigger lugs

 

No issues with the retread coming off? Like you see the truck retreads on the side of the road.

 

Most of the busted up tractor trailer tires are from the trailers which are hauled from job to job with minimal to no upkeep, even with normal tires if you put that much weight and that many miles in so many different conditions you will have failures. Treadwright and similar tires, when looked after, should perform much better. (i say should because there are no absolutes here)

 

Cool, thanks.

 

according to all the info i can find on siping most companys claim it increases tread life because it keeps the tire cool, but they say to only sipe the center tread blocks because of chunking

 

I'm only taking a guess at this but because I'm fairly hard on my tires I don't think siping would change anything if it did it would decrease because it's weaking the overall structure if the lugs and when you break that up its like a soft sponge almost like snow tires which do not last long if you uses them all year I did that once lasted about 2months after the snow melted