tire help

[tx02dually]

I had one tire that was pretty bald on the inner right. Let e friend test the truck out last night, he wanted to see how much power it has and smoked the tires pretty hard. Now the steel belts are highly visible on the inside tire. I am afraid to drive it now. How hard is it to take these rear wheels off and take them take them to get new shoes?

[stump0331]

8 lugs each=done deal

[Big Tone]

Drive it to the tire shop, just drive slow.
Not really dangerous, but if the tread comes off..... Poof No More Dually Fender!

[tx02dually]

tire shop is 20 miles away..

[Big Tone]

I'd drive it ,you posted its an inside tire and harder to get to the fender, just dont get in a hurry!

[tx02dually]

okay wish me luck

[Big Tone]

Good Luck!

[straycat]

Lower the air in the bad tire and drive slow, you should be fine. You should try to figure out why the one tire got that bad, and the rest are ok.

Gord.

[Big Tone]

Most of the weight is on the inside dual they generally wear faster, this is also were you want to put your front tires when you rotate, especially if they need to be "cleaned up" a bit.

[straycat]

I understand that Big Tone, just wondering why that one tire got that bad, and the others did not. It would seem to me that for it to wear that much faster indicates that it was either a different size, or was overinflated as compared to the others. I have owned and driven duallies for a lot of years, and never had that happen as drastic as that. Just my natural curiosity

Gord.