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", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-05-19", "dateAdded": "2015-02-03T17:36:08Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 1444, "firstName": "JAMES", "lastName": "DANA", "companyName": "JAMES R DANA", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Goessel", "state": "KS", "userCommentCount": 84, "userLikes": 5, "userDislikes": 10, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 30486, "content": "Not only tire pressure..but buying your caps from a reputable tire capping company..some will cap anything that goes through their factory..some inspect each casing and rejects the bad ones..also where you run will make a difference..the speed you drive..and the list goes on..I've run hot caps ..they will not take the heat but are fine for local work....but if you don't want to pay for a new tire..talk to your tire man..they sometimes have used tires..contrary to what others tell you..I don't run caps..I've run them but don't have the problems with new tires", "contentHtml": "Not only tire pressure..but buying your caps from a reputable tire capping company..some will cap anything that goes through their factory..some inspect each casing and rejects the bad ones..also where you run will make a difference..the speed you drive..and the list goes on..I've run hot caps ..they will not take the heat but are fine for local work....but if you don't want to pay for a new tire..talk to your tire man..they sometimes have used tires..contrary to what others tell you..I don't run caps..I've run them but don't have the problems with new tires", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-12", "dateAdded": "2015-02-03T20:00:00Z", "likes": 1, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3078, "firstName": "JEFF", "lastName": "PEARSON", "companyName": "C & R TRUCKING INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PAYSON", "state": "UT", "userCommentCount": 927, "userLikes": 225, "userDislikes": 94, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 30489, "content": "There was a time when I would have laughed at the thought of running caps. I am working with a new supplier that a friend has experience with. They are a Continental dealer. I have been running their caps for about 4 months on one truck and a couple months on 2 others. In bad weather the grip is amazing. I can't tell you how much of a difference there is and we have been running BFG's. The ONLY complaint is I suggest running Counterbalance to take out that little out of balance. I am concerned about warm weather, but in the past if I run a cap now by the time weather changes if there is a problem it will surface. Those that we have used have not been spared as far as speed is concerned. I can buy these caps for less than 1/2 of the price of BFG's and lately I can't get the BFG's even if I had the money. Same dealer got me some off shore Trailer tires, but haven't run them long enough to have on opinion. \n I did, and I'm embarresed to admit this, but I bought 16 Road Force tires last year, drive tires. Biggest mistake in my whole career owning trucks.PLEASE stay away from this brand. What happens is that the inner liner gets a problem and they blow as the inner liner allows air to escape to seperate the tread. The damage to my equipment was beyond what I will admit to. I trusted an un reputable source on these the caps, My friend has 2 years experience. \n \n Someone answered my post regarding my cold weather experience. To that person I appreciate your suggestions and I should have looked up your name, my apologies. Sir with respect though, I am an old, angry driver. My thoughts are my own. I started in 76, but I deserve no ones respect. I beleive that you probably have more sense and intelligence than I will ever have. My ramblings are course and ill educated at best. I am a dying breed at best, unwilling and unable to change. That is a poor attribute. I do not deserve your respect in liking me to anyones uncle. I am however humbled and apreciative of your accolades. If I could pass on anything to anyone on this forum, PLEASE do not accept what our government is trying to shove down our throat. Please fight everyday to keep our Industry free.\n \n Thanks Art Pfluger", "contentHtml": "There was a time when I would have laughed at the thought of running caps. I am working with a new supplier that a friend has experience with. They are a Continental dealer. I have been running their caps for about 4 months on one truck and a couple months on 2 others. In bad weather the grip is amazing. I can't tell you how much of a difference there is and we have been running BFG's. The ONLY complaint is I suggest running Counterbalance to take out that little out of balance. I am concerned about warm weather, but in the past if I run a cap now by the time weather changes if there is a problem it will surface. Those that we have used have not been spared as far as speed is concerned. I can buy these caps for less than 1/2 of the price of BFG's and lately I can't get the BFG's even if I had the money. Same dealer got me some off shore Trailer tires, but haven't run them long enough to have on opinion. \r\nI did, and I'm embarresed to admit this, but I bought 16 Road Force tires last year, drive tires. Biggest mistake in my whole career owning trucks.PLEASE stay away from this brand. What happens is that the inner liner gets a problem and they blow as the inner liner allows air to escape to seperate the tread. The damage to my equipment was beyond what I will admit to. I trusted an un reputable source on these the caps, My friend has 2 years experience. \r\n \r\nSomeone answered my post regarding my cold weather experience. To that person I appreciate your suggestions and I should have looked up your name, my apologies. Sir with respect though, I am an old, angry driver. My thoughts are my own. I started in 76, but I deserve no ones respect. I beleive that you probably have more sense and intelligence than I will ever have. My ramblings are course and ill educated at best. I am a dying breed at best, unwilling and unable to change. That is a poor attribute. I do not deserve your respect in liking me to anyones uncle. I am however humbled and apreciative of your accolades. If I could pass on anything to anyone on this forum, PLEASE do not accept what our government is trying to shove down our throat. Please fight everyday to keep our Industry free. \r\n \r\nThanks Art Pfluger", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-12-05", "dateAdded": "2015-02-04T05:19:17Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3266, "firstName": "ROSE", "lastName": "PFLUGER", "companyName": "ROAD WARRIORS TRANSPORTATION INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MORRISTOWN", "state": "AZ", "userCommentCount": 804, "userLikes": 10, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 30490, "content": "P.S I realize that I can Not spell my sincere apologies", "contentHtml": "P.S I realize that I can Not spell my sincere apologies", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-12-05", "dateAdded": "2015-02-04T05:21:13Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3266, "firstName": "ROSE", "lastName": "PFLUGER", "companyName": "ROAD WARRIORS TRANSPORTATION INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MORRISTOWN", "state": "AZ", "userCommentCount": 804, "userLikes": 10, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 30499, "content": "i will have my own casings that came off MY EQIPMENT capped and will run them because I know what the casings looked like when they were removed from my trucks. I will not even consider buying caps that came off someone elses trucks. If we have a driver that ran a tire flat and it is cupped we don't cap them, we just take our casing credit. I carry a air hose and preasure gauge with me in my tool box so i can pump them up myself if I need to.", "contentHtml": "i will have my own casings that came off MY EQIPMENT capped and will run them because I know what the casings looked like when they were removed from my trucks. I will not even consider buying caps that came off someone elses trucks. If we have a driver that ran a tire flat and it is cupped we don't cap them, we just take our casing credit. I carry a air hose and preasure gauge with me in my tool box so i can pump them up myself if I need to. ", "parentReplyId": 30489, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-05-04", "dateAdded": "2015-02-05T01:54:40Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 1047, "firstName": "CHRISTOPHER", "lastName": "STIER", "companyName": "STIER FARMS INCORPORATED", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "GRAND MEADOW", "state": "MN", "userCommentCount": 236, "userLikes": 2, "userDislikes": 1, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 30547, "content": "The BEST way to avoid having a cap separate is proper tire inflation....that's pretty much it. Sure, the obvious- don't turn too sharp and side-torque them. Don't accelerate too fast or brake too aggressively, but the surest way to keep caps on is to ensure your tires are always inflated properly. Keep a tire gauge with you and a glad-hand attachable air hose. you're gonna get fuel almost every day. check the psi in all your tires while you get fuel. It only takes a minute or two.\n", "contentHtml": "The BEST way to avoid having a cap separate is proper tire inflation....that's pretty much it. Sure, the obvious- don't turn too sharp and side-torque them. Don't accelerate too fast or brake too aggressively, but the surest way to keep caps on is to ensure your tires are always inflated properly. Keep a tire gauge with you and a glad-hand attachable air hose. you're gonna get fuel almost every day. check the psi in all your tires while you get fuel. It only takes a minute or two. 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Posted on Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 9:35 AM CST in NORTH VANCOUVER, BC