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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Michael F. Stemper  wrote   
   > Dimensional Traveler wrote   
      
   >> I've seen the tread of a truck tire on the trailer   
   >> of a tractor-trailer rig peel off on the highway.   
      
   > I've never seen that happen. However, I've seen the treads of   
   > such tires many, many times along the road. My (unconfirmed)   
   > speculation is that, due to the cost of such large tires, they must   
   > often get them recapped, and the job is often poorly done.   
      
   Its just a failure mode of recapped tires.   
      
   Seen more often with trucks just because it is very difficult to   
   see if a tire has gone flat with the biggest trucks so they don't   
   stop as soon as that happens so you can see that end result.   
      
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