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No offence. but, I must clear this up. Crenwelge...

In the stat of Ma and all the Northeast states as far as I know. and I am a class A lic truck driver and was a state inspector for the state of Ma.

All the course work for getting a class a or b states that no retreads are alowed on the stear tires for safety. No matter what. anything over 26,000 pound requires this. This is how the State Ran Dot does things.

I guess I was not clear on that. Sorry. as for federal. I have been told that the requirements are the same.

To me. It don't matter as it is a safety issue. If you have a retread come appart on a stear tire you will at high speed a very good chance of having a major accident. depending on if the tire blows out like most do.

anyone can argue this. I am shure.

But, lets put it this way. Lets say that it was true that you can run them on any location on the truck.

Now, It is your issue to make shure you are legal in every state you travel to. Because, If you get stopped. and They notice you run them on the front axle. and they do not allow that in their state. They will not allow that truck to continue on the road till a service comes out or you find a way to get new steer tires.

If you go to a tire shop anywhere in the Eastern part of the Us. I Never will see a shop put a re-tread on a front axle. That is also, a liability for that shop.

all re-treaded steer tires are re-treaded with a tire pattern for use on a rear tire.

I hope I explained this clear. I am not trying to offend anyone nor miss lead. The last thing we would want is someone hurt in a accident.

Thanks for reading