I've heard of it (and had it done once by Discount Tire) but it only seemed
to work properly off-pavement.
At 11:32 AM 03/26/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>At 12:56 AM 3/26/99 , you wrote:
>
>>it is where they cut the tread horizontally(i think) thus getting more
>>grip and less road nosie. Supposed to be a real good idea
>>I might get it done to my next set, but who knows.
>
>I will admit right off that I have never heard of this, but my initial
>reaction is to wonder why, if this is such a good idea, do none of the tire
>manufacturers do this? Cutting the tread in the same direction as the
>radial plys run seems to me like a real *bad* idea, a sure prescription for
>shortening tire life. Somebody explain to me why I'm wrong.
>
>Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
>mail to: mcrumley@airmail.net
>
>The Empire of the Right shall be led
>by a simpleton who knoweth not the
>spelling of the fruits of the earth.
Bernd D. Ratsch
Pflugerville, TX
http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd/Dakota.htm
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT/CC (V6)
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