eddiedry - 1/2/2012 15:56 Such tires shall not be used on the front wheels of truck tractors or motortrucks listed in Vehicle Code Section 34500 unless the tires are in compliance with the following requirements: (1) Tires shall have been retreaded or recapped not more than two times and shall contain no casing repair other than that required by a nail puncture.
So, does this mean caps are legal if it's not a bus, or a vehicle used to haul migrant workers??
It means caps are legal on the steer axle except if they are used on a farm vehicle. Caps are never legal on the steer axle of a farm vehicle. In all other cases, caps are not legal on the steer axle if they have been recapped more than twice. (That is the California law.)
In Texas, caps are not legal on the steer axle of any vehicle use to transport Migrant workers.
Caps are never legal in the USA on the steer axle of any passenger bus. Period.
According to Offroadnt, caps are not legal on the steer axle in Canada.
My original belief and answer was that caps were not allowed on the steer axle. Austin - 12/29/2011 19:32 We never run recaps on steering axles. Not sure if that's even legal.
Funacres - 12/29/2011 19:35 Correct, it's not legal.
I'm just fishin' for the fun of it.
Plowboy then jumped in and stated they were legal on the steer axle. Then later he deleted that reply and replaced it with the modified version of his statement that they were legal except on passenger busses. Threads get messed up and confusing when somebody like Plowboy makes a statement that others reply to and then deletes that statement and replaces it with a modified statement to try and cover his hind end.
It turns out that my statement is only partially true. Unknown to me, caps are legal on the steer axle of trucks under varying circumstances.
I'm not going to research all of the states, but others may know of a stipulation in their state code regarding caps on the steer axle. I have always been told it was a no no, just the same.
Edited by Funacres 1/2/2012 18:41
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for those who say recap tires are the way to go....Pic!
