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May 2016 | Overdrive | 33 repositioning tires. A common practice, Rosenblum says, is to buy new steer tires, place the first retread on the drive and the second on the trailer. However, a steer is not normally retreaded, Crehan says. "An excep- tion would be an all-position tread that could be used on steer axles for special- ized low-speed start-and-stop applica- tions like waste haulers and other local delivery." Casings that are rated higher – with fewer repairs and lower heat history – tend to be placed on the drive axle since the torque on those tires leads to higher heat generation, Carnegie says. "As the tire experiences longer heat history or has more repairs needed, then generally it is moved into a less se- vere axle like the trailer," he says. "But this is not only dependent on the num- ber of times that the tire is retreaded. A tire after its first life could have expe- rienced service conditions and other external conditions that could lead to it being placed on the trailer axle." Likewise, a casing could still be without repairs and in a condition that would allow it to be used on the drive axle, he says. Overdrive: 1/2 Page 7 x 4.5 Submit: Press Quality PDF, embed images and include registration marks. • Oversize/Overweight Permits • Trip Permits • Fuel Permits Fast, Easy Permits Fast, Easy Permits Fast, Easy Permits Fast, Easy Permits Fast, Easy Permits Fast, Easy Permits • Save time and leave your permit burden to us, so you can focus on your business • One call does it all — we'll work with each state for you Order Permits Now! KellerPermits.com 800-840-3451 PC 116042 24 / 7 SERVICE Untitled-6 1 4/6/16 9:49 AM A quality steer tire in good condition can be moved to the trailer, or in some cases to the drive axle, after retreading.