If you have a semi-truck or are thinking of becoming a driver-owner, you need to know how much your operating expenses will be, and that’s a lot more than just rest stop fees.
As most people know, bigger trucks need bigger and more expensive tires.
So, how much does a semi-truck tire cost?
The average price for a semi-truck tire is $500 a piece, but very cheap semi-truck tires are available for as low as $150 per tire. It’s vital to consider tire quality and safety when you’re looking at cheap and discount tires, especially when doing commercial work on the roads.
If you take road safety as seriously as I do, you probably don’t want to be rolling on the freeway in a truck that weighs tens of thousands of pounds empty on tires that might not be high quality and reliable.
Let’s look at the cost of semi-truck tires and how to choose the best tires for your budget.
Semi-truck tires are rated similarly to car and light truck tires. Tire ratings reflect the load index scale that assigns a number based on the allowable weight load per tire.
A tire with a rating of 70 is common on cars and small trucks. A 70 rating is for 739 pounds per tire.
The biggest and most heavy-duty tires have a rating of 150. Each tire rated 150 can handle 7,385 pounds.
Tires are also rated for speed. This scale ranges from L, which has a maximum speed of 75 mph, to Y, for high-speed cars that can travel at or about 186 mph.
Reading the sidewall, you can learn everything you need to know about a tire. Semi-truck tires commonly have a size close to 275/70R22.5.
You can break down the numbers on any tire’s sidewall if you know what each section means.
The first number always refers to the tire width. A semi-truck tire with 275/70R22.5 on the sidewall is 275 mm wide.
The next number is the aspect ratio, which on this tire is 70.
This ratio means that the tire’s sidewall height is 70% of its width.
The letter R stands for radial, telling you it’s a radial tire. Finally, the 22.5 is the diameter in inches. This number tells you the diameter of the tire you need to buy.
The letter on the right that follows the diameter number is the tire’s speed rating.
A semi-truck with 18 wheels requires a huge investment to replace the tires. Some trucks have ten tires, and some have as many as 36.
Tires for those trucks usually need to be replaced in pairs to keep the sides and the ride even.
Let’s use an 18-wheeler as an example. Replacing all the tires simultaneously at the average cost of $500 per tire would cost $9,000.
You don’t necessarily have to replace all tires at the same time, but you can.
All tires having the same amount of wear is the safest way to run a semi-truck.
Some tires can cost over $1,000 or more, so that would be at least $18,000 for the tires. The cost of labor to replace them can add up too.
If you went the bargain route and paid only $150 for each tire, the cost would only be $2,700, or less than one-third the cost.
But do you want to be in a semi-truck with cheap tires? Safety and peace of mind are worth a lot more than money.
The vital question is, “how much does a semi-truck tire cost?” Don’t forget to ask yourself, “how do I buy a quality semi-truck tire?”
When buying a semi-truck tire, the process is similar to when you’re shopping for car tires. You look for quality and durability instead of the lowest price if you want a safe and comfortable ride.
Look for these things to get quality semi-truck tires:
Follow some simple practices to keep your tires working at top efficiency while preventing a dangerous tire blowout.
Underinflation is the top cause of worn tires. Therefore, ensure that semi-truck tires reach the proper PSI for safer traveling and longer-lasting tires.
Legally, if the tread depth of semi-truck tires gets below 4/32 of an inch on steer tires or 2/32 of an inch on the trailer and drive tires, they need to be replaced. Even one groove more worn than that causes problems.
There’s no magic time to rotate tires, so pick a time and stick to it to ensure your tires are rotated and wearing evenly.
Uneven treads can cause big problems.
Worn tires will be slightly smaller than those with less wear. This situation can strain the axle and drivetrain and wear other tires even more unevenly, leading to earlier and expensive tire replacements.
If you start with cheap tires, they won’t last as long and could wear thin and risk a blowout before you expect problems.
Never go over the speed rating on your tires or the weight limit. Either situation can strain tires enough to cause a blowout.
Replace semi-truck tires before problems start.
A good rule of thumb for when to replace semi-truck tires is after six years unless the tread wears enough before that to warrant replacement.
Many commercial drivers and fleet owners save money every year by having tires retreaded instead of buying new each time they need to replace tires.
The tire is heated and reshaped like in a new tire molding process. Only tires with solid casings are candidates for retreading.
Many large vehicles use retreaded tires regularly like fire trucks, airplane wheels, and even school buses.
The cost of retreading a tire is somewhere between one-third and one-half the price of replacing the tire. You can usually retread tires twice before they need to be recycled and replaced.
Retreading a $500 tire will cost about $165 to $250.
To decide whether retreading is an option for you, remember that retreaded tires can wear faster than new ones. If you retread frequently, you might spend more than if you buy new tires every six years.
The average price of a semi-truck tire is about $500, but you can get cheaper tires or pay more for even higher quality.
The cost of retreading a tire is about $165-$250 but won’t last as long as a new tire.
I hope you found this information helpful when comparing the options for getting new tires on your semi-truck.
Resources:
7 Areas to Consider When Buying Semi Truck Tires
How Mismatched Tread Depths Can Ruin Your Commercial Truck Tires
https://www.quora.com/How-often-do-you-change-semi-truck-tires
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Tractor tires are selected based on operating conditions. Tractors of the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) are universal and are used very widely: when clearing snow on the streets, plowing fields and harvesting, etc.
Accordingly, there is no universal “rubber” option for them. It all depends on how the equipment will be used: on what soil, in what speed mode, etc. The model also plays a role - it is obvious that a heavy tractor needs larger and stronger tires than a compact “mini”, and the pressure in tires MTZ 82 will be different than in the chambers of a forest tractor type L82.2. Sets for the front and rear axles are selected separately.
The MTZ 82 tractor tire consists of a chamber and a tire. The chamber serves to hold air in the inner cavity of the tire. The chamber walls and tires filled with compressed air perceive the loads acting on the tire. The tire consists of a tread, carcass, breaker, beads and sidewalls.
The carcass acts as the main strength of the tire, whose characteristics determine its load capacity and strength. The frame is made of several layers of special rubberized cord fabric, whose layers are tightly superimposed on each other. The tread is a running part of the tire made of a three-dimensional rubber layer, tightly fitting the carcass.
The lugs and tread depressions form a pattern, the shape of which determines the grip of the tire with the ground surface. The breaker is a cushion layer made of soft rubber and serves to soften the impacts transmitted from the tread to the carcass. The sidewalls of the tire have much thinner covering layers of rubber and serve to protect the sidewalls of the carcass from damage. On the rim, the tire is fixed with the help of the beads. Inside the boards are wire rings wrapped with the ends of the carcass cord layers. Wire rings increase the rigidity of the tire beads and prevent them from stretching.
Pneumatic tire MTZ 82:
The chamber is filled with compressed air through a valve with a spool installed on it, which is a reverse-acting valve. The design of the tire valve for the rear wheels of the MTZ 82 tractor allows you to connect to it a device for filling tires with water or a similar liquid for ballasting the tractor.
Usually MTZ 82 rear tires are 15.5R38, front tires are 11.2-20. For each MTZ model, the manufacturer has established the recommended sizes of "rubber". Dimensions are selected according to the inner size of the tire, it must match the outer diameter of the rim. Otherwise, the owner has the right to choose between low- and high-profile tires, based on working conditions and financial capabilities.
Rear tires size 15.5-38 are distinguished by a reinforced breaker and radial placement of cords in the carcass. Tires, whose carcass has a diagonal arrangement of the carcass cord thread, form a tire profile plane with an angle of 50-54º, and tires with a radial design - their angle does not exceed 5º. The radial arrangement of the cords gives the tire better flexibility. Also, these tires improve the traction and grip qualities of the tractor, compact the soil and slip less, and have a longer tread wear life.
Operation and maintenance of MTZ tractor tires 82
The technical condition of the tires affects the traction and coupling qualities of the tractor, its fuel consumption, throughput and productivity.
Thus, we can safely say that tires largely determine the productive and economical operation of the tractor. In addition, tires are expensive and wear parts of the tractor, the cost of which is about 12% of the cost of the tractor itself. Tires are changed 3-4 times during the entire life of the tractor, therefore, the cost of operating tires is approximately 20% of the total cost of operating the tractor.
The service life of a tire is affected not only by compliance with the rules of operation, but also by the conditions in which they are used: air humidity and temperature, road surface and soil properties. When using the tractor in the field, the service life of the tires is about 6000 hours, and when performing transport work, they wear out much faster. On stony soils, in mountainous areas, the tire life is reduced by 25-35%, and on winter snow cover, on the contrary, it increases by 25-30%.
The front drive tires MTZ 82 wear out faster than the rear ones. This is due to the fact that the rolling radius of the front tires is 1.
7 times less than that of the rear ones. Passing the same path, the front tires make more revolutions.
Recommendations for inner tire pressure, kgf/cm2
| Type of work | rear wheels | front wheels |
| General types of work | 1.  4+0.1 | 1. 1 |
| For working on soft soils and plowing | 1.0+0.1 | 1.4+0.1 |
| For working with heavy agricultural equipment | 1.6+0, 1 | 2.5+0.1 |
Violation of the norms of internal pressure in tires significantly reduces their service life. An internal pressure that is 20% lower than the norm reduces the service life by 15%, and an increased pressure reduces the service life by 10%. When performing certain types of work, temporary tire overload is permissible.
Due to the fact that there are many varieties of MTZ-80 for different tasks, the tire, respectively, can be different and differ in structure. The frame plays an important role, because all the effort and load falls on it. The correct carcass should evenly distribute the load, which increases the life of its tire and performance.
Fortunately, correct tire pressure and maintenance on your tractor will make changing a tire a breeze. According to statistics, for the entire life of the tractor, it is enough to replace the rubber 4 times. The agricultural tractor has a small feature related to the size of the wheels. For example, the diameter of the wheels is smaller in front, the rear wheels are an order of magnitude smaller. The pressure in the tractor tires on different wheels may differ, but in extreme cases, you can adhere to the indicator 1.4 kgf / cm2
I must say that the radiality of the front wheels R20, installed on this model of the Belarusian tractor, is optimal for standard operation.
However, the machine can also be used in winter, in conditions of high snow cover, as well as when working in quarries, swamps and in other more difficult conditions.
That is why the manufacturer allows independent intervention of drivers and the choice of wheels of other recommended parameters.
When installing wheels of an off-design radius, the driver should be prepared for more frequent maintenance work to repair the suspension, bearings in the hub, change the oil and other procedures, since an off-design load on all systems provokes rapid wear of all parts.
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In some cases, on the most inaccessible sections of the road, the classic rear or all-wheel drive of the tractor cannot cope with a thick layer of dirt and return back to its track.
However, this does not mean at all that the equipment will not be able to overcome such a section, since the driver just needs to change the mode - turn on the center differential lock and brake, which will make the wheels rotate simultaneously and the tractor driver will be able to pull the car out of almost any mud.
This locking system has the following fairly simple design and principle of operation:
Tractor tire rupture Although the mechanical wheel lock is simple in execution and reliable in operation, it is difficult to operate and non-functional. Therefore, on modern models of Belarusian technology, a more advanced system is installed - a hydraulic locking drive, which is different in that it no longer requires effort and a long arm to actuate the mechanism, since the traction force increases many times under the action of compressed oil in the piston.
However, such a system can cause leakage in the piston when overloaded and more time-consuming and costly repairs to the equipment.
Often, on various Internet forums, owners and operators of MTZ-82 tractors complain about the problem when, while driving on a hard surface, their wheels become loose and start to “run”, which causes discomfort in cabin, and also causes damage to mechanisms.
The reason for these problems lies in several possible breakdowns of various systems at once, and the most common of them are listed below:
2 ... 1.4 atm. 
If such a problem is discovered after disassembling the hub, it must be immediately eliminated by replacing the bearing or the assembly, as it can subsequently ruin the entire suspension on the tractor. Tire fitting for the MTZ 82 tractor Any problem with the smoothness of the movement of agricultural equipment requires a thorough check, since later it can easily result in more serious breakdowns. In addition, the operator or owner of the tractor should choose the nearest service center for himself and carry out periodic maintenance of the undercarriage of his unit at least once a year if there are no problems, and also regularly check and, if necessary, adjust the pressure in the MTZ 82 tires.
Only with such equipment will serve for decades and does not require large investments.
The front wheels on the MTZ-82 tractor must be replaced exclusively in pairs, since the purchase of only one tire may result in a loss of effective operation.
That is, one side will cling to the dirt more effectively, while the old tire will begin to slip.
All this will lead to incorrect operation of the traction rail, motor and unbalance of the entire mechanism.
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