How many paved runway landings on a set of tires

[roadrunner20]

Wow!
I had no idea some where getting 400+ landings, otherwise I would have adjusted the poll.

I got 145 on my last set. Usually, I have the monster retreads, but the last ones were not.

I changed both of them out today with monsters, so I can get a better number going forward.

I'm using the free app, MyFlightbook & it's able to track everything along with custom date ranges to get your totals. Since 1/3 of my landings are 3 point, I wonder if I do more wheel landings I'd get less wear.

[alpinelakespilot2000]

Over 400 landings, combo of 2 and 3 pointers, on my first set of vans provided tires. On pace to get significantly more on my current pair of dresser monster retreads.

IMHO, somethings wrong if you're consistently getting less than 200. The 400 above don't even include all the extra bounces and hops endured while learning to land an RV.

(I run them until I fully wear down one groove, better rotation might have gotten me more.)

[Dvalcik]

385 and counting original tires from Vans for the RV12

[GalinHdz]

I was getting just under 150 landings on my main tires at first. I checked the main landing gear alignment and found the tires were misaligned. One was toe out while the other was camber out. I added the appropriate shims and now I get 300+ landing on the tires. I replaced my last set in 2013 because the side wall had started to show a little bit of age cracking after 7yrs even though they still had plenty of tread on them. My current tires have 175 landing on them and still have plenty of tread.

[roadrunner20]

Originally Posted by GalinHdz

I was getting just under 150 landings on my main tires at first. I checked the main landing gear alignment and found the tires were misaligned. One was toe out while the other was camber out. I added the appropriate shims and now I get 300+ landing on the tires. I replaced my last set in 2013 because the side wall had started to show a little bit of age cracking after 7yrs even though they still had plenty of tread on them. My current tires have 175 landing on them and still have plenty of tread.

I do believe my tires have excessive wear due to a slight toe out. When I changed to a tail wheel, the mount/gear presented a toe out condition. I ended up oversizing the gear mount bolt/hole to bring it back in and don't see the side scuffing that I had prior. Unfortunately, with the 7 gear, you can't shim it out.

[tc1234c]

Here is my records for the past 10 years. I learned that the most expensive ones do not do as well as the cheapest. The last set of tires replaced less than a year ago is due for replacement at less than 300 landings (more like 250). I just purchased six retreads from Skythreads in Cocoa Beach for $45 each. My neighbors reported good results. I will see how they compare with others. By the way, I usually do not replace both tires at the same time.

[Flying again!]

417 to date on my RV-10 tires. Rotated them at about 350 landings and they look good for another300+.

TJ

[bkilby]

I've got about 650 landings on my Condor's on my 6A. Haven't flipped the tires. Still have a little tread left..

[Dan B]

We have well over 400 landings on Dresser Monster recaps on our RV9. Looks like they could do double that. I do rotate the tires and keep tire pressure at about 36psi on the mains. I also do tire pressure checks at least every 60 days.

Side note: Had over 1100 landings on GY Custom II tires on our C150.

I think the keys are judicious use of the brakes and tire pressure.

[Doug]

Flipped at 195 then retired 😏at 386 landings. These were my second set of the original Aero trainers, and my landings are nothing to write home about. I aim for 3-point landings and rarely use a grass runway. The tyres still had some tread but chose to replace them at annual.
The first set of tyres I considered sacrificial as I learned the peculiarities of landing an RV-6 but still got way more that the 200 landings you set as the top score.