Inspired by the success of Evel Knievel, Ruckus-truck Stunt Show Spectacular, was started in 1979 by Lee Hawkins in Ocala, Fl using specially modified Chevy trucks. It soon grew in popularity beyond filler entertainment between race heats at local tracks, into an independent traveling show. Eager … [Read more...]
PROJECT TARANTULA
#Projecttarantula started life, innocently enough as a pre-war Chevy coupe. The twisted path that led it to becoming an open wheel modified in the early 60s is unknown. What is readily apparent, are the battle scars and repairs that punctuated it’s hard driving racing career. Each … [Read more...]
24 Hour LeMons – 1.0
TredWear.com competes in the 24 Hours of LeMons When you’re a kid you dream about being a racecar driver. You take your hot wheels cars and zip around the living room. The brightly colored paint schemes and of course the white letters on the tires. The excitement of going fast and … [Read more...]
The Chicanery Scottsdale SS
Trucks are for hauling a load of gravel that was dropped from 12 feet up, bouncing off basketball sized boulders as they careen down a rut strewn back road framed by snow capped peaks somewhere in the Colorado wilderness… Or so the advertisers would have you believe. We love trucks. … [Read more...]
Year In RearView 4.0
Remember when you were a kid and the years crawled by at a snail’s pace? You would bemoan your perception to one of advanced years and they would say “Just wait. One of these days you will wish it would slow down.” In response you would think “yeah right”. Well those days are … [Read more...]
Do Stickers Work For Tire Lettering?
People ask if stickers will stick to a tire. With the right type of adhesive backing the answer is yes. Will they last? NO. – While stickers can be slapped on a tire, the antiozinants and other chemicals quickly break the adhesive down and the bond will fail. The Drawbacks are Many and … [Read more...]
Year In Rear View 3.0
“Over the hump” July in Alabama. The sound of cicadas eerily matches the intensity of the heat. Boy that sounds like the beginning of a good novel. Unfortunately this is not a novel or good. It’s a blog. Albeit a blog about some cool things. So grab a glass of sweet tea, (if you’re … [Read more...]
Year in Review 2.0
If you’re reading this and you didn’t know there was a part one you should stop and read part one first. As stated in part one we are turning over a new leaf by keeping this blog fresher than grocery store sushi. Also our office manager said that we wouldn’t keep it going. Mainly just to prove her … [Read more...]
Slackers?
It was brought to our attention that we the owners haven’t been feeding content to the Blog. To our millions of fans (tongue planted firmly in cheek) please accept our sincerest apologies. It is difficult to sit down and bang out a 1200 word essay when you are so busy doing other cool and exciting … [Read more...]
Do TredWear raised white letter tire kits effect tire balance?
Do TredWear raised white letter tire kits effect tire balance? Nope. We did a bit of research on this since a Ford GT customer asked some compelling questions. We know it does not effect the balance but wanted to find out why. There are 28.3495 grams in an oz... First, the smallest fraction … [Read more...]
