Whats the difference between steer, drive, trailer, biased, and radial tires?
This has to do with the ply ratings and how they are made, I think. Could someone please help me! I think you are confusing some terms here. Steer tires are the front two tires on a semi and “steer” the truck. Drive tires (another semi term) are the eight (or four in the case of a single axle truck) tires that are in the rear of the truck. These tires are attached to the motor/tranny and “drive” the truck. Trailer tires are obviously the tires on the trailer of a semi. The biggest difference between the three tires are the tread design. Often, the same tread design is used for the drive tires and trailer tire. In fact, often times in the industry, partially worn drive tires are replaced and the old drive tires are mounted on a trailer. Biased tires are a softer tire designed more for off road. These tires offer low impact, low signature, low dust signature, quiet and with low surface distortion. Hopefully, people that do off road will catch on to these tires and protect their off roadi
