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Old 02-24-2011, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry N Johnson View Post
My S/T's say this:
Tread Wear 440
Traction A
Temperature C

Have no idea what that means, but these are fantastic tires.
I use the tread wear number as a compound "guide", generally speaking, lower the number, softer the compound.

The Hoosier A6/R6's are a 40 (if I remember correctly) and the Avon's are 80.
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