I think 352 hours on a set of tires is great.
John,
I used Monster retreads from Desser on my C-150. They lasted 8 years and about 700 landings. They would have gone a couple more years, but since I was selling the airplane I thought new tires would be a good idea. Left the same nose tire on though, it still looked new.
I just bought another set to put on our Glastar. I expect to get at least 5 years out of those.
There is a down side. The tires are bigger and not always consistent in size. Some people have to modify their wheel pants. And some people like me end up with a hole on their wheel pant because the reduced clearance between the tire and the top of the wheel pant. The previous set of tires was purchased from the same place, it was the same tire and I had no issues. The current set did not work out so well.Aviation Consumer did a test a few years back and concluded that retreads offer considerably longer life with no apparent downside.
Jerre
We've got 220 hours on the RV-8 now with more landings than I can count. Both main tires still have plenty of tread left, but curiously the most visible wear is on the inside of the left main. The right main is wearing evenly.
Did you grease the bearings while you had the wheels off? Run into any issues while taking the wheels off? BUYER!!
I know, you guys out in Iowa probably do this on tractors all the time.
I love it! And when they're not on the tractor, they're cleaning out the little pig houses...lol