Thank for getting back to me on thisguys.

Jimzdat,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience.
I seriously doubt that the folks atFirestone place any weight in order to simulate passenger load.
I always take it to the same shopnear my dad’s house. Funny thing is that a few days before I had the tires rotated& balanced (by a different shop), I had Firestone perform an alignment but they failed tomention that my front right tire had been chewed up as described on my initial post.I don’t know how the computer generated printout showed that the front left sidewas more misaligned that the front right side.
Thanks for the advise, I’ll get it “realigned” within the next few days.