Do you know the answers to the top nine most frequently asked questions about retread tires?
Retread tires offer comparable performance to a new tire in a more environmentally friendly package. Here’s how to make sure they last.
Bridgestone Americas, Inc., announced a new, industry-wide campaign focused on educating small- to medium-sized fleets on the advantages of retreads.
TravelCenters of America has opened the TA commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Harvey Brodsky, longtime managing director of the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) and then the Retread Tire Association (RTA), has died in Pacific Grove, Calif. He was 81.
As a wear item, tires are a depreciating asset. Your job, as the fleet manager, is to slow the rate of depreciation. Replacement tires as a cost category are a fleet’s second-largest operating expense, exceeded only by fuel. By maximizing tire tread life, you lower per-mile costs, resulting in fewer premature removals and optimizing the condition of tire casings, allowing for multiple retreads.
Fleet managers opting for new replacement tires instead of retreads for their medium-duty trucks must tailor the tire to not only the specific gross vehicle weight, but also to the application and specific conditions in which the vehicle will operate.
Tire industry experts foresee another round of tire price increases during calendar-year 2012. In the past, national account tire manufacturers have done their best to shield the fleet industry from price increases by holding prices for a 12-month period. Nowadays, there is concern that national account vendors will no longer be able to continue to absorb these cost increases.
SANTA ANA, CA – At the March 1 meeting of the NAFA Pacific Southwest Chapter, fleet managers and other attendees saw presentations about tires and got the chance to tour a tire retreading plant.
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