Misconceptions about retreaded tires are keeping many fleets from reaping their benefits.
9 Retread Tire FAQs
Do you know the answers to the top nine most frequently asked questions about retread tires?
Do you know the answers to the top nine most frequently asked questions about retread tires?
Continental's pre-cured tread plant in Mt. Vernon, Ill., adds a second production shift, and is expected to reach a 300% increase in production compared with 2018.
Modern Tire Dealer's editors have compiled an overview of the retreading industry from 2018, covering everything from the double-digit change in overall sales to the average cost of a casing.
TravelCenters of America has opened the TA commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
A team of Retread Instead supporters participated in this year’s Tire Industry Association-sponsored Federal Lobby day educating legislators on the economic benefits of tire retreads compared to cheap foreign options.
Les Schwab is recalling 41,336 steel-belted radial retread truck tires because the vulcanizing compound used during the process may not have been completely cured, which can lead to incomplete adhesion of the tread to the tire casing.
Among those who died were three past presidents of the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA), the voice of the retreading industry, and several fleet sales managers from the Detroit automakers.
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.
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