Proper Truck Tire Sizing
By Asa Sharp
May 7, 2013
There are lots of incentives in today’s transportation business to maximize efficiencies by carefully matching equipment—especially trucks—to the tasks at hand. Recent new truck sales reports from Wards show that purchases of Class 3...
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Exploring the Future of Pneumatic Truck Tires
By Asa Sharp
April 18, 2013
What will the commercial over-the-road
truck tire (or its worthy replacement) look like in 10 to 20 years? Although we
can't evaluate currently unknown innovations, we can look at developments in
other tire types: race, pass...
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Dealers Must be Experts on Off-Road Light-Truck Tire Features, Applications
By Joanne Draus Klein
April 16, 2013
Mark Twain might have said that rumors of the death of off-road light-truck tires have been greatly exaggerated. And he would have been right....
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Maximizing Performance of Underground Mining Tires Takes a Deeper Approach
By Tim Good
April 16, 2013
Do the maintenance practices for tires operated in an underground environment versus a surface operation change? The answer is NO.
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A Closer Look at Speed Ratings
By Mac Demere
April 16, 2013
Explaining the difference between Z-rated tires and their less expensive counterparts to customers
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Nitto Launches NT90W 'Severe Winter' Tire
By Denise Koeth
April 16, 2013
Nitto Tire USA Inc. recently launched its new studless winter tire, the NT90W, which the company said is “engineered for severe winter drivin...
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Hankook Execs Share Growth Plans, New Products at Meeting
April 15, 2013
Some new faces in management welcomed more than 200 dealers, distributors and their guests to Hankook’s Partners Day 2013, held in February a...
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TIA's 2013 OTR Conference Heavy on Data, Networking
By Jim Smith
April 15, 2013
More than 500 members of the tire industry gathered in Puerto Rico for this year’s TIA OTR Conference, not quite a record but an impressive t...
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Visiting Nokian's 'White Hell' to See the Latest Winter Beaters
By Jim Smith
April 15, 2013
The reason Akron became the Rubber Capital of the World was not its unique ability or those of its inhabitants or even the earnestness and inventive...
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When Your Tires Leave, Know Why
By Asa Sharp
April 12, 2013
The old adage “what you don’t know won’t hurt you” certainly shouldn’t apply to your tire program. In fact, the more you know, the greater the opportunities for reducing costs and improving efficiencies.
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Returning Idled Tires to Service
By Asa Sharp
April 10, 2013
Truck tires, unlike many automobile and light truck tires, are all about performance and life-cycle costs. In fact, if truck tires are used within their engineered parameters of load/inflation/speed and are properly maintained, near continuous use wo...
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Consider All Aspects of a Fleet Tire Program
By Asa Sharp
April 9, 2013
"Iridescent" is a word you probably haven't associated with your tire program. However, it may describe a concept fleet managers should be thinking about when considering outsourcing and maintenance.
Iridescent is defined as &...
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Tire Fires: A Modern Version
By Asa Sharp
March 28, 2013
The best thing about truck tire fires is that
they hardly ever happen anymore. There are good reasons for that. One is that
steel radials simply don’t fail in this manner. Older, bias-ply tires were
built with multiple layers of crossed bod...
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Grade Your Tire Program
By Asa Sharp
March 25, 2013
Not many years ago, the success of a fleet tire program was defined by the frequency and costs of crises or problems. These were culled out of periodic expense reports, or perhaps a tire-cost-per-mile figure. This type of management by exception simp...
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Making the Seasonal Change
By Andrew Markel
March 12, 2013
It's important to consider TPMS sensors when changing over winter tires - and vice-versa.
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And on the Ninth Day...
By Jeff Wallick
March 12, 2013
Great farm tire dealers can control their own destinies - and those of their customers.
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Comfort, Familiarity Still Count in Truck Tire Service
By Al Cohn
March 12, 2013
Examining what fleets want - and what they really need - from truck tire service suppliers.
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Why Do My Tires Feel Different?
By Rich Ashley
March 12, 2013
Examining the differences between OE tires and their "exact duplicate" replacements.
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Consistency is Key in Goodyear's 'On Target' Message
By Jim Smith
March 12, 2013
Dealers love consistency from their suppliers, especially if that means no disruptions or other headaches. Consistency was held up as Goodyear's badge of honor at its 2012 dealer conference.
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