The Top 5 Blunders of Tire Dealers
Sponsored content: Having worked with dozens of multi-location tire dealers across the country, Steve Ferrante, CEO of Pinnacle Performance Training, has seen many areas that negatively impact growth and overall business performance. Here, he shares the top five blunders he’s personally witnessed and the recommended changes for each.
How To Fail
Sponsored content: Henry Ford said, “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” With that in mind, CEO of Pinnacle Performance Training, Steve Ferrante, shares six proven ways to lose customers and damage your tire/auto service business.
Training & Performance: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It
Sponsored content: If you don’t measure your employees performance at the point-of-sale then you can’t manage it and improve performance. Ultimately, your business loses sales and profits, stifling your business’s growth.
On the job. On the trail. On the road. The Terra Trac® Series was built for them all.
Hercules’ Terra Trac light truck tires are in heavy demand by drivers whose everyday routine is anything but.
Cost Benefits of a Scheduled Trailer Maintenance Program
Increase uptime and productivity. Improve CSA scores. Spend less time and money coordinating major repairs. As a fleet owner or manager, these goals are often top of mind, but how do you achieve them?
Not All Belts Require an Automatic Tensioner!
Since 2004, automakers have been designing drives using self-tensioning belts. These drives do not have a mechanical tensioner to maintain constant belt tension, and they do not have an adjustment slot that allows belt installation and tensioning.
Tire Maintenance Tips to Help You Roll Through Summer
You may be pumped for summer, but are your tires? As the temperature outside goes up, so does the importance of tire maintenance.
Routine Tire Maintenance and TPMS is Key to Tire Cost Management
Tires play a vital role in operating vehicles, and diligent maintenance is crucial to your safety and your bottom line.
Automotive Belts, While Lasting Longer Than Ever, Still Wear Out Over Time
Belts continue to be one of the most replaced wear items on vehicles today.
Sealing Modern Water Pumps
Over the past 20 years, we have seen water pumps and cooling systems evolve to improve start-up emissions.
Test to Reduce Ignition Repair Time
Most of the time spent on an ignition problem is not the repair itself, it’s diagnosing the misfire code, conducting rounds of trial-and-error repairs and sometimes uninstalling and re-installing ancillary engine components. When a cylinder is not contributing and a misfire begins ticking up consistently, endless things might be the cause. Things like: the injector,
The #1 Cause of Spark Plug Failure
Many factors can cause a spark plug to fail; from incorrect heat ranges to improper gapping, to chemical contamination. Yet 90% of spark plug damage claims are due to improper torque.
