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Goodyear Launches Enhanced EMTrack OTR Tire Performance Monitoring System

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has launched an enhanced version of its EMTrack OTR tire monitoring system, available to Goodyear customers worldwide.

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Two New Sizes for Conti Earthmover Tires

Continental is rounding out its earthmover line with two new sizes of ME-Master E4/L4 tires.

Specialty Trailer Tires: Towing in More Revenue

The U.S. is currently experiencing a strong economy, which goes hand in hand with the sale of specialty trailer tires, aka special trailer or ST tires.

Selecting the Best Winter Grader Tire

Believe it or not, winter weather is not far off. Even though the temperature is warm where you are, snow is starting to be mentioned in many weather forecasts around the country.

Solid Tires for Underground Mining Operations

I’m constantly asked about placing a different tire into an application that has been running on one type of product for years. Sometimes the new approach is a good idea and making the change will cost the customer less over time. The hardest part is getting the customer to support and buy into the change.

Selecting the Correct Off-the-Road Tire

After many years of a slow off-the-road tire market, there seems to be a lot more positive activity.

Continued Growth

What is the American dream? There’s something about an election year that evokes such existential questions. Is it an innate desire to lead a better life than our parents? What’s our purpose? Maybe it’s just to be happy, but I think it goes deeper than that. Since the beginning of recorded humanity, we’ve progressed and

Changing Aspect Ratios of OTR Tires

The tire industry has seen a lot of changes over the years, especially in the auto, light truck and medium truck side of the business. Many of these changes improve performance and change the characteristics of a vehicle. On the OTR side, there have not been many changes over the years except the move from

Tapping a New Market

For some consumers, all-terrain vehicles and utility-terrain vehicles represent a fun weekend riding on the trails. For others, ATVs and UTVs represent a hard-working machine that gets the job done. For tire dealers, the ATV/UTV market represents an opportunity to service another tire customer. “The market has rebounded well since the economy worries in the

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Ag Tires: Looking Ahead

Have you ever looked back at your high school yearbook? Look at yourself, all young and full of hope, maybe a little naïve about life. Look at that hair! Look at what you were wearing! What were you thinking? Don’t worry. I’m not singling you out. We were all there with you. In the ’70s,

Expanding Your Reach

The skid steer tire market is a large segment that is often overlooked by tire dealers. According to the experts, this is a mistake that could be harming a dealership’s bottom line. “Sometimes [a dealer’s] sales staff may walk right by a skid steer if they are focused only on selling the fleet their commercial

The Formula for Success

I’ve always been pretty terrible with numbers. Some people are born with that gene and some aren’t lucky enough to inherit those analytical skills. I’m unfortunately part of the latter group and understanding even simple arithmetic always evaded me. In college, I failed Accounting 101,  twice. Luckily, third time was the charm. Grad school hasn’t