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Plus Sizing Perils: TPMS Adds More Complexity to Aftermarket Tire/Wheel Installation

Over the next couple of months, I’ll be tackling the issue of how tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) affect the aftermarket and discussing strategies that can help tire dealers protect themselves and their customers. First off, what does NHTSA say about TPMS and aftermarket tire and wheel installation? Here is the excerpt from the latest

Growth Opportunities Still Require Vigilance

Lately, there has been a lot of information about the influx of new equipment to the trucking industry. The combination of more stringent 2007 federal emissions requirements and a generally healthy freight volume have produced robust new vehicle orders for both power units and trailers. Certainly, some of these truck orders reflect a pre-buy to

Selling Safety: Security, Fuel Economy Benefits May Help Consumers Understand TPMS

There’s an old television commercial that starts: “How do you spell relief?” Thinking about tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) instead of stomachs, a tire dealer might ask himself or herself: “How do I spell opportunity?” Try S-A-F-E-T-Y! That’s some of the philosophy being used as a selling tool for TPMS by Mountain View Tire and

Same But Different: Commercial Light Truck Tire Features Changing; Customer Concerns Steady

A decade ago, you could cover 80% or more of the commercial light truck tire market with six sizes, all of them 16 inches. “That is changing,” says John Soule, manager of Michelin brand light truck tires at Michelin North America (MNA). “We are now in the middle of a sizing transition that is bringing

Tread Talk: Worn Tires Have a Lot to Say – If You Know How to Listen

What happens when you turn on your TV set? Within 30 minutes, some health nut is telling you to listen to your body. “Your body will tell you what to do,” says an artificially tanned head on a rippling, hard body. Trouble is, our bodies are crying out for pizza, desserts and other cholesterol-choked foods.

New and Improved: New Rides Rolling Off the Lots Bring New Bolt Patterns and Offsets

Based on the tremendous response we received from the Performance Training Guide launched in May, we’ve developed another unique tool designed to give you a winning edge. Starting this month, and appearing semi-annually, I’ll be covering new vehicle and wheel applications data that will help you get the most from your sales and installation team.

Don’t Miss the Fine Points

The words “training” and “safety” should be closer in the dictionary, since training creates knowledge of new information, and information is the key to safety. This is especially true in a workplace where mechanical items, specialized tools, and a wide variety of equipment is routinely encountered. Trucks and their subsystems, including tires and wheels, provide

Information Overload?: New Data Collection Tools Can Help Dealers – But at a Price

When a telephone installer in Canton, Ohio, leaves his service truck, his boss back at headquarters knows. If the installer moves more than 100 yards from his truck, the boss knows that, too. If that installer checks out his son’s baseball game, the boss can ‘see’ the company’s service truck parked at the ball field,

Price of Progress: Emerging Trends Heating Up Commercial Tire/Wheel Assemblies

All good tire people know that proper inflation is the lifeblood of tire durability. It’s often taken for granted that modern radials, when properly maintained, perform admirably in demanding high-speed, line-haul service. That hasn’t always been the case, however, as some of the more experienced (read: older) maintenance managers might recall. In the latter days

Two of a Kind: Mixing Sizes, Construction Leads to Trailer, Dually Disasters

Why do people seem to lose their ability to reason when selecting tires for trailers and dually trucks? Since tire manufacturers build a specific tire designated as ST – Special Trailer – it is reasonable to assume that they did so for a purpose. Maybe to keep the scene depicted below from happening? Take a

Anatomy of a Steer Tire and Ways to Improve Mileage

Steer tires typically receive a lot of attention from fleets and drivers. Certainly, these tires have a huge impact when it comes to driver comfort and road noise, but their weight-bearing abilities are more of a concern. These tires usually carry more load than any other tire on the vehicle. An individual drive or trailer

Stretching Those Tire Dollars

The best way for any fleet to keep operating costs down is to manage tires. After fuel, tires are a fleet’s largest expenditure. Yet so many fleets tend to under-budget and under-manage this cost center. In fact, many fleets still treat tire management as an entry-level position and appoint the newest, least-experienced technicians to handle