Tire Dealer Profile Study
Profits Still Key: Prices and Margins Both Higher vs. 1999
Filling the Void
Filling the Void Performing section repairs on agricultural tires – bias or radial ®“ is relatively simple. But because it’s a lengthy and painstaking process, there are many opportunities for error.Ag tires, which include farm tractor and implement tires, logger and skidder units, and high flotation utility tires, are required to carry heavy loads while dispersing
Step by Step: Cooper Will Keep Focus While Tackling Truck Tire Market
Quiet, unassuming, close-to-the-vest, Larry Enders is a perfect fit with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Now president of Cooper’s recently formed commercial tire division, the 38-year Standard Products veteran and former head of Oliver Retreading Systems sat down with Tire Review in his Findlay, Ohio, office to talk about how his division is going to
School Bus Tires and Basic Lesson Plans
School Bus Tires and Basic Lesson Plans June has arrived and the first year of the new century is passing quickly in the history books. At this point back in 1901, there were few – dare we say none ®“ alternatives to walking, riding horseback, or hitching a wagon ride to the old schoolhouse. It’s
Get More ‘Sell’: Prepared and Creative Sales Team Can Conquer Objections and Add Sales
Get More ‘Sell’ Prepared and Creative Sales Team Can Conquer Objections and Add Sales You probably spend plenty of effort and money on advertising, signage, business location and inventory breadth. All this is designed to attract prospects. So everyone coming through your door represents an investment, and those walking back out without buying is an
Will the Real Cost-Per-Mile Step Forward?
h3>Blame the Bean Counters Why, then, is there such great disparity in total tire costs cited by various fleet managers? The most obvious answer is that not everyone does an equally outstanding job of addressing, or executing, the basics. Larger differences, however, can run much deeper and in most instances can be traced to –
Sonic Bust
Sonic Bust Can we rebound form a speed-of-sound decline? It’s fair to say the medium truck tire market is sagging. Stagnant at best. Fleets are filing Chapter 7 and 11 at a record pace. There is a surplus of used trucks just waiting to be bought. Production of new trucks is at a trickle.
State of The Union: Low Cost Radials, consolidations, Economy Hurting Retread Industry
State of The Union Low Cost Radials, consolidations, Economy Hurting Retread Industry Developing a forecast for the tire and retread industries for this year has been like trying to forecast the stock market. I can only hope that my industry forecast and report will be more accurate than my stock market judgments over the last
Dealer Diary: Getting It Right
Getting It Right For the past two years, Tire Review has brought you Dealer Diary, a monthly series that focuses on typical tire dealers and the ins and outs of their business.Dave Schardt, president of The Wheel Source in Dayton, Ohio, has made custom wheels his primary focus through both a retail store in Dayton
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OSHA Ergo Regs Removed, May Be Reworked