Best Practices: Basics of Fleet Tire Maintenance Will Keep Customers Truckin’
Best Practices Basics of Fleet Tire Maintenance Will Keep Customers Truckin’ Even in these booming economic times, when the trucking industry appears to be spending more money on new equipment and tires, truck fleets are still looking to squeeze every penny out of their tire investments. A good truck fleet will buy the best tires
What’s the Real Value?: Methods Vary, But Calculating the Cost/Value of Truck Tires is Key
What’s the Real Value? Methods Vary, But Calculating the Cost/Value of Truck Tires is Key Finding ways to save money is important to any business. No owner wants to see more money going out the door than is coming in. Commercial fleets are no different. The costs of equipment, salaries and repairs can be high,
Dealer Diary:Capital-izing on Service
Capital-izing on Service Dealer Name: Sparks Commercial TireLocation: Findlay, OHYears in Operation: 13Number of Employees: 20Repair Specialty: Brakes and springsAverage Number of Repair Orders per week: 105Tire/Service Sales mix: 80 percent tires This is the seventh installment of Tire Review’s Dealer Diary, a year-long series showcasing a typical tire dealer, his business, how he runs
Industry Report
Michelin signs eight more retreaders, now claims 38
The Big Hole in the Ground
They came from all over the country to discuss the industry, meet friends and look at a giant hole in the ground. But more importantly, they came in record numbers.
The Retreading Market: Plants More Productive, But Pressures Putting the Squeeze On
The Retreading Market Plants More Productive, But Pressures Putting the Squeeze On Retreading has been an integral part of the tire industry and American life for over 100 years. From the earliest days of steel-studded leather bands to the first true mold-cure retreading to the innovation of precure treads, and through the necessity brought on
Bringing You the Best – Brick by Brick
I learned a long time ago that when you ask an honest question you should expect an honest answer. Especially if it’s about something the person you’re speaking with truly values.The whirlwind of dealer and industry meetings over the past few months has given me the opportunity to renew old friendships and meet a lot
Bright Future Ahead?
Bright Future Ahead? It’s easy to forget sometimes that private branders even exist. They are rarely involved in controversy, are often not thought of as being on the cutting edge, and, for the most part, seem to remain in the background of a very public industry. But nothing could be further from the truth. Some
Dealer Diary: Employees Benefit
Employees Benefit ‘The employees absolutely get along with each other. They’re friends.’This is the fifth installment of Tire Review’s Dealer Diary, a year-long series showcasing a typical tire dealer, his business, how he runs it, the many issues he deals with, and his thoughts on the industry in general.This year, our Dealer Diary series, written
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Changing of the GuardDavid Poisson Resigns from TANA; Heads To Private Sector Job