Study to Achieve Maximum Tire Hours for OTR Customers
Summer is a great time of year for vacations, family gatherings and closely monitoring your customer’s OTR tires. With more demand on your time, sometimes it is easy to let the site inspections and air pressure checks slide. This is when trouble will start for many customers, even though they may not see the negative
New Combine-Specific Radial from Michelin
Michelin North America said engineered its new Michelin CerexBib radial is the industry’s first combine-specific radial “engineered specifically to deliver high-flexion capabilities while handling the cyclic loading and off-loading required from combines.” Launched in seven sizes at the recent National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, the CereBib features the tiremaker’s Ultraflex technologies that help reduce
Goodyear Names Highway Hero Award Finalists
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has announced the finalists for its 29th annual North America Highway Hero Award.
Inspecting Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts are simple devices. Their function is to dampen the movement of the springs, suspension and vehicle pitch. This means that as the spring is compressed, the movement is not sudden and when the energy or movement is released, it is not overpowering. For the most part, the suspension handles the best when
Live at SEMA: Hennessy Adds New Equipment
Hennessy Industries introduced two new pieces of dealership equipment at the SEMA Show/Global Tire Expo. New are the Coats EL-X Express Lane Inflation System and the Coats Pro-Ride Diagnostic Wheel Balancer. By making tire inflation a separate part of the process, the EL-X Express Lane Inflation System promises to save up to 20% of techncian
Balance Compounds Help Make Tires a Sound Investment
No-brainers are sometimes hard to recognize, but manufacturers of truck tire internal balancing materials believe they make a solid case for tire dealers and fleet owners to use their products. It’s no secret that a balanced tire is a happy tire. Additionally, commercial fleet operators seem pleased with performance reports for rigs outfitted with properly
Tire Dealers Must Stand Ready to Help Fleets Meet CSA Regulations
Commercial trucking fleets are spending a lot of time these days trying to meet all of the rules and regulations in FMCSA’s rollout of CSA (Compliance, Safety & Accountability), which officially began December 2010. Tire dealers need to take the time to understand the newest government safety improvement program for commercial vehicles. Fleets and drivers
Tires: Assets or Expense?
The life-cycle cost approach to tire management isn’t new to commercial trucking fleets. Manufacturers have been preaching this for years as a way to quantify the benefits of purchasing premium tires – with premium casings – as justification for the higher initial expense of top quality tires. Mostly, this scenario is built around retreading as
Latest Heavy-Duty Balancer From Hennessy
Hennessy Industries’ Coats brand announced a new direct-drive wheel balancer, the 6450-3D, designed to quickly and accurately balance heavy-duty truck tires. Features include a one-touch automatic data entry system for all three parameters, a patented Stop and Lock feature that holds the wheel in place until the weight is installed, and an auto-indexing feature that
Hennessy Adds New Heavy Duty Service Balancer
Hennessy Industries has launched a new heavy-duty wheel balancer – the Coats 6450-3D – which the company said was "designed to quickly and accurately balance the most demanding heavy-duty truck tires." The direct drive 6450-3D is based on the Coats 6401, said Hennessy, but adds several features from the popular Coats 1250-3D model, including one-touch