Whether you are a fleet of one truck or 10,000 trucks, you might be in for tough times in the foreseeable future. Since tires are one of the highest costs of operating your fleet retreads can play in important part in controlling your tire costs, which translates into keeping more money in your pocket.
Many truckers might have had problems with retreads years ago, but improvements in technology and rubber chemistry has made an enormous difference in today’s high quality retreads. Non-destructive testing methods such as shearography, differometry, X-ray and other systems enable retreaders to give a tire the equivalent of a CAT scan or MRI before proceeding with the retread process. This assures you that the retread you purchase has been carefully inspected and is suitable for another full and productive life.
A very good way to convince yourself that today’s retreads will work for you is to tour a retread plant and see for yourself. We will be happy to arrange a plant tour in your area. Simply contact us at the number or the email address shown below.
FACT: Every major truck tire manufacturer designs their tires for multiple lives. To not take advantage of this fact is to leave money on the table – not a good idea in these uncertain times.
FACT: Fuel-efficient retreads are available in many tread designs to suit your needs. Thanks to application specific tread designs trucking fleets can easily find a tread design to meet the needs of their particular fleets.
FACT: Top quality retreaders will offer a warranty as good and sometimes even better than the best new tire warranties.
FACT: Retreads produced by top quality retreaders will often have an adjustment rate as low or lower than the best new tires.
FACT: Retreads –whether you have your own casings retreaded or if you trade your casings for a retreaded tire from a retreader’s stock – can save your fleet as much as 50% (and sometimes even more!) over the cost of higher priced new tires.
“But are retreads really safe and what about all that rubber on the road?”
These are good questions and the retread industry is happy to answer them.
• The safety of top quality retreads has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by millions of trucks over many billions of miles. This is why nearly every major trucking fleet and commercial airline in the world routinely and safely depends on retreads to keep their costs down without sacrificing safety, performance or handling.
• Rubber on the road, also know as road alligators, is NOT caused by retreads. We can provide interested readers with ample evidence of many studies substantiating this fact. The true cause of rubber on the road is improper tire maintenance. The main culprits are underinflation, overinflation, overloading of vehicles, mismatching of tires on dual wheel positions, improper tire repairs (think plugs without removing the tire from the wheel), tires being driven with less than the legal limit of remaining tread, improperly aligned vehicles, etc. Tires that are improperly maintained WILL fail given enough time, and it doesn’t matter if the tire is a retread or one that has never been in a retread plant.
We are talking about serious money and there has never been a better and more important time to take another look at retreads. You will be glad you did and so will your customer’s bottomline.
