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<p>Parkhouse Tire used to have eight retread plants. Now it has two. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m retreading more tires today than I ever have,&rdquo; says Jim Parkhouse. &ldquo;More and more of us are (retreading in) mega shops.&rdquo; (Pictured is tire builder Gualmer Chuc in the Bell Gardens facility.)</p>
October 19, 2011

Cream of the crop in the U.S.  

After 12 years of annually listing the top independent commercial truck tire dealers in the United States, we decided to tweak this year’s chart.

Tags: Medium truck tires, Retreading, Top 25 Commercial Tire Dealers List

<p>Here is an example where the injuries are in the crown area, but they are so close to each other that the repairs unit would have to overlap. In this instance the driver got lucky because the tread eventually wore out. If this tire had failed, these repairs would probably be blamed.</p>
October 19, 2011

Knowing what not to repair  

Nobody wants to tell a customer that a flat tire with good tread depth is junk. In fact, most drivers will accept any repair as long as the tire holds air long enough for them to get back on the road. They will even promise to get it changed out as soon as they get home, but usually return weeks later with the same tire in the same position and a mysterious case of temporary amnesia.

Tags: Kevin Rohlwing, Medium truck tires, Tire repair

<p>The newest fleetHQ Wingfoot Truck Care Center opened in August in Baytown, Texas. There are 38 fleetHQ outlets.</p>
October 19, 2011

fleetHQ milestone: half a million trucks serviced  

Since its inception three years ago, Goodyear’s fleetHQ program has serviced 500,000 trucks. Half of them have been this year alone thanks to record summer temperatures that averaged into the high-90s in many parts of the U.S.

Tags: Goodyear fleetHQ, Medium truck tires, Truck tires

Continental Tire the Americas LLC is revamping its General medium truck tire line with new products.
October 15, 2010

Extreme makeover  

The General medium truck tire brand is receiving a new identity and several new products thanks to a big rebranding push by parent company Continental Tire the Americas LLC (CTA).

Tags: Continental, General, Medium truck tires, Truck tires

Hankook Tire America Corp. displayed this wide-base prototype at the Great West Truck Show this past June. Hankook plans to offer a wide-base truck tire for both the drive and trailer positions.
August 12, 2009

Truck tire ramp-up  

Over the last several years, Hankook Tire America Corp. has made a concerted effort to ramp up its medium truck tire business. The company has introduced new products and expanded its sales force. And on the distribution side, it has shifted from a container-based system to a warehouse-based system in an effort to improve service to dealers.

Tags: Hankook, Medium truck tires

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