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<p>The Double Coin FT125 Super Wide is available in one size: 445/50R22.5.</p>
December 20, 2011

Double Coin doubles up  

Double Coin Holdings Ltd. and the China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) introduced their FT125 Super Wide low rolling resistant trailer position tire at the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, Nev.

Tags: Double Coin Super Wide, EPA SmartWay, SmartWay

<p>Paul Williams, Continental Tire the Americas LLC&rsquo;s executive vice president for truck tires, addresses the crowd at King Tire&rsquo;s grand re-opening event at the company&rsquo;s Bluefield, W.V. ContiLifeCycle retreading facility. Behind him is Sam King, owner of King Tire &amp; Service. Williams says Continental expects to open more locations soon.</p>
October 20, 2011

King Tire becomes the first U.S. ContiLifeCycle retreader  

King Tire Service Inc., Bluefield, W.V., has reopened the doors of its 25,000-square-foot retread tire facility as the first ContiLifeCycle licensee in the U.S.

Tags: ContiLifeCycle, Continental Tire the Americas LLC, Retreading

<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

<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s more than a mile of copper wire that connects the solar panels to the grid on our retread plant,&rdquo; says Pete Gerry, owner of Pete&rsquo;s Tire Barns, one of the largest commercial tire dealerships in the U.S.</p>
August 29, 2011

Environmentaloly focused  

Pete Gerry, owner of Pete’s Tire Barns Inc. in Orange, Mass., saves more than three million gallons of fuel per year thanks to his company’s green initiatives. He also recycles 360,000 pounds of polyurethane and close to half a million pounds of rubber annually.

Tags: Commercial tire dealers, Going green, Pete's Tire Barns

<p>Wingfoot Truck Care Centers, along with Bosselman Boss Truck Shops, are the first two members of Goodyear&rsquo;s new Uni-Maxx Truck Care network.</p>
August 29, 2011

Goodyear launches truck service network  

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has formed a new on-highway truck service network, Uni-Maxx Truck Care. Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, a Goodyear subsidiary, and Boss Truck Shops Inc., a subsidiary of Bosselman Inc., are the network’s first two members, participating through their on-highway Wingfoot Truck Care Centers and Boss Shops locations.

Tags: commercial tire sales, Goodyear, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Truck care

<p>Well-suited for construction applications, the Hankook Dynapro MT has a zigzag shoulder pattern that delivers good off-road traction.</p>
June 28, 2011

Heavy-duty LT tires  

As the cost of raw materials continues to rise, so do tire prices. Companies and individuals who need trucks to conduct business need to save revenue every way possible. One of those ways is by utilizing light trucks in commercial applications.

Tags: Apollo Vredestein, Continental, Cooper, Goodyear, GT Radial, Hankook, Michelin, Nexen, Toyo, Yokohama

<p>The HDC1 features technologies to reduce stone retention, resulting in fewer casing penetrations.</p>
June 28, 2011

Two new construction tires  

The proof is at the proving grounds. Continental Tire the Americas LLC (CTA) launched two construction tires last month at its Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas. The new medium radial truck tires represent several years of testing at the 5,000-acre facility.

Tags: Construction tires, Continental, Off-road tire

<p><em>&ldquo;Demand for retreading remains very strong,&rdquo; says Richard Brahler II, president of Brahler&rsquo;s Truckers Supply Inc., the 48th largest retreader in the U.S. Equipment upgrades at Brahler&rsquo;s truck tire retread plant in Jacksonville, Ill., will be completed by June. (Pictured at the plant&rsquo;s final pressure inspection station is Clint Monroe.)</em></p>
May 3, 2011

A case for casings  

Truck and OTR tire casings are in short supply, particularly out of Japan. That was the case even before an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country in March. Now, it’s just worse.

Tags: Retreading, Top 100 retreaders

<p>The giant off-the-road tire segment is relegated to only a handful of manufacturers with the resources to build the largest tires on the planet.</p>
May 3, 2011

Giant OTR tires: a true portrait of chaos  

As we noted in the February Commercial Tire Dealer section, the off-the-road tire industry in North America is extremely dependent on the market abroad.

Tags: Kevin Rohlwing, OTR tires

<p>Greg Smith, publisher of <em>Modern Tire Dealer</em>, moderated the OTR panel discussion. Panelists&nbsp;included Shawn Rasey, Bridgestone; Roger Lucas, Michelin; James Wang, Techking; Paul Hawkins, Titan; and Nelson Richards, Yokohama.</p>
May 3, 2011

OTR tires in 2011  

The buzz surrounding this year’s Tire Industry Association Off-The-Road Tire Conference was constant and loud: “What impact will runaway natural rubber prices have on our industry?” This sentiment, whether by the formal speakers or during breaks, was on everyone’s minds.

Tags: OTR Tire Conference, OTR tires

When a 20 repair unit is installed to repair a puncture in the shoulder, the edge of the patch is positioned in the middle of the flex area on the sidewall.
February 15, 2011

Tire restoration  

As it stands today, there are four types of repairs in the commercial truck tire industry: puncture, spot, reinforcement and section.

Tags: commercial tires, Tire repair

February 15, 2011

The chaotic world of OTR tires  

Edward Lorenz was a noted mathematician and meteorologist who pioneered the study of chaos theory. He determined that when complex systems were entirely dependent on initial conditions, such as the weather, even the smallest changes could yield dramatically different results in the end.

Tags: off-the-road tires, OTR tires

Don Nebelsick, co-owner of Don’s Tire & Supply in Abilene, Kan., has been forced to pass extra costs associated with farm tire price hikes to his customers. It hasn’t always been an easy task.
December 17, 2010

Staying power  

Last year was challenging for Don Nebelsick, co-owner of Don’s Tire & Supply, a two-outlet farm tire dealership in Abilene, Kan.

Tags: Ag Tires, Don Nebelsick, Farm tires

Con-Way Truckload in Joplin, Mo., runs X One wide-base tires on all of its 2,700 tractors, says Bruce Stockton, the firm’s vice president of maintenance.
December 17, 2010

One million and counting...  

In just 10 years, the Michelin X One wide-base truck tire has gone from niche product status to widespread, mainstream acceptance, according to Michelin North America Inc. (MNA) officials.

Tags: Michelin, Wide-base truck tires, X One

Marangoni Tread North America’s Madison, Tenn., plant will begin building Unitread products this spring, says CEO Bill Sweatman.
December 17, 2010

'We see a big opportunity'  

Marangoni Tread North America has offered its Unitread flat precure product in North America for years, but only on an import-only basis.

Tags: Marangoni, MTNA, Retreading, Unitread

Sixty percent of a drive tire’s fuel economy is derived from its tread elements, according to Donn Kramer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. director of marketing for commercial tires.
October 15, 2010

The drive (tire) toward fuel economy  

Trends in the medium truck tire market come and go, but the drive to reduce rolling resistance levels is here to stay, says Donn Kramer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. director of marketing for commercial tires.

Tags: commercial tires, Drive tires, Truck tires

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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

“We’re expecting a pretty decent fall season,” says Art LeBlanc, vice president of Pete’s Tire Barns Inc.
August 16, 2010

Proceeding with caution  

Cautiously optimistic is probably the best way to describe the mood of independent commercial truck tire dealers as the domestic truck tire market rumbles into the remaining months of the year.

Tags: Commercial Tire Dealer, Truck tires

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