Eight independent tire dealers form Tire Centers LLC's new T3 Dealer Advisory Council.
The dealers will work with Tire Centers' management on both short- and long-term strategies for the T3 program. The dealers are:
* Bill Ross, Fishkill Tire, Fishkill, N.Y.
* Ray Hamel, Hamel's Tire Center, Cumberland, R.I.
* Joe Johnson, Laminack Tire, Grand, Texas.
* Jeff Pohlman, Jeff Pohlman Tire, Hamilton, Ohio.
* Rob Pickrell, Royal Tire, Wichita, Kan.
* Mark Rinderle, Rinderle Tire, Neosho, Wis.
* Ron Hammers, Hammers' Tire, LaSalle, Ill.
* Larry Elliott, Shamrock Tire Center, Independence, Mo.
"The T3 Dealer Advisory Council will supply us with day-to-day information about what is happening in the field and what we need to do to stay ahead of the market curve," says Dave Snyder, vice president, small tire marketing and sales for Tire Centers.
