Tires are a major expense for truck fleets. Replacement tires are often the second-highest expense after fuel. But there are strategies to make tires last longer, reducing the expense to replace them.

Before non-destructive testing came on the scene some years ago, the best and most dedicated inspectors in a retread plant could only inspect tires visually. While they might have had the brightest ...

Retreading tires is not new. The process dates back more than 100 years. In 1912, Martin Oliver developed and patented a tire retreading method: pre-cured treads. Today, 89% of fleets with 500 or more ...

Snider Tire has opened its sixth Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) retread plant. The new facility is located at company headquarters in Greensboro, NC, and includes the latest in MRT technologies, ...

As automakers roll out bigger and bigger pickup trucks, many ranchers are getting frustrated with the growing price tag of the tires that support them. Enter retread tires, which manufacturers say can ...

This story appears in the May 26 print edition of Transport Topics. As fuel prices have skyrocketed, trucking companies have been forced to look closer at other parts of their businesses to trim costs ...

•Retreading contributes to the productive life cycle of a tire using fewer materials•Less energy is required to build a retread tire•Conti Urban an urban concept tire will be retreadable Tire Retread ...

TravelCenters of America last week opened a new facility in Ohio that produces and sells Goodyear retread tires. The TA Commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, is a ...