- Tire Tread Awareness: What Causes Wear Where?
2016-02-18
Tire Tread Awareness: What Causes Wear Where?
- Preventing Summer Heat Tire Blowouts on the Road
2015-07-28
Hot weather can sometimes be harder on your truck that cold weather and we need to know the tips for keeping our trucks safe for us and other drivers. With temperatures rising, the heat can be bad for our tires. If you add high temperatures to increased friction, high speeds, and turning corners on hot asphalt, this can cause your tire to heat beyond the recommended temperature, potentially causing a blowout. A tire blowout not only affects us, but can affect those around us, too.
- Trucker to Trucker Tips: Trucker Tire Safety Reminders
2015-07-14
Commission, approximately 95,000 people suffered injuries and 3,964 were killed from accidents involving large trucks in 2013. Although some accidents were linked to bad drivers on suspended licenses, mental impairment and other drivers, some of these accidents involved trucks that did not have safe tires.
- Trucker Safety Tips: Time to Check Out Your Tires
2015-04-30
Being away from your family, dealing with traffic, and getting blamed for the screw-ups of shippers and receivers can easily distract you from the importance of monitoring your tires. In addition to being a major safety issue, under-inflated tires don't last as long, and increase the cost for fuel and other maintenance issues.
- New App From BF Goodrich Makes It Easy for Truckers
2015-04-16
When a tire blowout ruins your day on the road, wouldn't it be nice if you could just press a button and fix everything? That's the idea behind the truck tire locator app from BFGoodrich. The app does plenty more than just find commercial truck tires, too. You can search for towing, tire inspections, oil & lube, and other kinds of service centers nearby.
- Place a "Want to Buy Ad" That's Totally Free!
2015-01-01
If you're in the market for commercial trucks, trailers, equipment, or parts, you now have an easy way to get sellers to come to you. The best part, it won't cost you a thing! All you need to do is place a Want to Buy Ad on our Trucker to Trucker website, and wait for someone to contact you about having what you need.
- Liquitube Flatproofs Trucking Tires
2014-04-25
Liquitube Flatproofs Trucking Tires. Eliminates Tire Headaches. Bolsters the Bottom Line. LiquiTube Premium Tire Sealant is changing the game when it comes to trucking tires. Flatproofing tires with LiquiTube is like buying tire insurance. But the benefits are immediate.
- Truck Tire News Roundup
2014-03-13
Check out the latest developments in heavy-duty truck tires. These innovative new products offer owner-operators and fleets considerable benefits in fuel economy, safety, tire life and durability.
- Are You a 'Thumper'?
2013-05-31
Despite the fact that tire inflation is one of the most important factors determining the life of a tire and ensuring optimum fuel economy, many drivers neglect their duty when it comes to regular checks of tire air pressure.
- Inspection Blitz is Coming: Are You Prepared?
2013-05-06
Every year the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) holds a 72-hour truck inspection blitz throughout the U.S. from Canada to Mexico where they inspect approximately 14 trucks a minute or more than 4,440 vehicles an hour over the course of three days.
- Preventing Highway 'Gators' That Give Trucking A Black Eye
2013-04-29
Highway "alligators," those strips of tread strewn along our nation's highw, ays, give trucking an undeserved black eye with the motoring public and also represent a huge loss to the trucking business, in terms of increased costs.
- What You Don't Know About Tires Can Hurt Fuel Economy
2013-04-17
Aerodynamics, engines, speed, idling, vehicle weight, these are all things that come to top of mind when considering improving fuel economy on heavy trucks. But there's another component on the truck that plays a critical role in fuel economy that is sometimes overlooked when pondering the fuel economy equation.
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2012 Highway Hero Award
2012-11-05
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is currently accepting nominations for their 2012 Highway Hero Award. Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2013. You can go to http://www.goodeartrucktires.com to fill out a nomination form online.
- Michelin Tire Company Invents a Tire That Does Not Require Air
2012-05-17
One of the companies well known for its tires is Michelin. The headquarters of this company is located in France but it has plants in Germany, Spain, the USA, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Japan, Thailand, Italy and other countries.
- Making More Money Using Super Single Tires on Trucks and Trailers
2012-04-20
For years, truckers have used the conventional dual tires on their wheels. A huge change has been introduced by Michelin North America with their X One XDA Super wide Energy truck tires. There are a number of things that make this an exciting addition to the trucking industry.
- 3 Safety Tips For Dump Trailer Drivers
2011-07-20
Hauling a dump trailer can be a rather arduous process for even an experienced operator. The varying center of gravity that you run into while dumping can cause problems if it is not correctly accounted for in a safe fashion. The following tips are culled from industry resources and experienced dump trailer operators to keep you safe and on the road.
- To Cap or Not to Cap
2010-05-10
Information on using retreaded tires and helpful information about the safety. Retreading can be a big money saver, but...
- Balancing Tires the Easy Way
2009-09-29
Dynabeads are the easy way to continually balance your truck tires as you drive down the road.
- Nitrogen in Tires - Any Truckers Using Nitrogen?
2008-03-17
Nitrogen in tires has been touted as the cure for under inflation because it will not seep out of tires as readily as oxygen.