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Articlesby Jim ParkApril 8, 2011

Tire Report: Suspensions & Tire Wear

The knee-bone connects to the leg-bone. The leg-bone connects to the ankle-bone. The axle-bone connects to the wheel-bone, and the wheel-bone connects to the tire-bone … so the song goes, sort of.

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Articlesby Jim ParkMarch 24, 2011

Retreads: Money Saved is Money Earned

Still looking for good reasons to embrace retreaded tires? Have you seen the price of oil lately?

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Articlesby Jim ParkMarch 10, 2011

Making Tires Last

How much are you willing to invest to make your tires last longer? There is no shortage of tools or strategies available to help prolong tire life, and thereby reduce tire costs, but are they worth the effort and expense

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 29, 2010

Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems: No One-Trick Pony

Okay, we know that optimized tire pressure improves tread and casing life (and value too) and can contribute to improved fuel economy.

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 3, 2010

Tire Report: Balancing Act - Why Balance Just Tires?

Try starting a discussion about balancing truck wheels

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 3, 2010

Balancing Act - Why Balance Just Tires? They Are Only One Part Of A Rotating Assembly.

Try starting a discussion about balancing truck wheels. You can just watch the eyeballs rolling backward in their sockets

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ArticlesNovember 30, 2010

Lead Weights On The Way Out

An estimated 2,000 tons of lead tire weights are lost from vehicles each year

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ArticlesNovember 30, 2010

Lead Weights On The Way Out

An estimated 2,000 tons of lead tire weights are lost from vehicles each year

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 2, 2010

Wheel-Ends: Torque Your Nuts

Attaching wheels to a truck hub is serious business. Yet it's not uncommon to see some big bruiser of a mechanic, one foot against the bottom of the tire, whaling away with a 1-inch-drive impact gun driving the wheel nuts home. That's not the right way to do it.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 2, 2010

Tire Report: Wheel-End Problems -- Beyond the Obvious

We focus on tires here, mostly, but wheels and hubs, and the other gear that attaches tires to trucks, deserve attention too. Wheel-ends function as a system:

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