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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Still looking for good reasons to embrace retreaded tires? Have you seen the price of oil lately?
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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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Okay, we know that optimized tire pressure improves tread and casing life (and value too) and can contribute to improved fuel economy.
Read More →Try starting a discussion about balancing truck wheels
Read More →Try starting a discussion about balancing truck wheels. You can just watch the eyeballs rolling backward in their sockets
Read More →An estimated 2,000 tons of lead tire weights are lost from vehicles each year
Read More →An estimated 2,000 tons of lead tire weights are lost from vehicles each year
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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.
Read More →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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