Bandag Inc., a leader in the retread industry and truck tire management, says many fleets have implemented stringent casing age limitations that result in leaving a lot of dollars on the out-of- service tire pile.
Some fleets have tire casing age limitations of as little as three or four years.
While intended to increase reliability and uptime, those tighter age specifications have actually served to drastically reduce the number of casings available for retreading and increased tire costs for fleets.
While reliability has to be table stakes for anyone operating a truck, there are ways to meet those reliability goals without tossing casing assets before their true value has been realized.
Industrywide, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars in casings are being scrapped too early.
Those estimates are based on a long-held industry projection that when the original tread is worn off of a quality radial tire, the fleet has only realized about 30 percent of its tire investment.
Multiple retreading is the only way to recover the remainder of that new tire investment. Understanding the economics of tire management, a number of new tire manufacturers have warranted their casings for seven years and two retreadings.
Noel Stineman, Bandag casing analysis engineer, said, “To optimize a fleet’s opportunity to maximize their casing asset recovery, they should look to their local Bandag dealer and the new technology available to inspect casings. Inspecting casings with a Bandag’s 7400 Insight Casing Analyzer, utilizing shearographic technology, is available at most Bandag dealers. Why not take advantage of the investment your tire dealer has already made in this inspection capability rather than throw away perfectly good tire casing assets.”
Stineman said, “Throwing away good retreadable tire casings, simply because they fall out of an arbitrarily established age limit can be extremely costly for a fleet. Fleets with good preventive maintenance practices know they can maximize uptime and vehicle utilization by properly servicing their power equipment and trailers.”
Some fleets have tire casing age limitations of as little as three or four years.
While intended to increase reliability and uptime, those tighter age specifications have actually served to drastically reduce the number of casings available for retreading and increased tire costs for fleets.
While reliability has to be table stakes for anyone operating a truck, there are ways to meet those reliability goals without tossing casing assets before their true value has been realized.
Industrywide, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars in casings are being scrapped too early.
Those estimates are based on a long-held industry projection that when the original tread is worn off of a quality radial tire, the fleet has only realized about 30 percent of its tire investment.
Multiple retreading is the only way to recover the remainder of that new tire investment. Understanding the economics of tire management, a number of new tire manufacturers have warranted their casings for seven years and two retreadings.
Noel Stineman, Bandag casing analysis engineer, said, “To optimize a fleet’s opportunity to maximize their casing asset recovery, they should look to their local Bandag dealer and the new technology available to inspect casings. Inspecting casings with a Bandag’s 7400 Insight Casing Analyzer, utilizing shearographic technology, is available at most Bandag dealers. Why not take advantage of the investment your tire dealer has already made in this inspection capability rather than throw away perfectly good tire casing assets.”
Stineman said, “Throwing away good retreadable tire casings, simply because they fall out of an arbitrarily established age limit can be extremely costly for a fleet. Fleets with good preventive maintenance practices know they can maximize uptime and vehicle utilization by properly servicing their power equipment and trailers.”
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