Roadway will pay an undisclosed per-mile fee for the service. Tire companies want to tie up the fleet customer, she said. They want all the business that relates to tires the maintenance, the service. That s the trend now. Tire failure its impact on service and the cost of emergency repairs is the biggest issue for most trucking companies, Fisher said.
Fleets are also concerned about durability, cost per mile and fuel economy.
The best way to prevent tire failure is an inspection of tires and air pressures before each trip. If you keep proper inflation, most problems go away, Fisher said. Most fleets have good scheduled maintenance, but in between, they have problems. Fleets fail to pick out tires that have been cut, punctured or have other problems that will fail tires on-route and result in an emergency road call. For the full story, see the April 5 print edition of Transport Topics.