With a commitment to deliver the best possible tire performance the commercial trucker can expect, Woo Tire Co. provides a customer-centered approach. Woo Tire Co. strategy starts at the end user and gives them Bandag products that are commercially and technically matched to their individual needs. This gives Woo Tire Co. the ability to deliver durability and reliability that is unsurpassed. For most fleets, tires represent the third largest item in their operating budget, right after labor and fuel costs. Fleet managers have found they can reduce their tire costs by at least 50 percent by a retread of their casings at least twice.
Retreads are the replacement tires of choice for most truckers.
Of the 32.2 million replacement tires purchased by fleets last year, 18.7 million were retreads and only about 13.5 million were new replacement tires. Retreads are also environmentally friendly. Tires are basically petro-chemical products. It takes 22 gallons of oil to manufacture one new truck tire. Most of the oil is found in the casing, which is reused in the retread process.