Buying Guide: Tructyre
Treading carefully Tyre maintenance isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’ option – it’s EGPVTCN VQ FG TKUMKPI [QWT ƃGGV RQKPVU QWV 6TWEV[TG TYRE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE Tructyre offers three key services: proactively maintaining tyres, reliably supplying tyres, and quickly coming to customers’ rescue – often at the roadside – in the event of a tyre failure. At first glance, these three services seem to be related only by the heavy commercial vehicles in which Tructyre specialises – trucks, trailers, buses and coaches. But it goes deeper; in proactively maintaining tyres, reliably supplying the right tyres for the vehicle, and responding quickly to any emergencies, Tructyre mitigates the tyre-related threats faced by Britain’s fleets. With commercial tyres, it’s all about the frequency of inspection, as a regular tyre survey will detect wear and defects and identify the precise time when a life-extending service should be deployed. Now and again doesn’t cut it; more often than not, an inconsistent inspection regime will consign a tyre to the scrap pile instead of establishing
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a longer and safer service life through regular inspection and professional tyre maintenance. This not only reduces operating risks and chances of failure in use, but also reduces waste which is good news for the environment. For Tructyre, it all starts with an inspection of the tyres fitted to a fleet of commercial vehicles. It ends with the application of a life-extending, safetyenhancing service. For example: ● Regrooving can yield additional mileage of up to 15%, with no safety compromise and sometimes even an improvement. Some tyre manufacturers estimate that a regrooved tyre is between 20% and 30% more fuel-efficient than a new one.
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● Retreading a tyre can save up to 60kg of carbon dioxide, 68 litres of oil, 30kg of rubber, and 20kg of steel, compared with manufacturing a new tyre. ● Twinning and turning on rim only when necessary extends the service life of the tyre. ● Turning on rim makes for a safer driving experience and maximises the tyre life by an additional 20%. ● Incorrect air pressures can prevent a tyre from reaching its maximum multi-life stage, be that the next regroove or retread. It needs a trained eye to be carefully and regularly inspecting the fleet’s tyres and identifying the precise time to apply life-extending service or the optimum moment to replace a tyre. Tructyre can manage this process. An ongoing programme of maintenance, delivered as part of a Tructyre service package, reduces the chances of a tyre needing to be replaced in a panic at the yard or, worse, at the roadside. For a transport manager or the individual responsible for a commercial fleet, their job as well as their mission could rest on just 1mm of rubber. Tyre maintenance is not an issue to be considered a ‘nice-to-have’. The risks are well established from both a monetary and safeguarding perspective – two sides of the same coin. The question is: has your operation done all it can to de-risk your fleet?
● For more information call 0330 107 0007 or visit tructyre.co.uk
