Tructyre

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

● Retreading a tyre can save up to 60kg Treading carefully 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.Tyre maintenance isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’ option – it’s ● Turning on rim makes for a safer driving experience and maximises the tyre life by an additional 20%. ● Incorrect air pressures can prevent a a longer and safer service life through tyre from reaching its maximum multi-life regular inspection and professional tyre stage, be that the next regroove or retread. maintenance. This not only reduces It needs a trained eye to be carefully operating risks and chances of failure in and regularly inspecting the fleet’s tyres use, but also reduces waste which is good and identifying the precise time to apply news for the environment. life-extending service or the optimum For Tructyre, it all starts with an moment to replace a tyre. Tructyre can inspection of the tyres fitted to a fleet manage this process. of commercial vehicles. It ends with the An ongoing programme of application of a life-extending, safety- maintenance, delivered as part of a enhancing service. For example: Tructyre service package, reduces the ● Regrooving can yield additional chances of a tyre needing to be replaced mileage of up to 15%, with no safety in a panic at the yard or, worse, at the compromise and sometimes even an roadside. improvement. Some tyre manufacturers For a transport manager or the estimate that a regrooved tyre is between individual responsible for a commercial 20% and 30% more fuel-efficient than a fleet, their job as well as their mission new one. 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

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