Fleet Tire Maintenance and Repair Tips: Keep Your Trucks Confidently Rolling

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Build a Daily Tire Inspection Habit

Start at the driver’s front and move clockwise, checking inflation, tread depth, valve stems, caps, and any embedded debris. Listen for leaks, feel for heat, and note mismatched wear. Comment with your favorite quick checks, and subscribe for our printable daily checklist.

Build a Daily Tire Inspection Habit

Feathering hints at alignment, shoulder wear screams low pressure or overloading, and center wear suggests overinflation. Track patterns by axle and position to catch root causes early. Share a photo of your latest wear mystery, and we’ll decode it in a future post.

Build a Daily Tire Inspection Habit

Record findings immediately with tire position, measurement, and a simple urgency code. Pair notes with odometer readings to spot trends by route. Tell us what app or template you use, and we’ll feature the most effective systems for fleets of any size.

Master Tire Pressure for Performance and Safety

Use manufacturer load tables to match PSI to actual weight, not guesses. Every 10 psi underinflated can trim tread life and fuel efficiency noticeably. Comment with your typical loads and lanes, and we’ll suggest a baseline strategy you can test next week.

Repair or Replace? Decide with Confidence

Punctures within the tread, typically up to a quarter inch, can often be patch-plug repaired if inspected internally and the casing is sound. Share your success rate with tread repairs, and subscribe for our step-by-step repair checklist used by veteran techs.

Repair or Replace? Decide with Confidence

Sidewall or shoulder injuries, exposed belts, or impact breaks are red flags that usually demand replacement. Teach teams the absolute “do not repair” conditions. Comment with edge cases you’ve seen, and we’ll ask experts to weigh in with safe, repeatable rules.

Base intervals on measured wear differentials, not calendar guesses. Drive axles, trailers, and steer positions wear differently. Share your rotation schedule and why it works, and we’ll compare strategies from regional, long-haul, and mixed-use fleets.

Use tread clues and pulling feedback to trigger alignments before they become costly. Verify with laser or digital systems, and recheck after component changes. Tell us your alignment success story, and help other fleets banish feathering for good.

Static weights, dynamic balancing, or internal compounds each have trade-offs for routes and speeds. Test, measure vibration, and track driver feedback. Comment which method you trust and why, and subscribe for our field-tested comparison report.

Spec, Store, and Track Tires Like Assets

Pick brands and models known for multiple retread cycles and consistent bead integrity. Match tread designs to braking, turning, and surface conditions. Share your best casing performers, and we’ll publish a community-sourced shortlist worth testing.

People First: Training that Changes Outcomes

One driver caught a hissing valve core during a rain check at dawn, flagged maintenance, and avoided a roadside shutdown on a tight delivery. Share your close call that turned into a win, and inspire others to trust their instincts and training.

People First: Training that Changes Outcomes

Provide accurate gauges, calibrated torque wrenches, safe jacks, valve tools, and patch-plug kits. Train for correct torque and re-torque intervals. Post your must-have tools, and subscribe for our vetted equipment list tailored to different fleet sizes.

Roadside Realities: Your Emergency Playbook

Safety choreography on the shoulder

Signal early, find maximum separation from traffic, set triangles correctly, and wear high-visibility gear. Keep communication tight and clear. Share your standard call tree, and subscribe to get our one-page roadside safety card for glove boxes.

Temporary repairs done right and retorqued

Use temp fixes only to reach safe service, follow torque specs, and always re-torque after the first 50 to 100 miles. What’s your protocol? Tell us, and we’ll compile a checklist that balances speed, safety, and warranty compliance.