Commercial Truck Tires

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In the market of all varieties of trucks, the commercial trucks are the highest heavy duty vehicles and therefore automobile part manufacturing companies take special care while developing, manufacturing and post-sell maintenance of commercial truck tires. The after sell care of the tires is a new concept of surviving and expanding business in today’s market of competition. However it was required for the commercial tires.

In US, a ‘gross vehicle weight rating’ (GVWR) method is followed to classify the trucks into eight classes ranging from class 1 to class 8. Thus the commercial trucks are grouped according to their size for the convenience of buyers, users, automobile part manufacturing companies and sellers. The driving license in US also is different for different class of trucks. The drivers must carry a ‘commercial driver’ license while driving class 7 and class 8 trucks.

Some examples of this grouping are - Ford 150, 250 etc are class 1 trucks, Ford 650 and 750 belong to class 2, GMC Sonoma and Canyon are class 3, GMC Sierra 1500-3500 come under class 4, GMC W3500- 6500 are class 5 trucks, GMC 7500 and 8500 are class 6 trucks, Ford E 150-450 trucks are class 7 and GMC’s Safari Cargo, Savana Cargo and Savana Cutaway are class 8 commercial trucks.

Due to this huge variety in functioning and size commercial truck tires also vary according to necessity. As every company has a fixed budget for its transportation purpose, hardly they tend to invest for replacing old tires by new ones which gives a boost to the used and retreaded tire market. To hold a firm grip in such market condition, now-a-days most top truck dealers are giving extended servicing for commercial tires post buying. The Goodyear, Bridgestone etc. are famous for their servicing outlets. Many dealers have found a strategy to live in this market by giving post sell servicing and retread tire business apart from their new tires selling outlets.

Some manufacturers (e.g. ‘Bridgestone Bandag tire solutions’) have started avoiding the ‘use by’ date on commercial truck tires and tire parts. Commercial dealer does not mean only new tire sellers, it also include retread and repairing service providers. The commercial tires are manufactured in special way so that they render safety for long use, durability, heavy load bearing capacity and high speed.

The drivers should maintain commercial truck tires professionally. They are supposed to check the air pressure and inflation per trip daily. Training for effective tire monitoring is available from professional in most places. If a commercial tire is removed from service it is inspected by repair and retread professionals and returned after replacing the scars. This service is provided by the manufacturers. Survey reports have revealed that if properly maintained, commercial truck tires give good service for ten years or more.