Category: Wheels & Tires

Love’s Travel Stops opens tire retread plant in El Reno, Oklahoma

Love’s Travel Stops opens tire retread plant in El Reno, Oklahoma

| August 11, 2021

Location is also a distribution center allowing direct point of sales to customers Love’s Travel Stops has opened a tire retread plant and distribution center in El Reno, Oklahoma. The 220,000-square-foot facility doubles the size of the one it replaces in Grand Prairie, Texas, allowing Love’s Truck Care and Speedco to increase capacity and better […]

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McDermott Awarded FEED Contract for Waste Tire Recycling Project

McDermott Awarded FEED Contract for Waste Tire Recycling Project

| August 9, 2021

Michelin’s first new generation of tire recycling plant McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from the Michelin Group in France for an innovative waste tire technology enabling large-scale production of recycled carbon black—a key ingredient in advancing the next generation of sustainable tires. This award follows a similar FEED […]

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Boss Truck Shop Joins Hyundai Translead Preferred Service Provider Program

Boss Truck Shop Joins Hyundai Translead Preferred Service Provider Program

| August 4, 2021

Hyundai Translead is one of North America’s leading trailer manufacturers Boss Shop, Inc. has joined Hyundai Translead’s Preferred Service Provider (PSP) program. Hyundai Translead is one of North America’s leading trailer manufacturers, and Boss Truck Shops throughout the U.S. will now offer maintenance and warranty services to Hyundai’s trailer customers. “We’re excited to partner with such a great trucking […]

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Michelin Implements Price Increase Across Passenger Brands and Commercial Offers in North American Market

Michelin Implements Price Increase Across Passenger Brands and Commercial Offers in North American Market

| August 3, 2021

Details will be presented to dealers, fleets, end-users and commercial equipment manufacturers by Aug. 16 Michelin North America, Inc., has announced price increases up to 8% on select MICHELIN®, BFGOODRICH® and UNIROYAL® passenger and light truck replacement tires, up to 4% on motorcycle tires, and up to 14% on both on- and off-road commercial tire offers due to […]

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Goodyear Expands RH-4A+ Lineup To Include 40.00r57

Goodyear Expands RH-4A+ Lineup To Include 40.00r57

| July 30, 2021

The RH-4A+ is Goodyear’s best haulage tire for long hours to removal in hard rock underfoot conditions and is now available in 40.00R57 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announces a new size, 40.00R57, to the Goodyear RH-4A+ tire lineup. With the initial launch last fall, the RH-4A+ is engineered to deliver a […]

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Inspectors Remove More Than 1,200 Commercial Vehicles With Brake Violations During CVSA’s Unannounced Brake Safety Day

Inspectors Remove More Than 1,200 Commercial Vehicles With Brake Violations During CVSA’s Unannounced Brake Safety Day

| July 20, 2021

Six jurisdictions from Canada, 42 U.S. jurisdictions, and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and National Guard participated Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 10,091 inspections and placed 1,273 vehicles out of service for brake-related critical vehicle inspection items on May 26. Inspectors tracked and reported this data to the Commercial Vehicle […]

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