Supply is the Alaska difference
A fleet account anywhere means specifications, scheduling and records. In Alaska it means one thing more, and it is the thing that matters most: knowing which tires are in the state before you need them.
A size that has to come from outside Alaska is not a next-day proposition. An account is how that conversation happens in advance instead of on the morning a truck is loaded and going nowhere.
What the account covers
- Specifications by position and vehicle type, so the same tire goes on every time rather than whatever was to hand.
- Scheduled work, with tires looked at on your calendar instead of on a shoulder.
- Consistent terms, agreed once.
- Records, so tire spend is a number you can read rather than a pile of invoices.
Underneath it sit the services this store performs: 24-hour roadside assistance, heavy-duty truck alignment, car and light truck alignment and tire and wheel balancing.
Who sets one up
There is no minimum. Purcell's commercial locations work on single trucks and on fleets of hundreds, and in Anchorage the typical account is a local business with a handful of working vehicles: freight running to and from the port and the airport, construction and utility fleets, and operations running vans and pickups that cannot sit idle.
The point at which an account starts paying is usually the point at which nobody can say from memory what is fitted to each vehicle.
What to bring to the first conversation
The unit list by type with current tire sizes and positions, where the vehicles are based, what is failing now, how you want to be billed, and who authorizes work at the roadside. The last one saves an argument at 2:00 AM.
About this store
The Anchorage store is a commercial location, open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, managed by Ty Jordan, and it carries seven tire categories. It does no general vehicle repair, so brakes, oil changes and engine work are not part of an account here.
Alaska has no location offering retreading, wheel refurbishing or OTR services. The nearest Purcell retread plant is in Portland, Oregon; ask the store how casings are handled for your account.
Fleet services elsewhere in Alaska
- Fleet Services in Fairbanks, AK, (907) 479-3399.
- Fleet Services in Wasilla, AK, (907) 376-4755, which also carries industrial tires.
See the national fleet services page for the other 46 locations.