Choose the tread when you send the casing
A retread is not simply the old tire with new rubber. The tread put on the casing is chosen, and that choice can be different from what the tire had when it was new.
That gives a fleet something new tires rarely do: the chance to fit the tread to how the position is actually used, rather than to how the original buyer guessed it would be.
A highway trailer position usually wants a tread built for even wear and long life on pavement.
A drive position on a unit that leaves the pavement for a quarry, a job site or a dirt road wants a tread with more grip and more resistance to cuts.
A unit that runs a mix wants a tread that compromises sensibly between the two.
If the original tires on a position have been wearing badly or getting cut, the retread is the moment to change that, rather than repeating the same choice on a second life.
Telling the store
When casings go in, say which positions they are for and what those units do, and ask which treads are available for that work. A casing sent in with no information can only be matched to a guess, which may be exactly what was failing.
Where the work happens
This store works with Purcell's retreading program. Casings are collected here in Kingman, retreaded at the Phoenix retread plant, and returned ready to run.
Retreads are easier to manage on a fleet account, and equipment casings from OTR work can be assessed for the same program.
Collecting stores
North Las Vegas and Phoenix Commercial & Consumer also collect casings.
About this store
The Kingman store carries all nine Purcell tire categories and is managed by Kevin White.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.