Who this is for
Mining fleet services is written for operations where tires are a line item with its own budget: mines and quarries, heavy civil contractors, and plants running haul trucks, loaders and graders through full shifts. The customer is usually a maintenance lead or a site manager who already knows what a tire costs per hour, and who needs that number to come down without the equipment stopping.
Tucson is one of three Arizona locations offering this service, alongside Phoenix and Yuma.
What a mining tire program covers
A program is the difference between buying tires and managing them. Working with the Tucson store, that covers:
- Supply. OTR tires, industrial tires and tracks are all carried at this store, which carries every one of Purcell's nine tire categories.
- Fitting and change-outs, scheduled so the machine is down when you planned it rather than when the tire decided.
- Inspection, so a casing is pulled while it is still worth saving.
- Repair and retreading, through the Purcell program and the retread plant in Phoenix.
- Wheel work. Wheel refurbishing in Tucson returns damaged wheels to service, which on large equipment is a real number.
What this store brings to it
Tucson is a commercial and consumer location running seventeen services, so the mining work sits next to OTR services, fleet services and 24-hour roadside assistance. For a site with its own haul fleet and its own service pickups, one store covers the haul truck, the water truck and the foreman's vehicle.
East of Tucson, the Purcell store in Willcox, AZ handles OTR services and fleet services without listing mining fleet services.
Starting a conversation
Have this ready and the first call does most of the work:
- The machines, by make and model, and the tire sizes currently fitted.
- The surface and the cycle: loading face, haul road, yard, and roughly how many hours a shift.
- What is failing now: cuts, impacts, heat, sidewall damage, or simply wear.
- Who authorizes work, and how you want it invoiced.
The same service nearby
- Mining fleet services in Phoenix, AZ, 2310 W McDowell Rd, (602) 252-3500.
- Mining fleet services in Yuma, AZ, 6705 Gila Ridge Rd, (928) 317-0769.
Every location offering it is listed on the national mining fleet services page.