Send casings in the quiet months
For a fleet whose work peaks at harvest, retreading has a timing problem that is easy to overlook. Casings come off during the busy weeks, when nobody has time to sort them, and the retreads are needed at the start of the next busy stretch. If the casings sit in a corner until someone gets to them, they come back late or not at all.
The fix is to treat the off-season as retread season.
During the season. Pull casings at the right tread depth rather than running them to the end, and set them aside in one dry, shaded place. Mark each with the unit and position it came from. Nothing else needs to happen yet.
When the season ends. Gather the casings, look at what you have, and send them through the store. This is also the moment to look at which positions produced the most casings and which tires failed rather than wore out.
Before the next season. Retreads are back, inspected, and fitted to trailers and other positions you use retreads on, ready for the first loads.
Done this way, retreading stops being something that happens when there is time and becomes part of preparing for the season.
Where the work happens
This store works with Purcell's retreading program. Casings are collected here in Yuma, retreaded at the Phoenix retread plant, and returned ready to run. Farm and OTR casings are worth asking about as well, since those tires build up hours rather than miles.
A store with fleet services can keep track of which casings belong to which units, and OTR services handle the large casings from equipment.
Collecting stores nearby
Casa Grande also collects casings, and so does Phoenix.
About this store
The Yuma store carries all nine Purcell tire categories and is managed by Sean Quintanilla.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.