Work out whether it pays for you, with your own numbers
Retreading is usually argued on general grounds. For a fleet the question is specific, and it is answerable in an afternoon.
What you are comparing is not a retread price against a new tire price. It is the cost of running a position for a year under each approach, which means four figures.
What a new tire costs you, fitted.
What a retread costs you, fitted, including getting the casing to the plant and back.
How long each lasts in your application, which you can get from your own records rather than from anybody's claim.
What proportion of your casings actually pass. This is the figure that decides it, and it is the one almost nobody has. A program where nine casings in ten come back is a different proposition from one where half are scrapped, and the difference is usually how the tires were run rather than anything to do with retreading.
Run those numbers and you get an answer specific to your operation rather than a general argument. The store will go through them with you.
Where the work happens
Purcell runs seven retread plants and Potosi, Missouri is the one serving this part of the state. This store collects casings and arranges transport both ways.
Hot Springs is one of 54 Purcell locations collecting casings.
The figure you can move
Of the four above, three are largely fixed by the market. The pass rate is yours.
What lowers it is a tire run flat, under-inflation building heat where nothing visible reports it, and damage left unrepaired. All three are decisions rather than accidents, which is why a fleet that starts measuring its pass rate usually improves it within a year without buying anything different.
About this store
The Hot Springs store carries all nine Purcell tire categories, is open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, and is managed by Jeff Risor. Jonesboro, Mabelvale and Springdale collect for the same plant.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.