Compare them per mile, not per tire
The objection to retreading is usually that the saving looks smaller than expected once you see the price. That is because the prices are being compared on the wrong basis.
A retread and a new tire do not start from the same place. A new tire arrives with its full tread depth. A retread arrives with whatever depth the plant applied, which is not necessarily the same figure.
Comparing the two purchase prices therefore compares different quantities of rubber, and the comparison is meaningless.
What to compare instead is cost per unit of tread. Take the price, divide by the usable tread depth you are getting, and you have a figure that means the same thing on both sides. Do it in whatever units you like; the point is that both sides are measured the same way.
Better still, compare cost per mile using your own removal records: what each tire cost, how far it actually ran in your application.
Either calculation usually moves the answer, and it moves it in a direction a purchase price alone does not show.
The figure that still decides it
Whatever the arithmetic says, the casing pass rate is what determines whether a program works for you.
A casing that fails inspection has cost you the collection and returned nothing. A fleet where most casings come back is in a completely different position from one where half are scrapped, and the difference is almost entirely how the tires were run.
Ask the store what your rate is. It is a number they can give you and one you can move.
Where the work happens
Purcell runs seven retread plants and Potosi, Missouri serves this part of the state. This store collects casings and arranges transport both ways.
About this store
The Mabelvale store carries all nine Purcell tire categories and is managed by Corey Germany. Hot Springs, Jonesboro and Springdale collect for the same plant.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.