Colorado Springs, Colorado

Purcell Tire & Service in Colorado Springs, CO

The Purcell store at 3428 Astrozon Blvd runs sixteen services covering commercial trucks, fleets, off-highway equipment and everyday vehicles. It opens at 7:00 AM and carries all nine Purcell tire categories.

Altitude, grades and what they do to tires

Colorado Springs sits high, and the roads out of it climb higher. For anything hauling, that means long grades in both directions, heat into the brakes and the tires on the way down, and load on them all the way up.

The practical consequence shows up as wear rather than as drama. Tires work harder here, which puts more weight on the things that protect them: correct pressure, alignment on both the tractor and the trailer, and catching damage before a casing is lost.

Services

What this store does

    Cooling systems and mountain driving

    Cooling system service is worth singling out in a town where every trip out is a climb. An engine that runs slightly warm on the flat is an engine that overheats on a grade, and the components involved, a hose, a thermostat, a water pump, are routine work compared with what overheating does to an engine.

    If the temperature gauge has moved from where it normally sits, that is the time to call rather than the time to watch it.

    Construction and aggregate equipment

    OTR services and wheel refurbishing are the two services on this list aimed squarely at machines rather than vehicles: loaders, haul trucks and graders working construction and aggregate sites around the city.

    Wheel refurbishing is the one most often overlooked. A large wheel that is corroded, pitted or leaking at the bead seat is usually repairable, and refurbishing it costs a fraction of replacement. Fleets chasing slow leaks across a set of machines are frequently chasing wheel condition rather than tire damage.

    What this store does not offer is a managed mining program. No Colorado location lists mining fleet services, so a site wanting one should start with OTR services and talk to the store about what it can cover.

    Questions

    Questions about the Colorado Springs store

    What are the hours?

    Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closed at weekends. 24-hour roadside assistance covers commercial units outside those hours.

    Do you work on cars as well as trucks?

    Yes. Brakes, alignment, oil changes, A/C, cooling system, engine repair, scheduled maintenance and suspension are handled here alongside the commercial work.

    My truck's temperature climbs on the grades. Is that urgent?

    Treat it as urgent. A cooling system that copes on the flat and struggles on a climb is telling you something has changed, and the repairs that follow an overheat cost far more than the ones that prevent it.

    Does Colorado Springs offer mobile service?

    No. The Colorado location offering mobile service is Denver. Colorado Springs covers stopped units through roadside assistance.

    Where are casings retreaded?

    At the Denver retread plant. Casings are collected here and returned ready to run; you do not need to take them there yourself.

    Talk to the Colorado Springs store

    Call (719) 632-4300, or send a quote request and it will reach Tyler Campbell's team.