Fleet Services in Henderson, KY

Most fleet tire records track tread depth, and for a truck running every day that is the right measure. A tire on a daily unit wears out long before it gets old.

Part-time units follow a different rule. A grain truck that runs hard for a few weeks a year, a spare trailer, a backup tractor, a service pickup that rarely leaves the yard: these can carry tires with plenty of tread that are nevertheless years old. Rubber ages with time and exposure as well as with use, and an old tire with good tread can fail without the warning that wear normally gives.

The trouble is that nobody looks. The tread gauge says fine, so the tire stays on. The unit sits until the one week it is needed most, and then runs loaded on tires that have been aging the whole time.

Every tire carries its manufacture date in the code on the sidewall: the last four digits are the week and the year. Recording that date alongside tread depth turns a hidden risk into a visible one, and it takes seconds per tire.

Two simple rules follow from it.

Inspect part-time units before their season, not during it. A check in the quiet weeks finds aged or cracked tires while there is time to replace them.

Flag tires past an age your fleet sets. Many fleets choose an age at which a tire is inspected more closely or replaced whatever its tread. Set yours with the store when the account is opened.

Specifications by position and unit type. Records by unit, including tire age. Scheduled work rather than reactive work. Terms and authorization settled once, which also decides how quickly a roadside call moves. Heavy-duty truck alignment, retreading and the full car and light truck list sit behind it at this store.

The unit list with sizes, which units are part-time, and when their seasons start. Who authorizes work, and how you want it billed.

Owensboro and Princeton also run fleet accounts.

The Henderson store carries all nine Purcell tire categories, opens at 7:30 AM, and is managed by Derrick Madewell.

See the national fleet services page for the other 48 locations.