Road miles between jobs are where equipment tires get hurt
Equipment tires are built for the work site: low speeds, heavy loads, soft or rough ground. Around Jackson a lot of that equipment also spends part of its life on pavement, moving between fields, farms and job sites on county roads and highway shoulders.
That road travel is harder on the tires than it looks. A tire carrying a heavy machine at road speed builds heat much faster than it does at work speed, and pressure that suits the field can be wrong for the road. Hard pavement also wears lugs designed to bite into dirt, often unevenly.
The damage rarely shows the same day. It appears weeks later as a tire that looks worn out of proportion to its hours, or one that fails on site for no obvious reason.
Habits that protect the tires
- Check the machine's road speed limit for its tires, and keep to it. Many equipment tires carry a lower speed rating than people assume.
- Set pressure for the trip, where the tire maker's guidance allows, rather than leaving field pressure in for a long road move.
- Haul it when the distance is long. A trailer is often cheaper than the tire wear of driving a machine a long way.
- Look at the lugs after road moves. Chunking or uneven wear on the lug edges is road wear, not field wear.
What the store handles
Fitting, repair and supply for equipment tires, including large sizes. A damaged tire may be repairable, and the assessment decides. The rims behind them are wheel refurbishing, and casings worth another life can go through retreading, both here. The national OTR services page covers fitting, repair and supply.
Other stores nearby
De Soto to the north and Paducah, KY across the state line also handle OTR work.
About this store
The Jackson store carries all nine Purcell tire categories and is managed by Mike Rhymer.
See the national OTR services page for all 41 locations.