Before you sell a truck, decide what happens to its casings
Fleets turn over units. A tractor reaches the end of its planned life, or the business shrinks a route, and the truck is sold or traded. What usually goes with it, without anyone thinking about it, is a set of tires, and with them a set of casings.
Those casings may be worth more to the fleet than they are to the buyer.
A casing in good condition is the expensive part of a tire, and for a fleet using retreads it is effectively inventory. A truck sold on half-worn tires hands that inventory over for nothing, often to a buyer who would have accepted different tires just as happily.
A short decision before the sale
Look at the tires. Tread depth, age and condition. A set that is nearly worn and has sound casings is the case worth acting on.
Compare the two choices. Leave them on and let the price reflect it, or swap them for tires at the end of their life, pull the good casings, and send them into the program.
Check the paperwork. Make sure the sale terms say what is on the truck. A buyer expecting the tires you took off has a reasonable complaint.
None of this makes sense for a single truck with ordinary tires. For a fleet retiring several units, or a unit with recently fitted premium tires, it is worth ten minutes.
Where the work happens
This store works with Purcell's retreading program. Casings collected in Joplin go to the Potosi plant, Purcell's founding address, and return ready to run. The store collects them, so there is nothing to arrange with the plant.
For units still in the fleet, fleet services keeps the casing record, and wheel refurbishing deals with the rims they sit on.
Collecting stores nearby
Springfield and Springdale, AR also collect casings.
About this store
The Joplin store carries all nine Purcell tire categories and is managed by Travis Reeder.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.