Look at the scrap pile before deciding retreading is not for you
Plenty of smaller fleets decide retreading is something big trucking companies do. A quick way to test that is to look at what was thrown away last year.
Every commercial tire that went to scrap took a casing with it. Some of those casings were finished: run flat, cut open, or worn into the structure. Others were simply worn on top, with a sound structure underneath, and those are the ones a retreading program exists for.
Counting them is easy.
Pull the records, or count the pile. How many commercial tires came off your trucks in a year?
Ask what condition they were in. Worn evenly with no damage is a candidate. Cuts, bulges, or a tire run flat usually is not.
Look at which positions they came from. Trailer and drive positions are where many fleets start with retreads, and they are often where most of the tires come off.
If the answer is a handful of tires a year, the program may not change much. If it is dozens, a meaningful share of what you paid for went to scrap with life left in it.
How it works from here
This store works with Purcell's retreading program. Casings are collected here in Osage Beach, retreaded at the Purcell plant in Potosi, and returned ready to run. You deal with the Osage Beach store; the plant does the work.
A casing that is inspected and does not pass has still told you something: why it failed is a report on how that tire was run.
Collecting stores nearby
Springfield and Washington also collect casings for the program.
About this store
The Osage Beach store is managed by Brett Turner.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.