Fleet wheels are part of how customers see you
A truck parked at a customer's door is advertising, whether the fleet means it to be or not. Clean paint and a clear logo say one thing. Wheels flaking rust and streaked with brake dust say another, and they are often the first thing at eye level when a customer walks past.
That is a legitimate reason to refurbish, alongside the mechanical ones, and the two usually go together. A wheel that looks neglected often is: corrosion on the face tends to mean corrosion at the bead seat and around the stud holes too, which is where leaks and fastener problems start.
Do a set, not one wheel
Refurbishing a single wheel on an axle leaves one bright wheel beside tired ones. For appearance, and for record keeping, it is simpler to refurbish by position or by unit. A fleet can work through its customer-facing units first, then the rest as tires come due.
The mechanical side still decides it
Appearance is a reason to do the work. The inspection decides whether a wheel can be done at all. A wheel with a crack, a bent flange or worn stud holes is a safety question before it is a cosmetic one.
A crack ends the wheel and it is replaced.
What refurbishing restores is the sound metal: cleaning back to it, restoring the bead seat so the tire seals, and refinishing so the wheel is protected. The national wheel refurbishing page covers the process.
Plan it with the tires
The tire has to come off for a wheel to be refurbished, so a tire change is the natural moment. Work it into the fleet's tire schedule, and have the assembly rebalanced with tire and wheel balancing when it goes back on. Equipment rims are part of the same work and can be included for a site on mining fleet services.
Other stores nearby
Joplin refurbishes wheels to the west, and Kansas City to the northwest.
About this store
The Springfield store runs nineteen services and is managed by Steve Richardson.
See the national wheel refurbishing page for all 42 locations.