The steer tires report it first
A misaligned truck rarely announces itself through the steering. Drivers adapt to a slight pull within a day. What does not adapt is the rubber, and the steer tires are where the evidence collects.
Run a hand across the tread of a steer tire, toward the center and then back. If it feels smooth one way and catches the other, the tread is feathering, which usually means toe is out. Wear concentrated on one shoulder points to camber. Wear on both steer tires in the same direction suggests the problem is behind them, at the drive axles.
None of that needs equipment. A driver or a yard tech who checks steer tires at every inspection will find alignment problems weeks before the tires are visibly finished, and a set of steer tires is an expensive thing to learn this from after the fact.
Book it early in the day
Reno closes at 4:30 PM. A truck alignment is not a quick job, so a unit dropped at 8:00 AM is far more likely to leave the same day than one that arrives after lunch. If a unit can only come late, say so when you book and the timing can be planned.
Do the trailer at the same time
A trailer running out of square pushes the tractor off line, and aligning one without the other leaves half the problem. Trailer alignment is at this store, and so is tire and wheel balancing for a vibration that is not alignment at all.
The national heavy-duty truck alignment page covers when to align and what the measurement includes.
Other stores nearby
Fernley is the nearest other store, and North Las Vegas aligns trucks in the south.
About this store
The Reno store runs eighteen services and is managed by Fred Sinfellow.
See the national heavy-duty truck alignment page for all 40 locations.