This store collects, it does not retread
Purcell runs seven retread plants, and none is in New Mexico. Albuquerque works with Purcell's retreading program: casings are taken in here, sent to a plant, and come back.
The two nearest plants are Phoenix, AZ and Denver, CO. Transport is handled through the store, so what you deal with is Albuquerque rather than a plant several states away. Albuquerque is one of 54 Purcell locations collecting casings.
Why distance matters to the arithmetic
Casings are heavy and bulky, and hauling them a long way erodes the saving that makes retreading worth doing in the first place.
For a customer in New Mexico, Phoenix and Denver are both within a sensible haul, which is the practical reason the program works here at all. It also means planning is worth more than it would be if the plant were down the street: a batch sent with notice gets scheduled, a trickle gets fitted in.
OTR is where the money is
On a commercial truck tire, retreading saves a useful amount. On an OTR tire it saves a great deal more, because the casing represents most of the cost of a very expensive tire and it can carry several treads over its life.
For a site running loaders and haul trucks, the casing survival rate is a number worth tracking. A low one is not about the tires. It is about heat, pressure and damage left unrepaired, which are the three things that finish a casing, and all three are decisions made on site rather than at a plant.
What this store sends
Casings from the categories it handles: commercial, agricultural, OTR, industrial and trailer tires among them. Tracks are not retreaded at any Purcell plant, so a worn set is replaced.
What this store does not handle is passenger and light truck tires, which it does not stock.
Getting casings into the program
Through the store, as part of normal tire work or as a planned batch. If you are working to a date, a seasonal changeover or a contract starting, say so when the casings are collected rather than after.
For a fleet or a site, the sensible version of this is an arrangement rather than a series of requests. See fleet services and mining fleet services.
About this store
The Albuquerque store is open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, managed by John Puchi, and is the only Purcell location in New Mexico.
See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.