Retreading in Salt Lake City, UT

Retreading is often presented as all or nothing: either a fleet runs retreads or it does not. In practice the useful question is which wheel positions suit them, because the answer is not every position.

Trailer positions. The most common home for retreads. Trailer tires roll rather than steer or drive, and the work they do suits a retread well.

Drive positions. Widely used on drive axles too, where a retread with a deep drive tread does the same job as a new one.

Steer positions. Many fleets keep new tires on the steer axle as a matter of policy. That is a decision for each fleet, and one worth making deliberately rather than by habit.

For a smaller business running a few box trucks or a tractor and trailers, this is a simple place to start. Put retreads where they fit, keep the casing program running behind them, and the cost per mile on those positions comes down without changing anything else.

There is no need to switch a fleet over at once. A sensible first step is one position type, usually the trailers, for a full cycle of wear. Compare the result with the new tires on the same positions, and decide from there.

Ask the store what your casings are like when they come off. The answer tells you how many of them are likely to be worth retreading.

This store works with Purcell's retreading program. Casings collected here go to the Salt Lake City retread plant a few blocks down 2100 S, and come back ready to run. Few Purcell stores sit this close to a plant.

The Salt Lake City Truck Tire Center and Ogden also collect casings. Truck alignment matters to casings too: a misaligned axle scrubs them, and heavy-duty truck alignment is at this store, along with fleet services.

This is the Salt Lake City Commercial & Consumer store, managed by Brian Morris. The Salt Lake City page explains how it differs from the plant and the other listings.

See the national retreading page for how the program works and for all 54 collecting locations.