A commercial truck brand
Roadmaster is a commercial truck tire brand, which puts it in a different conversation from the passenger car names. The customer is a fleet manager, an owner-operator or a maintenance supervisor, and the question is never simply what the tire costs.
The three numbers that decide it
Cost per mile, not cost per tire. A cheaper tire that gives fewer miles and a casing nobody can retread is not cheaper. Work it out across the life of the casing rather than across the invoice.
Casing life. The casing is the expensive structure, and retreading through Purcell's seven plants is what reuses it. Ask how the casings in your fleet are coming back before you change specification.
Availability. A specification that cannot be got hold of at 2:00 AM in a state you did not plan to stop in is a specification that will be substituted at the roadside. 24-hour roadside assistance runs from 48 Purcell locations in 12 states.
Position matters
Steer, drive and trailer tires do different jobs on the same unit, and the brand question is really three questions. See commercial tires for how the positions differ and trailer tires for the ones that get neglected most.
What Purcell adds
- Fleet services at 49 locations: one specification, scheduled work, one set of records.
- Heavy-duty truck alignment at 40 and trailer alignment at 36.
- Tire and wheel balancing at 51.
- Wheel refurbishing at 42.
- Retreading at seven plants.
At Purcell, Roadmaster is one of the brands carried for OTR tires on construction, industrial and off-road equipment.
Availability
Stock varies by location. Purcell carries commercial tires at 55 locations and trailer tires at 56, across 12 states. Call the store nearest your routes with the size and position, and ask what it can hold for you on a fleet account.