This story appears in the April 27 print edition of Transport Topics. Preventive tire maintenance handled in-house with everyday equipment is vital for private fleets looking to maximize tread wear ...

It’s well-known that maintaining correct tire pressure improves fuel mileage. But proper pressure can also improve tire life and reduce downtime due to on-road tire failures. Manufacturers are working ...

Like passenger cars, tire inflation for farm equipment is important for efficiency and safety. Radial tires often appear underinflated when they are not, and sometimes people overinflate them. But ...

“For every 10 degrees Fahrenheit the temperature falls, tire pressure is also falling between two and three psi,” explained Judith Monte, vice president of marketing and customer success at Aperia ...

Long tire life starts with selecting the correct tires for your vehicle and maintaining them throughout their life. The type of tires contractors need depends on the type of fleet they operate and the ...

Only driver wages beat out fuel as the largest expense for fleets. With even the slightest underinflation of tires on tractors and trailers causing degradation in fuel economy (not to mention tire ...

Maintaining the proper inflation pressure in tires is the single most important thing you can do to get the most mileage out of a tire. Everybody says that, but like the weather, everybody talks about ...