{"id":4331,"date":"2020-10-08T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/underinflated-truck-tires\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T00:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T08:59:43","slug":"underinflated-truck-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/underinflated-truck-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"Underinflated Truck Tires Hurt the Bottom Line!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Having a well-synchronized air pressure maintenance program between your drivers and your shop should be the single most important element of your tire policy and is really the easiest to administer. It certainly will have the biggest impact on your fleet costs associated with tires, including: fuel consumption, wear life, irregular wear, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><!--more--><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_tire20pressure20gauge.jpg\" alt=\"tire pressure gauge\" width=\"251\" style=\"width: 251px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\">An effective tire policy must include regular air pressure checks with a quality gauge. If you think you have a \u201cwell calibrated ear,\u201d thumping the tires could possibly give you an idea of the difference in pressure between one tire and the other, but will never tell you the actual air pressure. Besides, the typical sound of a tire at a particular pressure will be different if the tire is hotter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here are the reasons why a thump will never tell you the actual truth: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">A tire running with 80% of the PSI specified for the carrying load is considered flat. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Just a difference of 10% in air pressure between duals is enough to cause a significant difference in diameter, and subsequent irregular wear in both tires. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Always use a high-quality, accurate tire gauge and check your tires at a minimum of once a week.&nbsp; And always when they are cold. The days of using a tire club or stick are long gone and were really never an accurate way to tell how much air you have in a tire. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Tires such as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0201;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/rlb400\/\" style=\"color: #ff0201; text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Double Coin RLB400<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>(pictured right) are highly-advanced <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_rlb40020cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"rlb400 cropped-1\" width=\"245\" style=\"width: 245px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\">products featuring the latest technologies in compounding, tread design and construction. With the correct air inflation, they perform as they were designed with the tread contact patch or footprint (part of tread that touches the pavement) being where the designers intended.&nbsp; The correct footprint provides optimum traction, and durability is dramatically increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In fact, industry research reveals that underinflated tires will reduce tread life up to 25 percent. Underinflated tires build up heat. Heat is the number #1 enemy of tires, affecting the tire&#8217;s rolling resistance which leads to reduced fuel economy. And, of course, too much heat can lead to tire failure and downtime, which takes more money out of your pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"> Overinflated tires are also detrimental to tire performance and your bottom line. They are more susceptible to road hazards such as impact breaks. The contact patch\/footprint is also distorted with an overinflated tire, leading to irregular wear characterized by center rib wear or rib punch wear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Also, always remember to inspect your valve stems, cores and caps when checking your tires.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes, it takes a little time each week to properly check your tires. But the payoff is substantial in terms of increasing the life of your tires, improving fuel economy, ensuring optimum tire performance, and reducing downtime due to tire failures.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We encourage you to<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/dealers\">contact your local Double Coin dealer<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for more information about best practices in tire maintenance.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>{{cta(&#8216;a3adc2da-9e1b-4685-8245-4cc59bff2ebb&#8217;,&#8217;justifycenter&#8217;)}}<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tire-maintenance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}