{"id":4374,"date":"2019-03-13T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/scrap-tire-piles\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:34:24","slug":"scrap-tire-piles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/scrap-tire-piles\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s \u201cGold\u201d in Those Scrap Tire Piles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many folks may call scrap tire piles ugly, but to the fleet manager, they should be beautiful because they contain hidden gold in terms of intelligence that can reduce tire operating costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Knowledge is power<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Heavy Duty Trucking<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>editor Jim Park, \u201cThousands of tires are scrapped prematurely every month in the United States. That\u2019s hundreds of thousands of miles of operation fleets give up because their tires died untimely, unnatural, and often unnecessary deaths. And the tires themselves are rarely to blame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t see examples of shoulder wear, feathering, cupping, scalloping, punch wear, zippers and more in your scrap tire pile, then congratulations . . . you are doing most everything right as far as your tires are concerned. But you would definitely be the rare fleet manager.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tire tracking program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Park correctly notes that establishing a tracking program is the first step. You need to identify which truck and wheel position the tire came from, so problems can be traced back to the source.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can use tire management tools that are available in many maintenance apps to save tim, or you can use a basic spreadsheet or just a piece of paper. Either way, a thorough analysis will surely save you significant dollars if you act on what you learn from your scrap tires.<\/span><\/p>\n

The data you collect should include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n