Longtime trucking editor Jim Park of Heavy Duty Trucking<\/a><\/strong> magazine makes an excellent case for a proactive retread program in their December 2018 supplement on tires and wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n He noted \u201cthat many fleets with proactive retread programs are getting three to \u201cTime for a bit of simple math. If you were to take a $400 tire out of service and sell the casing to a retreader for $100, the net cost of the tire is $300, using round numbers. If the casing is retread twice, or perhaps three times, the next cost of the original tire can be reduced to as little as $100.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNow compare the cost of two retreads versus two new tires, even at a trailer position, and you\u2019ll see how you\u2019re saving money twice each time a tire is retreaded.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Nurture your casings<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Of course, you have to have casings to retread to make these numbers work. The number #1 killer of tire casing is heat . . . which is directly linked to underinflation.<\/span><\/p>\n Park provides an interesting factoid — \u00abEach revolution of the tire causes the steel wire in the casing to flex. A tire will go around about 500 times per mile, times 100,000 plus miles a year for a couple of years. Try flexing a paperclip like that and see how long it lasts.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n Maintaining proper pressure for the load is critical for the casing to function as designed and to be a good candidate for retreading. See this earlier blog post on this topic.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Double Coin casings are very good!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00abI was examining a casing the other day and was impressed to see that it had been capped four times,\u00bb Westmoreland noted. \u00abIt was a Double Coin.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n Here’s what<\/span> longtime retreader Fred Schmidgall <\/a><\/strong>has to say about Double Coin casings. <\/span><\/p>\n 7 year, 3 retread Warranty of Double Coin casings<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n We’ve been tracking Double Coin casings\u2019 performance through various channels for the past eight years. The data shows that our tire casings are extremely durable, and will retread as well as any major brand casings. So last year we decided to put our money where our mouth is . . . by enhancing our retread warranty to seven (7) years and three (3) retreads for all Double Coin truck and bus radial (TBR) tire products<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"retreading](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retreading20photo.jpg\")
four retreads in a casing life, depending on the application. In fact, tire experts say getting several retreads out of a single casing can reduce overall tire cost by something like 40%.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"truck](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/truck20inflation20illustration.jpg\")
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Westmoreland Tire in Alabama operates two Bandag plants, and Double Coin casings are \u00abworth as much as any casing in the market bar none,\u00bb according to Ed Westmoreland (pictured to left).<\/span><\/p>\n