Of course tires are black and they should be very round, or uniform. \u201cPlenty of rubber\u201d is the key to point #1. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a big fan of deep tread rubber,\u201d the longtime fleet management veteran says. \u201cSome people say that extra deep tread contributes to irregular wear, but with a quality tire, it simply provides longer wear . . . as long as you maintain proper alignment in your trucks and trailers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pricing relates to the acquisition price and the ultimate value a tire delivers in terms of tread wear, reduced down time and retreadability, according to Stuart.<\/p>\n This is where Double Coin<\/a> comes in. At a time when the \u201cbig boys\u201d were raising their prices to astronomical levels, Stuart began investigating alternatives for his fleet clients. That\u2019s when he came across the Double Coin RT606+<\/a>, an ultra premium 5-rib regional steer\/all-position tire, in a dealer\u2019s warehouse. \u201cIt was just a beautiful looking tire with 22\/32\u201d tread depth. Like I said, I\u2019m a big fan of deep rubber. And the price was much, much lower than what the Tier 1 brands were charging,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n There was one problem though \u2013 the fleet manager was reluctant to give Double Coin a try; but Stuart convinced him to test the RT606+ tires on the trailers. \u201cI took every single Double Coin tire in the dealer\u2019s warehouse and have never looked back,\u201d he says. \u201cThey did a fine job for that fleet manager, and I have been recommending them for trailer positions ever since. I\u2019ve never had a problem with these tires.\u201d The RT606+ (pictured to the right) is designed for the rugged environments of P&D, urban and regional applications. Built to resist cuts and abrasions, its 5-rib design promotes precise handling, lateral stability and superior traction. Add to that list a very retreadable casing and good pricing, Stuart says, and you have an absolute winner.<\/p>\n In his 17 years of running his own business, Stuart says he has helped save millions of dollars for fleets of various sizes \u2013 anywhere from 50 trucks to 10,000.<\/p>\n He advises his clients on tires, but devotes most of his efforts to personnel and organizational issues. Call him a \u201climited time executive\u201d or a leadership coach; just don\u2019t call him a \u201cconsultant.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cA consultant is someone who looks at your watch and tells you what time it is,\u201d Stuart says, half jokingly. \u201cMy approach is a mixture of results-oriented, effective problem solving practices and tactical hands-on common sense efforts which help my clients achieve maximum profit gains, cost reductions, lower acquisition costs, and increased customer satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the biggest issues facing the trucking industry today, Stuart says, is a lack of qualified maintenance managers. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of publicity about the shortage of technicians, but many fleets are being held back by their maintenance managers. And often times, it is not the manager\u2019s fault; it\u2019s just the situation that he has been put in.\u201d (Look for a future blog post from Stuart on this critical issue.)<\/p>\n Please click on the banner below if you would like to learn more about the Double Coin RT606+.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n {{cta(‘224de754-4b40-440a-80c2-186d64138b9a’)}}<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-customer-testimonials"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424","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=4424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Darry_Stuart.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darry_Stuart.jpg\" "\\"Darry_Stuart.jpg\\"")
Stuart, who started DWS Fleet Management Services<\/a> in 1999, says it\u2019s critical for fleets to align themselves with a local tire dealer who takes the time to truly understand their business and proactively helps them manage their tire program (more to come on this in a future blog post).<\/p>\n![\"RT600.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RT600.jpg\" "\\"RT600.jpg\\"")
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