Retread giant Bandag’s recent announcement to reduce the headcount of its U.S. workforce by 15% and freeze pension plans for U.S. and Canadian workers reflects the new competitiveness of the retread ...

Tires are a major expense for truck fleets. Replacement tires are often the second-highest expense after fuel. But there are strategies to make tires last longer, reducing the expense to replace them.

Low-cost truck tire imports, particularly those from China, have cut into domestic new-tire sales over the past five years. But they’ve had an even more dramatic effect on the U.S. retread tire ...

Bridgestone designed its new Bandag BDM3 retread for refuse applications. Bridgestone calls the new tire a “next-generation retread” for the drive position, and says it is designed with a new ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Old habits die hard, as well as negative perceptions. Such is the case with unfavorable views of retread tires. But many fleets are ...

The idea that a retread is far inferior to a new tire is a bit like Bigfoot – some people don’t believe in it, some do, and don’t confuse those true believers with the facts because their minds are ...

“It‘s pretty simple when you lay the facts out about retreads to fleets: they‘ll save them a lot of dad-gum money.” -Robert “Bobby” Ford, assistant center manager, Goodyear Truck Care Center, Dallas ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Based on "unprecedented" demand in the market this year, Bridgestone Americas Inc. is forecasting 9-percent growth in the sale of Bandag-system retreads versus 2021 in North America ...

As automakers roll out bigger and bigger trucks, many farmers are getting frustrated with the growing price tag of the tires that support them. Enter retread tires, which manufacturers say can save ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Based on "unprecedented" demand in the market this year, Bridgestone Americas Inc. is forecasting 9% growth in the sale of Bandag-system retreads versus 2021 in North America to ...