This blog was provided exclusively to CCJ by Joe Puff, vice president of truck technology and maintenance, NationaLease. Tire mounting procedures are extremely important and you should always comply ...

Safety is a top concern on the shop floor. Even something as routine and repeated as the demounting, mounting and inflation of tires can shift unexpectedly into a dangerous situation. Here is advice ...

When tubeless radial truck tires first came on the scene decades ago, the industry gradually moved away from tube-type assemblies on multi-piece rims for multiple reasons. Besides the obvious ...

In tire and wheel mounting, the line between right and wrong is a thin one. A few thousandths of an inch on either side of correct can throw tires and wheels into a mean wobble or cause them to bounce ...

Of course, the one I didn't try was "do things right the first time." Still, with at least three and a half correct elements out of five, I got some not-quite tubeless tires to mount and hold air. I'd ...

When you put larger tires on your truck or SUV, the space allocated for spare tire mounting quickly becomes useless. And, unfortunately, spare tires are invaluable. That's why TireGate has been making ...

Demounting, mounting and inflating tires may seem to be essential for shops performing tire services, but when NOT performed properly, those basic skills can cause the most grief. When those gorgeous ...

LONGVIEW, Texas – If you’re mounting a ‘super’ spare tire on your semi truck, you’ll need a ‘super’ spare tire mount to do the job. The SuperSpare introduced by Stemco March 15 aims to simplify and ...

OTR Engineered Solutions (OTR) has introduced a 32-in. three-piece wheel for log skidders and forwarders for construction and forestry applications. The design of the three-piece wheel allows tires to ...