Category: Commercial Tires

New Retreading Facts

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Golden, J.S., Handfield, R., Daystar, J. and, J. Woodrooffe (2018).
Retread Tires in the United States & Canada: An Analysis of the Economic & Environmental Benefits
for Fleet Operators and the U.S. Government.
A JOINT REPORT
The Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce
N.C. State Supply Chain Resource Cooperative
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Initiative
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Input and funding of this report partially provided by Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
in cooperation with industry experts, academia and Bandag franchisees.
The project team wishes to express our gratitude to the technical insights of:
CITY OF NEW YORK
RYDER SYSTEMS, INC.
Additionally, we recognize the efforts of Duke graduate student Koichi Kanaoka on his review of LCA research.

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2018 Commercial Tire Data Books

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CasingSource.com

Register to buy or sell commercial tire casings.  Retreading is used in many industries including trucking, mining, construction, shipping, cargo handling, air transportation and more.  CasingSource connects buyers and sellers within these industries as well as associated companies and individuals related to the tire business.

WANTED TO BUY OR SELL: Commercial Tire Casings for Retreading

CasingSource.com

Casings for sale:
(100) 11R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL
(100) 275/80R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
(100) 445/50R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
(8) 23.5R25 *GRADE A* — ORLANDO, FL
(4) 29.5R25 *GRADE A, * — ORLANDO, FL

Casings wanted:
(300) 315/80R22.5 *GRADE A* — WEST PALM BEACH, FL
(300) 12R22.5 *GRADE A* — ORLANDO, FL
(50) 12R16.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL

Buy or sell tire casings – CasingSource.com.

*UPDATE* Vipal DV-UM3 Evaluation

In an earlier post we shared the preliminary results of a retreading evaluation for a Florida school district.

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The Vipal DV-UM3 retread absolutely outperformed the competition and is projecting over 40,000 miles in a fleet of buses that never got more than 22,000 miles out of what they’ve been using for many years.

PRICE — DOES NOT EQUAL — COST!

Because we’ve identified between $6,000.00 – $10,000.00 in annual savings to the transportation budget, CasingSource.com is now the retreading provider for this school bus fleet for the 2018 – 2019 school year.

We’ll work very hard to hold this position for many years to come!

Interested in your own evaluation?

Would you like to learn more about Vipal?

Call us: (772) 217-7572

Email us: casingsource@gmail.com

 

 

 

Tariffs Support Retread Revival

The article below explains very clearly why LOW COST IMPORTS FROM CHINA must be controlled…if not completely stopped from disrupting world markets.

Credit: www.tyrepress.com

“The rise of low-cost Chinese truck tyre imports in Europe has been well documented in the pages of various issues of our ongoing series of Retreading Special supplements. The resultant risks affecting the industry have led to pan-European awareness-raising and lobbying efforts at a European level. This in turn resulted in a European Commission (EC) investigating and on the impact of Chinese truck tyre imports on European retread sales, which began late last year. Then product registration began in February 2018. The latest news marks something of a victory for retreaders in their bid to revive the business as now we know that tariffs of between 52.85 euros and 82.17 euros per tyre are being applied to all truck and bus radials imported into Europe from China.”

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You can read the entire article here: https://www.tyrepress.com/2018/07/tariffs-support-retread-revival-bid/

WANTED TO BUY OR SELL: Commercial Tire Casings for Retreading

CasingSource.com

Casings for sale:
(50) 11R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL

Casings wanted:
(150) 12.00R24 *GRADE A, B* — BOSTON, MA
(150) 11.00R24 *GRADE A, B* — BOSTON, MA
(100) 12R24.5 *GRADE A, B* — BOSTON, MA
(150) 315/80R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL
(200) 445/50R22.5 *GRADE A* — ORLANDO, FL
(150) 12R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL

Truck tire casings – CasingSource.com.

Vipal VZY2 Evaluation

In January 2018, CasingSource.com, LLC initiated a retreading evaluation for a waste management service provider in Florida.

(16) 315/80R22.5 Vipal VZY2 (23/32) retreads are being tested against (16) new Chinese imports (22/32).

Vipal VZY-2 Retread

 

Source: Vipal Rubber

After the seventh weekly reading, the first vehicle tracking results show the Vipal VZY2 is averaging 944 miles per 32nd versus the low-cost new import which is averaging 653 miles per 32nd.

The second vehicle tracking results show the Vipal VZY2 is averaging 1,058 miles per 32nd while the low-cost new import data is now inconclusive because of premature failure.

Other examples of the Vipal retreading success can be found here:

More updates on this evaluation to follow…

Tire Casing Conditions – Bead Area

Torn Beads – Bead rubber is cut or torn exposing the wire.

Torn Bead

Kinked /Distorted Beads – Local areas of distortion in the bead seat area.

Kinked /Distorted Bead

Burned Beads – Rough, brittle or discolored hard surface on the bead area.

Burned Bead

Reinforce /Chafer Seperation – Circumferential cracks above bead flange area with cord material exposed.

Reinforce /Chafer Separation

 

Vipal DV-UM3 Evaluation

In November 2017, CasingSource.com, LLC initiated a retreading evaluation for a Florida school district.

(4) 11R22.5 Vipal DV-UM3 (23/32) retreads are being tested against (2) Marangoni UTWR (24/32) and (2) Marangoni UCSD (22/32) retreads.

Vipal DV-UM3 Retread

Source: Vipal Rubber

After the fifth bi-weekly reading, the first bus tracking results show the Vipal DV-UM3 is averaging 1,557 miles per 32nd versus Marangoni UTWR which is averaging 934 miles per 32nd.

The second bus tracking results show the Vipal DV-UM3 is averaging 1,854 miles per 32nd versus Marangoni UCSD which is averaging 927 miles per 32nd.

The Vipal DV-UM3 is an application specific design for the transit industry and is proving beyond a doubt it’s superiority in tread wear and cost-per-mile.

Other examples of the DV-UM3 success can be found here:

More updates on this evaluation to follow…

WANTED TO BUY OR SELL: Commercial Tire Casings for Retreading

Casings for sale:
(20) 17.5R25 *GRADE A, B* — MIAMI, FL
(200) 315/80R22.5 *GRADE A, B* — JACKSONVILLE, FL

Casings wanted:
(300) 12R22.5 *GRADE A* — FORT PIERCE, FL

Truck tire casings, otr tire casings, industrial tire casings, aircraft tire retreading.