Truck tires

Tires account for 2% of a fleet’s total average marginal cost of operation. Truck tires are very valuable and need to be treated with care. One way to show care for truck tires is by monitoring their inflation pressure. A pressure vessel is a closed container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure. It seems to me that is a very apt description of a tire. When a tire is properly inflated, it contacts with road evenly across its entire width.

When a tire is overinflated, it contacts the road in the center of the tread. And conversely, when a tire is underinflated the contact is concentrated at the edges of the tread. Improperly inflated tires wear more quickly than those that are properly inflated.

Unfortunately, not everyone is sure what proper inflation is, especially when you factor in things like the specific load on the tires, the speed the vehicle travels, and the ambient temperature the truck operates in. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has a standard definition of a flat tire which is a tire that has been driven underinflated at 80% or less of its recommended pressure.

Tips for inflating tires are to use a remote inflation system with the valve core removed. Use a safety cage or restraining device. Make sure no one is in the trajectory zone. If you can read the letters on the sidewall, you are in the trajectory zone. The good news for fleets is that there are technology solutions for monitoring tire inflation pressure. Tire pressure monitoring systems give fleets real-time tire performance data. Central tire inflations systems—which have come a long way since they were first introduced to the market—constantly check and set tire inflation pressure.

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