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Tire wear troubleshooting tips
By Asa Sharp
July 15, 2010
Tire wear issues, especially accelerated wear, can be frustrating and expensive. An expanding variety of vocation-specific trucks, engine and other dr...
Tires: assets or expense?
By Asa Sharp
June 16, 2010
The life-cycle cost approach to tire management isn’t new. Manufacturers have been preaching this for years as a way to quantify the benefits o...
TPMS: one size may not fit all
By Asa Sharp
May 7, 2010
It appears that tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) are poised to enter the age of modern reliable electronics. This should be a very good thing f...
Use resources to manage tires
By Asa Sharp
April 19, 2010
With much of my career focused on technical consulting, sales training and interacting with tire and trucking industry professionals, I feel qualified...
Productive cooperation: a new solution
By Asa Sharp
March 2, 2010
Communication, teamwork, cooperation and other buzzwords aren’t news to those of us in the trucking industry. They represent worthy goals in ma...
Modern truck tires: sounds of silence
By Asa Sharp
February 16, 2010
Those of you who have been in the industry for a while can remember when trucks were loud. Sometimes this was intentional, other times the trucks just...
Multiple components can influence truck handling
By Asa Sharp
January 21, 2010
Change is a constant. Never has this been more obvious than in the increasing diversity of vehicle sizes and the configurations and the service condit...
Axle length matters
By Asa Sharp
January 4, 2010
Currently, there is discussion in the industry that has the potential to affect tire selection. Ironically, tires themselves aren’t really th...
Rolling resistance: Part 1 of fuel consumption
By Asa Sharp
November 18, 2009
Not so long ago, there were three primary criteria for truck tire selection: treadwear, durability and price. Consolidation of the tire manufacturin...
Tire fires: a modern version
By Asa Sharp
October 20, 2009
The best thing about truck tire fires is that they hardly ever happen anymore. There are good reasons for that. One is that steel radials simply don...
When tire stems that seem okay fail
By Asa Sharp
September 22, 2009
Truck maintenance may often seem like a balancing act. This is especially true with new technology, components, environmental regulations and supplier...
Choosing the right level of partnership
By Asa Sharp
July 17, 2009
The lackluster economy has forced many trucking companies to search for new ways to cut operating costs and improve efficiencies
Tires and brakes—a forced relationship
By Asa Sharp
June 16, 2009
The biggest engine, the most powerful brakes, and the most sophisticated suspension systems are only as good as the power they transfer to the pavemen...
Truck tire care: basic, but subtle
By Asa Sharp
May 18, 2009
For years, recommendations for truck tire maintenance centered around inflation checks
When simple choices aren’t enough
By Asa Sharp
April 14, 2009
Selecting the best truck tires, or more specifically, matching tires to expected service conditions, has traditionally been accomplished by following ...
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