Like it or not, the green agenda and its sphere of political influence has extended beyond the humble car and is now in the domain of the road transport sector.
Change has been swift and the companies in this industry need to understand the intricacies in the way they now need to manage their vehicles.
AND OF COURSE TYRES FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY!!!
In fact, your truck and bus tyres should be in the top three or four $$$ priorities…. but I bet it won’t be !!
Operators will continue to bask in the glory of the immediate savings they will see in fuel and maintenance costs, without paying attention to the tyres ‘BURNING RUBBER’ big time.
If you have been following my editorials and what we do, it’s pretty obvious most operators think tyres are a mere commodity in their business, and that all tyres are the same and they end up simply comparing price-versus-quality.
WELL THEY BE WRONG!!!
Electric vehicles in particular produce way more torque (due to instant power-down) – and yes – literally burn tyres out significantly quicker than what fleet operators have been used to for decades.
This totally outdated belief is what keeps the ‘snake oil’ tyre salesmen in business.
Management and job-specific product is the key.
With the Bear’s Tyre Tracker, you gain complete transparency over the cost of tyre purchase. It discloses all running costs over the entire lifecycle of each and every tyre.
Bear’s Tyre Tracker consolidates all operations and depots under the one umbrella, providing extensive data for the hands-on side of tyre choice and maintenance.
With the Bear’s Tyre Tracker, never will money be squandered on tyres as guesswork is taken out of the equation.
We have been testing many different brands of new and retread tyres in our clients for more than 3 years with data to die for.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to attack this ‘BURN OUT’ and we have perfected the best outcome, knowing the management procedure that needs to take place and good ol’ TLC required to save big $$$ for our clients.
With progress in driveline technology for electric heavy vehicles, many of the issues we are seeing in tyre wear could improve or worsen. By having the Bear’s Tyre Tracker we guarantee that we will continue our quest to be the number one tyre management experts in the Truck tyre industry.
Data doesn’t lie.
Keep an eye out for Part 2 of this story for some ground breaking news.