Tire Inflation Archives - Fleet Equipment Magazine
Doran 360 TPMS on display at several industry shows

Doran Manufacturing claims their Doran 360 TMPS helps avoid roadside tire replacement.

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Accuride steel wheels approved for higher PSI rating

Several models of Accuride’s steel wheels are now approved for use with higher PSI.

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Keep the run going with a strong tire maintenance program

Putting together a strong truck tire service program is a marathon, not a sprint.

P.S.I. releases TireView Live mobile app

TireView Live delivers tire analytics with customizable alerts and reports.

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Is your trucking fleet under pressure?

While National Tire Safety Week is only recognized between June 27 and July 3, we took it upon ourselves here at FE to remind you that in order to properly maintain truck safety equipment, minimize tire failure, and maximize fuel economy, frequent tire inspections should be a regular practice for fleets year round. Keeping each

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The Truck Tire Whisperer: Cooper Tire’s Jason Miller shares his tire management tips

Jason Miller, Cooper Tire’s national fleet channel sales manager, is a fountain of truck and trailer tire knowledge that easily flows into the conversation. One minute you’re standing in a trade show booth shaking hands with him and saying, “Hi,” and the next you’re listening to Miller talk about his adventures crawling around trailer tires

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TireView TPMS kits by P.S.I. now available through Aurora Parts and Service Dealer Network

Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.) has launched a Dealer Direct Ship Program for its TireView Tire Pressure Monitoring System and accessory components through the Aurora Parts and Service Dealer Network. TireView by P.S.I. offers tire management solutions for trucks, tractors, and trailers of all sizes and configurations, the company noted. TireView simplifies the pre-and post-trip inspections

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Pressure Systems International tells us what’s important about truck tires, previews new technologies

Pressure System International (PSI) knows a ton about tires. At an event held in San Antonio, the automatic tire inflation system progenitor (with 1.8 million systems in use worldwide) talked about the top tire management issues and made the case for why fleets need to continue to increase their focus on tires. Spoiler alert: advanced

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Yes, it’s another story about truck tire inflation (and yes, it’s that important)

You’d think after the litany of tire inflation stories that Fleet Equipment has churned out over the decades, there would be nothing left to say about it. Yet, inflation-related issues continue to plague fleet maintenance budgets, be it through lost efficiency due to under- or over-inflation or in tire failures or early tire pulls, prematurely

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Truck maintenance tips to reduce tire wear

In our high-tech age, it is all too easy to overlook the purely mechanical aspects of a truck that have needed to be maintained ever since some ingenious person mounted a wheel to an axle in order to move a load that was too large to be carried or dragged. Since that great breakthrough, when

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Smoking is expensive: How proper maintenance can help avoid tire burnouts

Smoking is expensive! Now, before anyone thinks I am going off on a tangent lamenting the cost of a pack of smokes, rest assured that is not on the agenda. The smoking under consideration here produces the unmistakable aroma often noticeable at intersections or from the underside of a trailer just before a shower of

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Truck tire inflation tips and tricks

“An engineer told me something early in my career–the tire isn’t what carries the load, the air is what carries the load,” said Jason Miller, national fleet channel sales manager, Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. Miller is keenly aware that tire inflation isn’t the most exciting topic in the truck tire world, but it’s definitely

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