Meritor Inc. and Pressure Systems International (PSI) announced that Maverick Transportation has spec’d the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) by PSI to be standard on all new trailers purchased in 2012. MTIS keeps tires properly inflated, which improves tire maintenance management, trailer up-time and bottom line return on investment, according to the company.

“When tires are properly inflated at all times there are less ‘tire gators’ on the road and fewer roadside breakdowns,” said Craig Frohock, general manager, North American trailer, Meritor. “It’s always rewarding when companies such as Maverick realize these benefits and safety aspects that MTIS brings to their fleets, drivers and the general public sharing the roads.”

Dean Newell, certified director of safety and vice president of safety for Maverick, explained that with the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new CSA initiative, MTIS is even more important as an additional specification to their trailers.   

“We’re serious about safety at Maverick, and always have been. With the CSA scoring and enforcement criteria, points assessed for under-inflated and flat tires can easily impact the safety score of any fleet operating in the U.S. If you can avoid those instances by having your tires properly inflated all the time, it eliminates that worry. That’s why we spec the Meritor Tire Inflation System by PSI on our trailers,” said Newell, who has served as chairman of the American Trucking Association’s (ATA) Safety Management Council and was the recipient of their Safety Director of the Year Award in 2010.

Maverick operates more than 1,500 flatbed, glass and temperature-controlled semi-trailers with the Meritor Tire Inflation System by PSI, the company added.