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    BKT USA Inc.
    'Smoother surfaces typically offer less rolling resistance compared to rough surfaces,' says Dave Paulk, manager, field technical services, BKT USA Inc. 'Rolling resistance increases as torque and speed increase.'
    March 18, 2025
    In this installment of AG Tire Talk, experts break down the basics of rolling resistance and how it impacts equipment performance.
    Ford Motor Co.
    Will you go out of business if you take in EVs? Craig Van Batenburg doesn't see that happening.
    Craig Van Batenburg
    March 6, 2025
    Shops that have added hybrid and EV service are even busier and more profitable.
    American Kenda Rubber Industries Co. Ltd. 
    'There are material improvements, construction options and evolving mechanical design elements that will increase the performance levels and expand the traditional limitations' in HP and UHP tires, say Kenda officials.
    Madison Gehring
    March 6, 2025
    Consumers are placing a greater emphasis on certain attributes in their HP/UHP tires than they have before, according to tiremakers.
    Photo: ID 96965047 © Agnormark | Dreamstime.com
    Tire manufacturers agree that 2025 will bring growth opportunities for enterprising OTR tire dealers.
    Mike Manges
    March 4, 2025
    OTR tire manufacturers are looking forward to a growth market in 2025. They explain why in this MTD exclusive.

    More content from February 2025

    Photo: Bridgestone Americas Inc.
    Bridgestone Americas Inc.’s TBR tire manufacturing plant in LaVergne, Tenn., will close its doors in July 2025.
    Mike Manges
    Feb. 24, 2025
    Commercial medium truck tires are back in the news again, as two manufacturers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Bridgestone Americas Inc., recently announced big changes within...
    Photo: Big Horn Tire
    “We have our fingers on the pulse of mining activity in this part of the country,” says Craig Stevens, general manager of Gillette, Wyo.-based Big Horn Tire (pictured on right, with from left to right, Wes Brown, Big Horn Tire’s director of business development; Jennifer Williams, Big Horn Tire’s director of administration and retail sales; and Josh Crump, the dealership's director of asset management.)
    Mike Manges
    Feb. 19, 2025
    Not far from where General George Armstrong Custer made his famous last stand sits another Big Horn that’s fighting a battle of its own.
    Photo: Wonderland Tire Co.
    'Teams want inspiration and this happens best when the leader is in front, modeling desired behavior.' says Jackson.
    J. Mark Jackson
    Feb. 17, 2025
    Are leaders made or born? This is the Holy Grail question of leadership development.
    Lexi Majoros
    'I'm asking you to simply excel and to be the absolute best at what it is you're paid to do — to invest in yourself and learn the skills of your trade, with true intentionality,' says O'Connor.
    Randy O'Connor
    Feb. 17, 2025
    Getting ahead is much more complicated than applying best-of-the best-strategies. Best-in-class demands simplicity. Here's my argument.
    Hunter Engineering Co.
    'It really doesn’t matter if you sold 100 alignments if only 10% of your customers bought one,' says McCarron.
    Dennis McCarron
    Feb. 17, 2025
    When you are collecting data, you should focus on collecting it both accurately and efficiently. If it takes an hour to get a report together, that’s too long.
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    Mitchell 1
    Jan. 28, 2025
    Understand the components and workings of the TPMS on the 2022 Ram 1500.
    MTD
    The Benton family highlighted their core values and what it takes to run a family-owned tire business at the recent Black’s Tire Service/BTS Tire Distributors meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. (From left to right, Rick Benton, Cody Benton, Ryan Benton, Ricky Benton, Trey Benton, Jeremy Benton and Cole Benton.)
    Madison Gehring
    Jan. 28, 2025
    As it rounded out its 95th year in business, Black's Tire Service Inc. went “Black to the Basics” at its 2025 leadership and management conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
    Burt Brothers Tire & Service
    'Consumer deferment and trade-down have been consistent themes in recent months, but the arrival of winter weather in more areas of the country in December prompted some consumers to quickly play catch up with auto maintenance and tire purchases,' says Healy.
    John Healy
    Jan. 27, 2025
    For a second straight month, tire dealers recorded positive sellout trends of around 1.1% in December. That’s a slight uptick from November, when the growth was more moderate ...
    MTD
    More than 850 people attended K&M Tire Inc.’s recent meeting in Columbus, Ohio. The event included a trade show with 42 vendors, plus 11 seminars and other activities. K&M Tire is celebrating its 55th year in business.
    Mike Manges
    Jan. 23, 2025
    K&M Tire Inc. is making investments today that will position the wholesale-distributor and its customers for continued success.
    MTD
    Point S tire dealers participated in roundtable discussions to swap ideas and best practices. They covered everything from financing options for customers to staffing issues.
    Joy Kopcha
    Jan. 19, 2025
    Point S USA dealers celebrated a big highlight reel from 2024 during the group’s annual members meeting. The cooperative added another record number of stores — 83 — during the...
    H&H Industries Inc.
    “Over time the advancements in OTR retreading naturally have grown leaps and bounds,” says Noah Hickman, president of Oak Hill, Ohio-based H&H Industries Inc.
    Nov. 6, 2024
    Noah Hickman, president of H&H Industries Inc., says that the company has been working on this investment for over a year.