A Tire Technician and the Service Call He Almost Didn’t Survive

John Melosci recounts the day he took a shortcut while on a service call. It was 35 years ago. This third-generation tire dealer still confronts the aftereffects of the incident all these years later. He tells his story on this episode of The Modern Tire Dealer Show.
Aug. 21, 2025
MTD
John Melosci was a young road service technician in 1990 when he hopped in a service truck to repair a tire on a dump truck. That service call nearly cost him his life.
John Melosci was a young road service technician in 1990 when he hopped in a service truck to repair a tire on a dump truck. That service call nearly cost him his life.

Servicing a leaky tire on a dump truck almost brought an end to not just John Melosci’s tire industry career, but his life. Melosci recounts the day he took a shortcut while on a service call. It was 35 years ago. This third-generation tire dealer still confronts the aftereffects of the incident all these years later. He tells his story on this episode of The Modern Tire Dealer Show.

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Joy Kopcha joined Modern Tire Dealer and Auto Service Professional as senior editor in 2014 after working as a newspaper reporter for a dozen years in Kansas, Indiana and Pennsylvania. She was named managing editor of MTD and ASP in 2022, and took on that same role with Motor Age in 2024.

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