Category: Tire 101
1. For performance and handling, the trend has long been toward fatter tires with a bigger footprint. That’s starting to change, though.…
Ever wonder what the designations stamped on your tire sidewall actually mean? We’d like to break it down for you.
Let’s take for…
Ever think about all the different vehicles that use rubber tires? Tractors, industrial equipment, everything else that rolls on rubber?
Each…
Every year, about 290 million tires are discarded; of those, about 233 million are recycled in one way or another. Shredded tires can be used…
The tire is such a commonplace item — it’s on every car, every truck, every bicycle, every aircraft. It’s easy to not give the tire a second…
There are so many tire designs on the road — all-season, high performance, touring, light truck — and even within a specific tire design,…
Believe it or not, many new vehicles come without a spare tire. Manufacturers have a few different reasons for that, including weight savings,…
Nobody ever looks forward to a flat tire, and nobody ever says “well, that was a really good time” after having one. You can at least minimize…
When it comes to your car, oil isn’t the only thing there’s a finite supply of. Rubber has its limits too, and it’s estimated by 2020, the…
Tires all look sort of the same…round and black…and people tend to think tires don’t change much over the years. That’s really not true,…