Top Safety Tips for Tires

The only thing on your rig that actually touches the road is tires. As such, it’s hard to underestimate the importance of proper tire maintenance, which can help reduce expenses (such as expensive tire replacements), increase fuel mileage and boost driving safety.“Think about a tractor trailer going down the road with an 80,000-pound payload,” says Donn Kramer, the director of marketing and innovation for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. “Tires are the most important element to starting and stopping a vehicle. You have brakes, but tires are what stop your truck. Tires really perform more work than most people