AKRON — The North American light truck tire market continues to show strong returns. Shipments are forecast to end the year on a historic high, imports are up double digits, and aftermarket spending ...

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is the national trade association for companies that make tires in the U.S. Their members include names like Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear, Michelin, Toyo, ...

Driving off-road takes more than buying a vehicle with four-wheel drive and finding the nearest rock-strewn trail. You also need all-terrain tires that are up to the challenge of digging through mud ...

This story appears in the April 11 print edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to Transport Topics. Safety guidelines for inflating truck tires have been in place for decades, but ...

At some point, we all will need to purchase a new set of tires for our trucks, especially once any of the warning signs that tires are in desperate need of replacement start appearing. If you are ...

Continental will now have an EV compatible checkmark on some of their new truck and bus tires, the company said. The EV compatible checkmark means that the tire meets the special requirements of ...

The Unisteel G316 LHT line of line-haul trailer tires from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (goodyear.com), use Duraseal technology to let tires punctured in the tread repair themselves. (Half the tires ...

One of my first economic lessons was that free lunches were not free. My high school economics teacher had it stenciled on the front of his classroom wall, so it was always in your face: “There is no ...

Semi-trucks are surprisingly loaded with technology, from cylinder deactivation systems that shutdown areas of the engine to save fuel to safety systems that announce when there are pedestrians, other ...

Semi-trucks are some of the longest, biggest, and heaviest vehicles on the roads. Semi-trucks -- and here's what "semi" means on a semi-truck-- are wide, averaging 8.5 feet, and can reach 70 to 80 ...

There are always trade-offs when it comes to maintenance practices, and tires are no different. In a perfect world, every fleet would take the time and spend the money to make sure its trucks’ tires ...