Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau (TRIB) offers these recommendations for optimizing tire wear:
1. Create a tire management policy.
2. Conduct regular fleet inspections to ensure compliance to your tire policy standards.
3. Establish and maintain a strict air pressure maintenance program.
4. Check for signs of axles being out of alignment and align as needed.
5. Conduct driver training and implement responsibilities and requirements for drivers.
6. Balance free-rolling axle tires.
7. Match tires for size, pressure and design-type.
8. Make sure all tires have "flow-through" valve caps.
9. Implement a mounted tire program.
10. Work with a quality retreader to develop a retread program for your tires.
11. Track tire performance frequently and make decisions based on data and facts.
TRIB is a non-profit industry association whose goal is to provide the motoring public – both in the private and public sectors – with the most up-to-date information about the economic and environmental benefits of tire retreading and tire repairing.