Tire wear patterns reveal far more than tread life, offering early insight into suspension issues, loading problems and ...

Tire wear patterns on all-wheel-drive vehicles demand special attention. Uneven tire wear can damage the AWD system itself, making early diagnosis critical for safety, performance, and long-term cost ...

Selecting the right tread pattern for tires used on the often-hostile road surface of a construction site, as shown here on this dump truck, can help resist "chipping and chunking" caused by stones ...

Every tire guy like me loves it when tread is worn evenly to 4/32nd or 2/32nd, depending on the position and application. A perfectly worn steer, drive, or trailer tire is a thing of beauty and a sign ...

There are four basic procedures that must be maintained to prevent unnecessary tire wear. The tires must beproperlyinflated; front-end alignment must be correct for thetypeof tire, vehicle and driving ...

If you’ve ever looked at a set of truck tires and thought, “These shouldn’t be this worn already,” you’re not alone. The frustrating part is that early wear doesn’t always look dramatic at first. It ...

Adding tire rotation to your maintenance routine probably sounds like a nuisance. But even when alignment is kept up to snuff, tires do wear unevenly. Add to this the tendency for parts to wear and ...

Tyrata, tire sensor and data management company, introduced its Tyrata.io system in 2021. It is a comprehensive data portal for its IntelliTread tire tread monitoring products. Now it has introduced a ...

As I write this month, I'm just finishing up a dual winter tire test that we'll publish in the future. We tested the tires on numerous vehicles in order to get different driver opinions, to see how ...

The best tires aren't created equal. There are a lot of different types of tires out there, and it can be tough to know which ones are right for your vehicle. Some are designed for seasonal driving, ...