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Tire Case Study

A New Tread on Life

Before AlABAmA Dumpster service BegAn

testing Goodyear DuraSeal Technology tires on one o

its roll-o trucks in 2008, the Hope Hull, AL-based

company was lucky i a tire lasted three months.

And as ar as having tires retreaded to get additional

tread liethat was nearly impossible. However,

today thats all changed thanks to tire sel-sealing

technology rom Goodyear. Its a positive change that

is saving the company time and money.

Losing TiresAlabama Dumpster Service, which Earl Dansby

and his son, Ladon Dansby, started in January o2000, provides construction waste services using 20-,

30- and 40-yard roll-o containers.

Ladons brother, Michael, later joined

the company, which operates in

Central Alabama near Montgomery.

The companys construction waste

service also provides 30-yard sel-

contained compactors and 40-yard

stationary compactors. Plus, it oers

construction rms and event organizers portable

toilets or construction sites and special events. It

operates a feet o 13 Mack and Peterbilt trucks, with

two ront-end loading and eight roll-o trucks plus

three trucks to haul and service portable toilets.

Ladon Dansby says the companys trucks routinely

visit construction sites, plus landll sites and transer

stations, where tires can pick up all sorts o tire-

puncturing debris. Flat tires were such a problem that

hardly a day would go by beore one or more o the

companys 13 trucks were down because o a fat tire,

he adds.

For several years, the company tried dierentstrategies to stretch its tire budget, to get more lie

DuraSeal Technologyallows AlabamaDumpster to dumpCosts, extend tirelife.

From let, Ladon Dansby, Travis Owens (manager o local Goodyear dealerBestOne Tire o Montgomery, AL) and Michael Dansby.Photos courtesy o Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems.

Ladon Dansby, co-owner o Hope Hull, AL-based Alabama Dumpster, examines thetread on a Goodyear G177 drive tire with DuraSeal Technology. Dansby says hiscompany easily spent upwards o $5,000 per month or tire service or his companys

eet o roll-o trucks beore he switched to the DuraSeal Technology tires.

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out o tires and to reduce its cost per mile, including running retreaded tires

on the drive positions. We were losing tires so requently, I decided to go with

the cheapest retreaded tire I could get, Dansby says. But in the summertime,

they ran hot and because they picked up nails and all sorts o other items that

punctured the tire, they oten would get air leaks. Routinely, we had tire

problems out on the road that would require road service. Now that $200 tire,

which needed to be replaced, easily turned into a $600 problem with the cost

o the road service and possible damage to the truck rom the ailed tire. Plus,

it was not unheard o or us to have upwards o 15 fat tires to x on a Monday

ater the trucks had been sitting in our yard or two days.

Dansby says the company tried changing strategies and began using all newtires and an atermarket sealant, which was sprayed inside the tires. While that

strategy worked at reducing its problems, Alabama Dumpsters operation still

suered rom fat tires, which required the company to pay or a tire repairman

to visit up to three or our times a week to patch tires. With our or ve tires

to repair per visit, three to our times per week, and $32 per tire repair, plus

the cost o replacing tires that could not be repaired, Dansby says his company

easily spent upwards o $5,000 per month or tire service. Plus, company

drivers still spent overtime hours at night and on Saturdays to make up or

missed pickups when tire problems routinely delayed them.

A New SolutionAt the recommendation o Goodyear and its local tire dealer, BestOne Tire

o Montgomery, AL, Dansby says they decided to try the Goodyear G177 with

DuraSeal Technology in size 11R22.5 on the drive positions o one o its roll-

o trucks.

Akron, OH-based Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems oer complete

products and services to the waste hauling industries, including a ull range

o original equipment and replacement tires. This includes the 24/7 feetHQ

Solution Center, national programs, tire management tools, online inormationaccess and business problem-solving or tomorrows waste haulers. Goodyears

DuraSeal Technology is a gel-like, solvent-ree compound built into the inner

liner o the tire. It can instantly and consistently seal punctures up to -inch

in the tread area, without the need to repair the tire until it is retreaded. This

allows truck drivers to continue operating ater a tire is punctured.

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The construction waste sites that Alabama Dumpsters trucks routinely visit contain all sorts otire-puncturing debris.

Right: At the recommendation o Goodyear and i ts local tire dealer, BestOne Tire o Montgomery,AL, Alabama Dumpster owners Michael and Ladon Dansby say they decided to try the GoodyearG177 with DuraSeal Technology in size 11R22.5 on the drive positions o one o their roll-otrucks.

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Beore we started using DuraSeal Technology on that

roll-o truck, the truck routinely got three to our fats

per week, Dansby says. Then or the rst six months,

the truck didnt get a single fat with the DuraSeal tires.

Actually, that rst set lasted an entire year beore they had

to be replaced. Beore, we were lucky to get three months

o use out o our tires beore they were scrapped.Now, most wheel positions on the companys trucks

are equipped with DuraSeal Technology tires, including

the steer position o its ront-end loading trucks, which

use Goodyear G289 WHA in size 315/80R22.5. Dansby

estimates that as a result o equipping his trucks with

DuraSeal Technology tires his annual tire repair bill has

dropped more than 60 percent rom $80,000 to about

$30,000.

Problems associated with fats are a thing o the past,Dansby says. Having drivers wait around in the morning

to get their truck tires aired up or patched or having them

sit on the side o the road waiting or the tire guy to come

x their tires, we dont have those problems anymore. And

that makes a huge dierence in our operation. | WAFor more inormation about Goodyear Commercial Tire

Systems and Goodyear DuraSeal Technology, contact Tim

Miller, Marketing Communications Manager, at (330) 796-

3258, e-mail timothy.miller@goodyear.com or visit www.

goodyeartrucktires.com or. For more inormation on the feetHQ

program, visit www.feetHQ.com.

Alabama Dumpsters trucks routinely visit construction sites, pluslandfll sites and transer stations, where tires can pick up all sorts otire-puncturing debris.

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