How To Take Care of Truck and HGV Tyres
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If you are a truck driver you know all too well how essential it is to have your tyres in the best condition possible. They are extremely important for your safety and are also the backbone which keeps you on the road and working. There are several steps you can regularly take to ensure the tyres of your truck are being looked after and will keep them functioning for as long as possible.
Truck Tyre Care Tips
First of all, it's a very good idea to make sure your tyres are being kept at the correct tyre pressure. Depending on the manufacturer of your truck, your recommended tyre pressure will be different. However, no matter what it is, maintaining the correct pressure by checking it is very important. We recommend checking the tyre pressure after changing the load. This is because heavy loads can really put your tyres under stress and usually require a different pressure from when you are driving around with less in your truck. Driving with the incorrect tyre pressure can really negatively impact your truck's handling and breaking. This is especially true in wet conditions, where the wrong tyre pressure can adversely affect your road grip and stopping distance. Because of the size of trucks, it's imperative to make sure you have it under control at all times.
Another issue that can really damage your tyres prematurely is wheel misalignment. If you are finding that the steering of your truck is off-centre, this could be caused by misaligned wheels. When this happens it's very important to take your truck in for a service and for wheel alignment, both for safety and to increase the lifespan of your tyres.
Something else to make sure you regularly do is to rotate your tyres. This is because, due to the way trucks are driven, their tyres wear unevenly on the tread. We recommend you rotate your tyres every 6,000 miles to promote even wear as this could really make them last a lot longer.
Whenever there is an issue with your tyres, it's important to get it fixed immediately. This is because, as with anything on your truck, a minor issue is only getting to get worse and more costly to repair over time - you don't want to need to arrange roadside tyre repairs in an emergency breakdown! By regularly performing visual checks on your tyres, always considering if you've noticed any changed to the way it handles while driving or breaking and, best of all, taking the truck in to be serviced, you'll be saving yourself a tidy sum over the years.
Mobile Tyre Fitters You Can Trust
The easiest way to make sure the tyres on your truck are always the best they can possibly be is with us here at YourNewTyres. We're a mobile tyre fitting company that will come to you, wherever you are in the North West. Our expert team is always on hand to discuss any issues you might be having, as well as being equipped to perform a full diagnostic test on your tyres. We can also recommend the best tyres for your needs, and fit them for you. We're a complete one-stop shop that will have you driving happily in no time at all.
Arrange tyre services with us today; visit our contact page, or call 07494 112950 or 0300 124 6981.
