Tires and the Marketing of America

Tire Construction All the recent talk about mysterious tire defects suggests it’s time for some background on how tires have developed to their present technological level, how tires are made, and how they respond to their conditions of use. Progress in tires has always dealt with the twin problems of strength and temperature management. A tire is basically a flexible rubber-impregnated fabric structure, given rigidity by the tensioning of its carcass of cord fabric by inflation pressure. Applied over this carcass is the part that rolls on the road—the rubber…

Vendor Spotight: FIVE NINE FAB

The message shown above is printed on a t-shirt by one of our newest vendors, and we think this sums up beautifully what their product is all about. 

Five Nine Fabrication is a Ram Turbo Diesel parts company that manufactures a preventive solution for the secondary damage a front driveshaft failure can cause. Read on for the full story on what they make, and why…