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Management: Three Generations of Selling Tires
Michigan City’s Flanigan Tire Inc., 130 W. Sixth St., has employed three generations of Flanigans during its 70 years in business, and could possibly have a fourth. Mike Flanigan started working for his father, C.J. "Pat" Flanigan, in the family tire business when he was a kid, then started full-time when he got out of the Navy in October 1970 ….
150 Tires Stolen from Iowa Dealer
About $25,000 worth of tires was stolen over the weekend from Linder Tire Services in Iowa City, IA. John Linder, vice president of Linder Tire Services, said the thief cut through the warehouse’s tin wall and dug a hole through the insulation and drywall. Employees discovered the theft when they opened the store Monday ….
Tennant Leaves Landlord with More than 1,000 Used Tires
A former Cemetery Road resident has left with cash in his pocket, his landlord with a debt to pay and a whole lot of tires. Victoria Kildow rents out land off Cemetery Road. She discovered last year that one of her tenants was getting paid by a person in town to haul away used tires and dispose of them. But instead of disposing of the tires properly, he was simply stacking them in the woods on Kildow’s property. Now, with more than 1,000 tires dumped along the roadside and ….
Joseph F. Myers, Myers for Tires
Joseph F. Myers, owner Myers for Tires Gladwin, MI www.myersfortires.com In 1930, veterinarian Dr. Floyd Myers opened the doors of his first service station in downtown Gladwin, MI. He treated his animals next door and also served as mayor and Gladwin County sheriff. From the mid 1930s to 1978, Ralph Myers operated the automotive business,
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire Recalling LT, Motorcycle Tires
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) has announced U.S. recalls of light truck/SUV and motorcycle tires. In both cases, the recalls are because of incorrect sidewall markings. BFNAT said that no "structural or performance safety issues" exist with either product ….
Tech Tip: Performance Still Most Important in Today’s Tires
During a long career in the tire biz, I’ve seen a few tires that simply didn’t look right. Once upon a time, a tire company rolled out a cantilevered sidewall that looked as strange to me as it must have appeared to would-be tire buyers. It didn’t sell. Neither did a one-ply bias tire billed as being better than a two-ply bias tire. That was back in the pre-radial 1960s and consumers didn’t buy that line either.
Goodyear Recalls 400,000 Tires
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is voluntarily recalling some 400,000 associate and private brand passenger tires the company produced between 2003 and 2006. The tires in question – size P215/70R14 – were produced under 23 different brand names, including Goodyear house or associate brands Kelly-Springfield, Douglas, Mohave and Republic. The tires were sold in the U.S. and Canada.
Tech Tip: Keeping Your Customers’ Tires Glued to the Road
Confused about modern ride control technology? Sometimes looking back into automotive history can put such technology into a more usable framework. A good illustration is how ride control technology evolved from the simple, early-century friction shock absorber to the electronic variable-rate shocks and MacPherson struts currently being installed on late-model imports.
Auction Features Signed Goodyear Race Tires
Goodyear is providing 43 autographed race-used Goodyear Eagle tires for an auction that will benefit the NASCAR Foundation. The race-used tires will feature autographs by 43 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers. Each autographed race-used tire will come with a certificate of authenticity that includes the driver’s name and car number, the race in which the tire was used, the driver’s finish in that race and the tire’s RFID number.