IDAHO FALLS IDAHO GULICK TRUCKING TIRE MAINTENANCE CONTROLING

IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO

GULICK TRUCKING • TIRE MAINTENANCE • CONTROLING THE TIRE COSTS

GULICK TRUCKING Owner Operator - Independent Contractor Fleet Current fleet size: • 180 Plated Tractors • 297 Refrigerated Trailers • 10 Dry Van Trailers

How Does the Gulick Team Maintain Their Trailer Tires? • Tire maintenance is one of the top five costs in the trucking industry • What did Gulick do to help control these costs? • What does ensuring that the tires are properly maintained do to help in other areas of our business?

Tire Cost • • Tire cost presents 3% of overall expenses At an average cost of $. 03 per mile, it can add up fast Average cost of a single tire is $355. 00 According to Travel Centers of America, the average cost of a road call for a blown/flat tire (with no additional damage) is $650. 00

Controlling the Cost • Tire. Maxx Pro System by Henrickson • Tire. Maxx is an automatic tire pressure control system. Tire. Maxx provides constant pressure with active inflation, relieving, and equalizing. • Uses the trailer’s own air supply to keep the tires properly inflated • The system eliminates leak points, which also eliminate contaminant pathway.

Controlling the Cost • Gulick Trucking utilizes the Goodyear Dura. Seal Technology • • Dura. Seal Technology will quickly seal up a puncture up to ¼-inch diameter Built into the tread casing When punctured a yellow, gel like rubber compound surrounds the nail Same tire is able to do this multiple times, stopping the tire from needing to be repaired ensuring that your truck stays on the road where it belongs

Controlling the Cost • Utilizing retread tires only if it is a Unicircle. • • Unicircle means no seam This is a cap of a Dura. Seal casing No multiple retreads. One per casing The new and retread Goodyears are also Smart. Way Certified fuel saving tires

Gulick’s New Trailer Tire Policy • Gulick’s O/O and contract carriers that utilize our trailers are responsible for the tires on the trailers they pull • Gulick will pay up to the first $100. 00, plus Fleet. Net Service Fee for simple flat repairs • Drivers are responsible for all road hazard damage, damage from curbing, and any damage not caused by normal wear and tear • Using the Qual. Comm macro 20 when first hooking up to a trailer, ensuring that any damage to the trailer they are pulling is documented before taking control of the trailer.

How This All Helps in Other Areas • We have created a better working relationship & goodwill with our O/O • Less flats in the yard for the next guy to take care of • Less late loads due to unknown tire issues in the yard • A flat tire in the yard is just not a tire cost, it is a late load and upset driver, to say the least.

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