Tires & Downtime
Protect Your Drivers. Keep Your Fleet Moving.
A tire problem can leave a driver stranded, interrupt a delivery, delay a service call or leave an entire crew waiting.
The tire is only part of the cost. Where the vehicle stops, and what happens next, matters too.
Auto Advocate helps you understand where tire problems are affecting your fleet, what those interruptions cost and which approaches could help reduce them.
We start with your vehicles, routes, tire history and current maintenance practices. Then we help you evaluate preventive measures and protection options that fit your operation.
Tire Problems Affect Safety, Schedules and Operating Costs
Your fleet depends on tires every mile it operates. When a tire problem takes a vehicle out of service, the consequences can reach drivers, dispatchers, customers and other vehicles in the fleet.
A disabled vehicle may leave a driver waiting near moving traffic or in a remote location. Meanwhile, the work still needs to get done.
Some fleets experience repeated punctures. Others deal with slow air loss, uneven wear or expensive roadside service. Vehicles operating around construction sites and debris may face different problems than those running established delivery routes.
We look at those conditions before recommending an approach.
Understanding what happens, where it happens and how your team responds helps us identify opportunities to improve tire maintenance, reduce interruptions and manage the expense of eligible damage.
The Vehicle Stops. The Disruption Spreads.
A flat tire rarely arrives at a convenient time.
A delivery driver may be halfway through a route. A service technician may be headed to a customer. A work truck may carry equipment that an entire crew needs.
The driver needs assistance.
Dispatch adjusts the schedule.
Another vehicle may take over the job.
Customers need updates, and the remaining work may push into overtime.
Location adds another consideration. A tire problem in your yard is different from one on a busy highway or a remote jobsite. Your response needs to account for the driver's situation as well as the vehicle.
We help you examine where incidents occur, how long vehicles remain unavailable and what it takes to get them working again.
That gives us a clearer picture of the interruptions your fleet may be able to reduce.
What Does a Tire Incident Really Cost?
The invoice may show a tire, a repair or a roadside service call. It may leave out much of what the incident cost your business.
There is the driver's waiting time. There may be an interrupted crew, lost production, replacement transportation or overtime needed to finish the work.
Your office also spends time finding assistance, updating customers and rearranging schedules.
A useful review brings those costs together:
- Tire repair or replacement
- Roadside service
- Employee time
- Replacement transportation
- Lost productivity
- Administrative work
We also look at frequency. An expense that seems manageable once can become a recurring drain when it happens across multiple vehicles.
Your own incident history gives us the starting point. Once we understand the full cost, we can compare it with the expense of a proposed solution.
See How PermaSeal Works
PermaSeal is one preventive option available for fleets dealing with tire-related interruptions. Watch the demonstration, then let's look at how a preventive treatment could fit alongside your current maintenance and protection strategy.
The next step is understanding whether the product fits your tires, operating conditions and recurring problems.
Build a Tire Strategy Around Your Operation
A useful tire strategy starts with appropriate tires, regular inspections, correct pressure and timely maintenance.
From there, we can evaluate additional measures based on what your fleet is experiencing.
Repeated punctures, wheel damage and inconsistent maintenance each call for a different review. We help you work through those differences before recommending a product or program.
PermaSeal as a Preventive Tool
PermaSeal describes its tire treatment as designed to reduce slow air loss and address puncture-related problems. The manufacturer states that the treatment remains in the tire for its service life.
For your fleet, the practical question is whether it could help reduce the recurring problems you experience.
Auto Advocate helps evaluate that fit based on your vehicles, tire specifications and operating conditions.
Tire & Wheel Protection
Preventive measures cannot address every type of damage.
Tire & Wheel protection can help manage the expense of eligible damage under the selected contract. Coverage depends on the program, vehicle eligibility, exclusions and claim requirements.
We help you examine those terms and compare the protection with the risks your fleet faces.
Put the Pieces Together
Your operation may benefit from a maintenance change, a preventive treatment, a protection program or a combination of approaches.
We look at how those pieces work together, what they cost and which problems they are intended to address.
Plan the Installation and Support
Introducing a product across a fleet takes coordination.
PermaSeal's fleet program describes installation training, dosage guidance and ongoing account support. We help you evaluate the available implementation options and plan around vehicle availability and your team's workflow.
Measure What Changes
Start with your current tire incidents and their costs.
Track roadside calls, vehicle hours lost, repair and replacement expenses, and miles driven. Distinguish punctures from wear, wheel damage and other causes.
That gives you a useful basis for evaluating whether a change is improving your operation.
An Australian Trailer Fleet Reports Fewer Tire Issues
- 200 to 1
- Tire-related issues within a month of PermaSeal installation, as reported by Grant Hardman of Australia Wide Trailers for U-Haul.
- PermaSeal customer testimonial
Repeated tire problems mean repeated interruptions, for drivers, customers and the people arranging assistance.
In a testimonial published by PermaSeal, Grant Hardman of Australia Wide Trailers for U-Haul reported that tire-related issues fell from approximately 200 to one within a month after PermaSeal installation.
For your fleet, the useful question is what fewer tire incidents could mean in roadside calls, employee waiting time and interrupted work.
This is a manufacturer-published customer testimonial. Operating conditions and results will vary. Auto Advocate can help you evaluate how the product fits your tires, vehicle use and recurring problems.
Source: PermaSeal customer testimonial.
Get a Clearer Picture of Your Tire Costs
Repair invoices, roadside service records and driver reports can help reveal recurring problems.
Auto Advocate can help you bring those records together and identify where a closer review could be useful.
Review Your Tire Incidents
Record which vehicle was involved, where the incident happened, what caused it and how long the vehicle was unavailable. Include whether it required a repair, a replacement tire or roadside assistance.
Calculate the Full Cost
Add the service expense to employee time, interrupted work and any replacement transportation or overtime. That helps you understand what each incident costs beyond the tire invoice.
Review Your Maintenance and Response Practices
Look at how pressure checks, inspections and tire replacements are handled today. Consider whether practices are consistent across drivers, vehicles and locations. Review how drivers request assistance and how your team responds when a vehicle is disabled.
Recording recurring problems gives you information you can act on.
Need Help Getting Started?
Talk to a Fleet Advocate.The Auto Advocate is paid when you buy a product discussed on this page. Every one is optional.
Let's Find Out What's Stopping Your Fleet.
Tell us where tire problems are creating headaches.
We will start with your vehicles, operating conditions, incident history and current tire practices. Together, we can identify recurring issues and understand what they are costing you.
Then we can evaluate which changes, preventive tools or protection options make sense.
Whether you are dealing with repeated flats, expensive roadside calls or concerns about drivers waiting for assistance, we are here to help you work through it.