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the two tires situated together. Roanhouse said he rec- ommends a “12/20 fire program, which means a district has available spares at 12/32nd and 20/32nd, if possible,” to be able to replace a tire with similar tread depth. Jones said the Clovis district does not use retreads,
a decision that he said is validated whenever he sees blown-out tires on the side of the road, “which are usu- ally recaps.” However, the Tire Retread and Repair Information
Bureau cites at least eight studies from the U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation and several states that such perceptions are inaccurate. A University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute study found that 57 percent of tire casings retrieved from truck stops were from new tires, while 43 percent of the casings were from retreads. Clovis also does not rotate tires. “You’ve got the duals,
it’s cumbersome to dismount and mount them since the inner and outer rims are different,” Jones explained. He added that he has yet to notice issues with the tires
on his district’s nine electric school buses, but he has had maintenance and battery charge problems with the electric buses, and he said he is not eager to add more to the 166-bus fleet, which also includes 35 CNG buses. Jones noted the district has become less selective
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about tire brands, as it can be hard to find the right type of tire. “It seems like it’s become more and more difficult to get certain brands,” he said. “If you want to get picky, you might not get anything. Now it’s feast or famine. Either they have it or they don’t.” ●
“The electric buses wear out the rear tires faster because the torque of the electric motor, they grab harder. If you see an electric bus needs a tire 10,000 miles before a diesel or gas bus, that’s one reason.”
- Charles Faillace, The School District of Philadelphia
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