For several months, my tire sales have been slightly up from the past. But sales are not generating nearly enough used tires to supply demand. Used 13's and 14's are nearly nonexistant, with 15's almost as bad. Partly to blame is new cars now coming with low profile tiree on larger diameter wheels. These new size used tires are so expensive that vehicle owners are running them to disposal point before replacing so there are few of them available as used tires. Also, seems money's tight for many, and many people are retaning their old tires for kinfolk and friends. So this past week I took delivery of 775 used tires from a sorting operation in northern Michigan. Tires are brought to be sorted from Costco, Sam's Clubs, Walmart, and Pepboys. Even at $7.00 ea. for all sizes and tread depths (measure 40-60% original tread depth) this is a fairly large investment for used merchandise, plus had to rent additional storage space.
Between frenzied offload of delivery truck, then sorting, sizing and orderly stacking,handling this many tires by my son and I, while other employee kept shop in operation has about whipped my @$$ !
Bob
Between frenzied offload of delivery truck, then sorting, sizing and orderly stacking,handling this many tires by my son and I, while other employee kept shop in operation has about whipped my @$$ !
Bob