Semi Truck Tire Alignment and Tire Balancing Services

BETTER ALIGNMENT, BETTER RESULTS

REDUCING ROLLING RESISTANCE PAYS YOU BACK IN TIRE AND FUEL SAVINGS

How many miles does your fleet of over-the-road trucks cover per year? If those trucks aren’t in proper alignment, both your tire mileage and fuel mileage suffer. Indeed, wheel alignment is a valuable way to protect your investment.

At Thompson Truck Source, we do commercial truck alignments for all members of the Alabama and Florida delivery or transportation industry. Proper vehicle alignment ensures maximum tire and fuel efficiency so your trucks can meet and exceed performance expectations every day. Reach out to us now and take advantage of the alignment services we have to offer.

Keep Your Operations Safer With Semi Truck Alignment

If you want your commercial fleet to bring in the most profits while keeping your drivers safe, each vehicle needs to be aligned. Poor tire alignment can cause serious issues with a truck’s ability to function. One of the factors that affects truck alignment is road quality, which means that anything from a pothole to an unexpected speed bump could throw the vehicle off balance. A few signs indicating that a part of your fleet may need servicing include:

Excessive or uneven tire wear
Difficulties driving in a straight line
Poor fuel consumption
Frequent drifting

Without the proper vehicle alignment, you or your drivers will probably start noticing an increase in resistance during trips. This difficulty can make it harder to steer and keep the vehicle on the road. The additional resistance can also cause issues with fuel costs, driving efficiency, and even employee safety.

Over-the-road truck alignment services from Thompson Truck Source can realign your tires and remove that extra resistance. With our services, your vehicles will operate smoothly while out on the road, regardless of the load or distance.

A poorly aligned vehicle will usually have tires that face inward or outward instead of straight. If your truck tire rods need to be loosened or tightened, we’ll take care of the job so you can get back to work right away with firm, strong tires under every truck.

What Can You Gain From Commercial Truck Balancing Services?

Tests have shown that 70% of the vehicles on the road today would benefit tremendously from being properly aligned. For over-the-road trucks, it’s even more important.

For starters, you could save about 2% on fuel costs. Truck wheel alignment is vital for maintaining fuel efficiency, especially when it comes to businesses that make their profit by traveling to delivery destinations every day. Misalignment eats up truck fuel much more quickly, causing drivers to fill up their tanks more often and forcing you to pay more each year in operational costs. Our professionals will make sure the wheels on your vehicles are all perfectly balanced so you can cut down on additional expenses.

Qualified technicians and computerized alignment equipment will reduce your vehicle’s tire friction and drag. When all wheels are traveling in the same direction perfectly, it takes less energy. And when we check your alignment, we find ways to help you avoid larger, more costly repairs.

Having a properly aligned vehicle also helps reduce wear and tear on your tires, allowing them to last longer. Unnecessary friction caused by balancing issues can make truck wheels wear out faster, which translates into heftier replacement and repair costs for your business. Your semi trucks have multiple wheels, and they are all equally important to the success of each trip. Taking care of them helps them stay in working condition for as long as possible.

Key Benefits of a Properly Aligned and Balanced Semi Truck

If you own a semi truck, you know just how important it is to remain aligned and balanced on the road. The road is full of hazards, risks, and concerns when it comes to short- and long-distance driving, especially when carrying a load and passengers. When your semi truck isn’t aligned or balanced correctly, you may notice a host of issues crop up, which can risk expensive business downtime or even a crash.

Here are a few of the key benefits you can experience from a properly aligned and balanced semi truck:

Better handling and stability: When your semi truck is aligned, driving becomes easier, and your overall handling and stability increases.
Easier overall driving: You have enough to worry about without stressing over your quality of driving, so maintaining alignment is key.
Increased fuel efficiency: When your truck is aligned and balanced, you drive with more stability, increasing fuel efficiency and management over time.
Reduced truck vibration: An unaligned semi truck experiences increased vibration, eventually wearing down parts. You can avoid this issue with professional alignment services.
Less suspension stress: A fully aligned truck and its parts will experience less suspension stress, increasing your vehicle’s lifespan.

What You Can Expect From Our Semi Truck Tire Alignment Services

We like to keep things nice and simple at Thompson Truck Source. Our teams have decades of experience providing semi truck tire alignment and balancing services, and over the years, we have perfected our approach to the best alignment strategy. When working with us, you can expect straightforward, reliable, and high-quality services, including:

Pre-inspection: We inspect your vehicle and its road performance to get a clearer picture of what needs to be addressed and how.
Mounting and measuring: Between mounting sensors and measuring alignment, we check what’s in and out of spec before servicing.
Axle adjustment: We adjust the steer axles that need the most attention — this is where the magic happens.
Concluding verification: Our experienced teams perform a final verification inspection on the vehicle.
Test drive: Finally, we will test drive your vehicle to ensure that everything is working as it should, and all is properly aligned.

Once the service on your semi truck is completed, we don’t stop at the physical adjustment side of things. We make sure that you are kept up to date on the appropriate preventive maintenance procedures, so you can keep a regular eye on your vehicle and be aware of anything that seems off in the future.

Your Trusted Partner for Semi Truck Tire Alignment and Balancing

Your semi truck is the lifeline of your business, so ensuring it performs safely and reliably is critical for your daily operations. That’s where an experienced service provider comes in. Combining decades of experience, careful attention to detail, and a commitment to client satisfaction, we can ensure you receive the best service possible.

Contact Us for Semi Truck Alignment Services Today

You’ve made a big investment in your fleet of big rigs. We’d like to help you find big savings every mile they’re on the road. Having the tires aligned for each of your vehicles a few times a year could be just what you need to reduce costs and keep drivers safe while they’re transporting goods. Strengthen your tires and your vehicles’ longevity today with over-the-road truck alignment services.

The following Truck Source locations can perform alignments:

Birmingham
Alabaster
Pensacola
Oxford

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