Anyone Inventory and Track Lifetime of Tires?

Assuming you own these trucks and the tires used are standardized, log the trucks as assets and any tires not installed on trucks in the parts inventory. Label the storage racks or label holders instead of the tires themselves. Log any tire rotations or replacements via work orders, adding the appropriate part to the work order to be consumed upon completion. Use a custom category for these types of jobs so you can filter them later. Standardize the title or a procedure field with a custom ID to indicate which wheel is being worked on.

Once you have this data flow going, it should be much easier to track down your tires. 😏

I do not know if there is a good way to do this. Unfortunately, in the trucking industry, tires are one of those things that are very hard to “plan” for. Road debris and hot pavement are not kind to rubber. Having said that, I track tires on a spreadsheet. I have each unit listed and then a column for each tire position. I record the date the tire was replaced, the reason it was replaced and the mileage at the time of replacement. It can be a little time consuming to do it this way but it is the best way I have found to do it.

We are starting a Proof of Concept to do that. It’s not proven yet but the process is supposed to work.

There are RFID tags that are specifically specially build for this kind of implementation.

In our particular case, we own the fleet, the repair shop and the parking lot, thus we have complete control over the process.

We are going to treat each Tire as a Sub-Asset linked to each Truck (Main asset) during the installation process. After that it must work as any additional Asset. Kilometers should be tied to the truck odometer and GPS tracker. And any work done to the tire will have an effect both the Tire and the Truck as Work Orders.

I hope you can try this so we can share notes later.