Reduce your truck tire costs with Continental’s global lifecycle solution.

ContiLifeCycle offers a cradle-to-grave approach that prolongs the life of your bus and truck tires at every stage: new tires, casing, and retreading.

Buying a Continental tire has advantages that extend beyond a single tire life:

• New tires designed for maximum performance in your application and ultimate retreadability
• 3G Casing optimized for simplified casing management and specifically designed with retreading in mind
• Retread technology for a truck tire retread that “looks like new, runs like new!”

One of the largest automotive suppliers and tire manufacturers in the world, Continental is uniquely positioned to deliver your Lowest Overall Driving Cost.

Truck Tire Retreads that “Look Like New, Run Like New!”

Continental provides retreads for truck tires, as well as bus and coach tire retreading, as a key component of our lifecycle management solution. The casing represents up to 80 percent of a commercial vehicle tire’s value, and the ContiLifeCycle process helps ensure fleets can capitalize on this investment.

Our technology-driven manufacturing process delivers high quality retreads with a unique advantage: retread tires that “look like new, run like new.” The ContiTread brand offers many of the same tread patterns and compounds used in our new tires, delivering the performance you expect from a Continental tire.

ContiLifeCycle Locations

Start benefiting from a truck tire retread program today. Contact your nearest ContiLifeCycle partner or BestDrive location for expert advice on selecting new tires, casing management, and retreading.

Are you a retreader interested in becoming a ContiLifeCycle partner? Contact us

Protecting Your Tire Casing for Retreading

The casing of a truck tire or bus tire represents up to 80 percent of its value. Protect your casing to ensure it is suitable for retreading and discover your Lowest Overall Driving Cost.

Follow these simple tips to maximize the life of your tire casing and help ensure suitability for a bus or truck tire retread.

Maintain proper inflation pressure – Monitoring tire air pressure and temperature is the key to getting the most from your tire. Proper inflation helps ensure maximum removal miles for the new tire, protects the casing from damaging heat build-up caused by excessive deflection, and improves fuel efficiency.

• Monitor for penetrations – In addition to examining your tire pressure, it is also vital to inspect tires for nails, stones, and other invasive materials that can damage the casing. Continental tires are designed with an angled belt package to help reduce penetrations, and many tread patterns feature stone ejection technology to reduce stone drilling.
• Stay within the tire load range – Overloading a tire causes its internal components, such as the belt package, to deteriorate, meaning the casing may not have the structural integrity required for retreading.
• Establish pull points – By U.S. government standards, fleets must pull steer tires at 4/32nds remaining tread depth, and drive and trailer tires at 2/32nds. Your ContiLifeCycle retread partner can provide precise recommendations for your particular fleet.
• Use the right tire for your application – Using a tire that is not designed for your specific vocation can cause irregular wear or poor performance, and could even jeopardize the health of the casing. Continental offers new tires designed for maximum performance in each application, ensuring access to the right tires for your needs.