Mobile Tire Repair & Truck Tire Service in Farmington Hills, MI.

Onboard compressor, crane or hoist, tire rack

Every commercial call. A Class 8 drive tire is heavy enough that the hoist is a safety device, not a convenience.

Truck and trailer tire capable

Any mount or dismount at the roadside. Commercial beads do not break with hand tools.

Torque wrench or calibrated multiplier

Every wheel installation. The impact gun spins the nut on; the torque tool is what makes it correct.

OSHA-compliant restraining device

Any tire inflated off the vehicle. A commercial tire failing during inflation carries lethal energy — this is a mandatory control, not best practice.

Calibrated depth gauge, dual-foot chuck

Every call. Documented readings are what make a DOT compliance claim defensible later.

Inside patch, vulcanizing capability

Repairable injuries. An inside repair is a real repair; an outside plug is a temporary measure.

Cones, triangles, scene lighting, high-vis

Rolls on every interstate call. Working the traffic side of a truck in the dark is the highest-risk part of this job.

Common steer, drive, and trailer sizes

Carried so a call finishes on the first visit. Dispatch confirming your size is checking stock, not stalling.

Frozen air tanks at the Haggerty Road supplier docks

When Oakland County bottoms out below zero overnight, the supplier tractors staged along Haggerty Road wake up with frozen air tanks and brake lines plugged with ice. A JIT trailer that can't air up threatens the line it feeds. Our Farmington Hills mechanics carry methanol injection and air-dryer rebuild kits and clear most of these on-scene without a tow.

Salt-eaten brake hardware on the I-696 supplier loop

Michigan's aggressive winter salting corrodes brake components on the high-mileage supplier fleet faster than crews expect, and by late winter we see seized slack adjusters and rotted air lines on the I-696 run. We stock S-cam hardware and corrosion-resistant fittings on every truck so a failed component gets swapped roadside instead of dragging the unit to a bay.

Shift-change pileup breakdown on the M-5 ramp

The M-5 and I-696 interchange stacks deep at supplier shift change, and a truck that quits in that window blocks a ramp and bleeds time off a parts schedule. Our dispatchers coordinate a quick MSP-assisted pullout and roll a mechanic in parallel, keeping the disabled unit from turning a tight delivery window into a missed one.

Federal tread depth minimums

Federal safety regulations set 4/32 of an inch of tread on the steering axle and 2/32 on all other axles. Below that the vehicle is out of service at roadside — measured at the shallowest point, not the average.

Out-of-service criteria

Beyond tread depth, an inspector will place a vehicle out of service for exposed belt or cord, a visible bulge, a flat or audibly leaking tire, or an unsafe repair in the sidewall. Any one of those ends the trip where it stands.

Retread restrictions

Regrooved, recapped, or retreaded tires are prohibited on the front steering axle of buses. Retreads remain legal, economical, and routine on other positions across the industry.

Load range and inflation

A tire's load capacity is a function of its inflation pressure. Running underinflated is not merely inefficient, it silently overloads the tire, builds heat, and is the leading cause of highway blowouts.

Wheel fastener security

Loose or damaged fasteners are an out-of-service item. Torque at installation and the follow-up re-torque are the entire defense against a wheel separation.

Waste tire disposal

Scrap tires are regulated waste in most states, with handling and disposal requirements that fall on whoever generates them. That is the disposal line on your invoice.

“Supplier tractor froze solid at our Haggerty dock, well below zero. RRN tech arrived in 32 minutes, thawed the system and rebuilt the air dryer in the lot. The JIT run never slipped. They know cold-weather diesel work cold.”

“Blew a drive tire and lost a hub on M-5 near the ramp. Tow operator was there in under 45 minutes, knew the safe pull-off, and coordinated with state police. Handled the whole thing calmly in a bad spot.”

“Trailer tire failure at the Twelve Mile commerce park. Truck came in about 35 minutes with the size we needed. Knocked one star because tread match wasn't exact, but they got us legal and rolling without drama.”

Position, size, and what happened

Steer, drive, or trailer; the size off the sidewall; and whether it is flat, damaged, or gone. That tells Farmington Hills dispatch whether this is a repair, a swap onto your casing, or a tire we need to be carrying.

Stocked truck, quoted before it rolls

We confirm the operator has your size on the truck and send the road call, the tire, and the labor as separate numbers. Nothing wastes a Farmington Hills hour like a service truck arriving without the tire.

Repaired or replaced, torqued to spec

Repairable injuries get a proper inside repair. Replacements get mounted, inflated in a restraint, torqued with a calibrated tool, and you get the re-torque interval before we leave you in Farmington Hills.