In the dark of night, at a storage yard outside Houston, a small crew urgently made their way down a row of twenty semi-trucks. One by one, each truck had its wheels removed with surgical precision. After leaving the trucks suspended on wooden blocks, the crew made off with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of tires in a semi truck tire theft.
The job was done in under an hour.
Thieves are stealing tires at an unprecedented rate. As thieves squeeze a stressed tire supply, the entire industry feels the sting as prices rise.
Here’s why thieves are stealing your tires and what you can do about it.
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All drive tires on massive sale!
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Why are Thieves Targeting Semi-truck Tire Theft?
Semi-truck tires are the perfect target for thieves for three reasons:
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They’re enormously valuable.
If you’re a carrier, you know how pricy semi-truck tires can be.
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They’re compact.
Semi-trucks are relatively small, making them easy to transport.
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They’re difficult to trace.
Unlike many semi-truck products, tires are virtually untraceable. Once the thieves leave the storage yard, the tires are as good as gone.
All these factors make tires enticing. When you consider the professionalization of freight crime, that is, the change from spontaneous to organized theft, it becomes even more difficult to prosecute.
Why is This Affecting All Carriers?
When semi-truck tire theft occurs, the victim is put in a horrible predicament: Not only do they need new tires, but they also lose precious business in the meantime.
This problem extends across the entire industry. More tires are needed to compensate for losses, the demand grows, and prices rise to accommodate the change. Additionally, the loss of business places a further strain on the supply chain.
When compounded with tariffs, it’s easy to see how tire prices have risen 21.4% in recent years and are projected to rise another 10% by the end of 2026.
In a sense, thieves are stealing from the industry as a whole.
How Do I Combat Rising Prices?
Though there are dozens of ways to save on tires, the very best pricing on drive tires can be found when a tire discount program runs a special sale.
England Carrier Services is currently offering its lowest possible pricing on drive tires. With this special, you can combine all these saving strategies:
- Claim the savings of a tire discount program, but even deeper with a special sale
- Purchase premium tires that will save you thousands in the long run
- Buy in bulk to maximize your discount
All drive tires on massive sale!
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As thieves pluck more rubber from the road, the industry-wide carrier community is struggling to get a grip on semi truck tire theft. Semi-truck tires are tragically perfect items for criminals to steal.
Despite the challenge, carriers can secure significant discounts on semi-truck tires through England Carrier Services to offset costs.
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