Truck tyre repair covers the heavy end: truck, trailer and bus tyres on 22.5 inch rims, dual wheels on the drive and trailer axles, and roadside call-outs on freight routes where every hour parked costs money. Repairers fix punctures, replace damaged tyres, regroove and arrange retreads, and many manage tyres for whole fleets. Tell us the vehicle, the tyre size, where it is and how urgent it is, and we pass your request to independent truck tyre services in your area, who quote you directly, free.
Roadside call-outs on freight routes
A blowout on the N1, N3 or N4 needs a service truck with a crane or tyre handling equipment, a heavy compressor and impact tools rated for truck wheel nuts. When you call, give the route and nearest kilometre marker or town, the axle and position (for example inner dual, left rear drive axle), the tyre size, such as 315/80 R22.5, and whether you need a tyre supplied. Night and weekend call-outs usually cost more. Smaller vehicles can use mobile tyre repair.
Dual wheels and repairs
On dual wheels a flat inner tyre is easy to miss because the outer one carries the load, then overheats and fails too. A repairer checks both tyres of a pair, matches their size and wear, and makes sure the valves are reachable. Tread punctures in a sound casing can often be repaired from the inside, much like a car tyre repair but with heavier patches. Sidewall damage, cuts through the cords or a tyre run flat usually mean a replacement. Wheel nuts on trucks need the correct torque and a recheck after fitting; see wheel nuts and locknuts.
Regrooving and retreading
Many truck tyres are marked as regroovable: a heated blade cuts fresh tread pattern into the remaining rubber to add life, but only on tyres marked for it and only to the depth the maker allows. Retreading puts new tread on a sound casing. Both depend on looking after the casing: correct pressures, matched duals and pulling the tyre before it is worn to the cords. Ask the repairer how they inspect casings and which positions they recommend for retreads.
Fleet tyre management and alignment
Fleet services can check pressures and tread in your yard on a schedule, record each tyre by vehicle and position, rotate and match duals, and flag trucks that wear tyres unevenly. That uneven wear often points to truck alignment, which needs a workshop with heavy vehicle equipment; see wheel alignment for what the angles mean. Say how many vehicles and axles you run and what records you want. Ask too how the service handles scrap casings, whether it keeps stock of your common sizes near your routes, and how it reports tyres removed early, because those reports show where money is being lost on a fleet.
What to put in your request
- Vehicle, axle and wheel position
- The tyre size, for example 315/80 R22.5
- Where the truck is: route, town or depot
- Emergency now or booked fleet work
- How many vehicles for fleet tyre care
Truck Tyre Repair for drivers, fleets and workshops
- Private car owners: a large camper or horsebox on truck-sized tyres needing a specialist repairer
- Enthusiasts, 4x4 and performance drivers: converted overland trucks with heavy tyres that ordinary shops cannot handle
- Company and rental fleets: company truck fleets with tyre records per vehicle and scheduled yard checks
- Dealers, panel shops and insurers: used trucks and trailers given sound, matched tyres before sale
- Tyre shops and wheel workshops: truck workshops calling in a tyre service for punctures and replacements
- Truck, bus and taxi operators: long-haul trucks and buses with roadside call-outs on the main freight routes
- Farms: grain trucks and farm trailers carrying the harvest to the silos
- Mines and construction sites: haul trucks and site trucks with tyres cut by rock on mine roads
Frequently asked questions
Can you send someone to a truck stuck on the highway?
Is a retreaded tyre safe?
Do you handle bus and minibus taxi tyres too?
Do you repair truck tyres yourselves?
Truck Tyre Repair by province and city
- Johannesburg
- Pretoria
- Centurion
- Midrand
- Sandton
- Randburg
- Roodepoort
- Krugersdorp
- Randfontein
- Germiston
- Boksburg
- Benoni
- Kempton Park
- Alberton
- Vanderbijlpark
- Vereeniging
- Durban
- Pinetown
- Pietermaritzburg
- Richards Bay
- Newcastle
- Ladysmith
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- East London
- Kariega (Uitenhage)
- Mthatha
- Cape Town
- Bellville
- Paarl
- Stellenbosch
- George
- Worcester
- eMalahleni (Witbank)
- Middelburg
- Secunda
- Mbombela (Nelspruit)
- Rustenburg
- Brits
- Klerksdorp
- Potchefstroom
- Mahikeng
- Polokwane
- Tzaneen
- Kimberley
- Upington
- Bloemfontein
- Welkom
- Sasolburg