Q I am considering entering the tyreregrooving business on a part-time
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basis and would appreciate your comments. Do you think it would be profitable?
AAnyone proposing to regroove tyres should bear in mind recent legislation on tyre safety.
Some units for passenger vehicle operation are manufactured with an excessive depth of untreaded rubber so that they can be regrooved safely half-way through their useful life. However, it is not usually the case that normal car or transport tyres, once worn down to the minimum acceptable tread depth of 1 mm. will accept a regrooving process and still retain sufficient depth of rubber between the bottom of the groove and the casing fibres to remain legal and safe.
Many passenger vehicle operators carry out their own regrooving operations and, unless there is an appreciable number of small bus and coach operators in your area, you are unlikely to find much business in this direction.
Marketing regrooved tyres for other purposes would probably prove an embarrassing proposition, especially when one considers the relatively low cost of high grade and guaranteed remoulds generally available.
Among those companies which would no doubt be of assistance regarding the supply of suitable equipment are:— Grantham Rubber Co. Ltd.. Grantham, Lincs; Tip Top Vulcanising Products Ltd.. Holmethorpe Avenue, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate, Redhill, Surrey: J. S. Webber Ltd.. 6 Stanley Road, London, E4.