A Wealth of Experience
Tire Recappers of Nashville, Inc. was founded by Mr. C.E. Ford in the summer of 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. C.E. Ford quickly formed a reputation of producing a quality long lasting tire. That quality along with its modest price made the tire an exceptional value. In the early years of production, the focus of the business was namely consumers and dealers of light passenger vehicles across middle Tennessee. As Mr. Ford’s reputation for making a sound, quality product grew, it wasn’t long before the federal government began to take notice. By the late 1960s, Mr. Ford was teaching others how to retread with success. He was conducting evening classes three nights a week in Nashville and surrounding counties.
By the time Mr. Ford’s son Tommy joined his father in 1974, the retread industry was beginning to change. In 1976 the new word in tires was “Radial”. For the first few years of its life, the radial tire did not allow for a quality retread tire. Tommy spent years experimenting and leaning. By 1986 Tommy and the team at Tire Recappers had mastered the art by knowing best casings and processes to put a quality retread radial tire back on the road.
Since the 1980s, consolidation of independent retread facilities across the United States has occurred due to market conditions and key players exiting. Thus a higher demand is now placed for retread tires.
Today, the third generation is working at Nashville Recappers. Tommy works with his three sons producing the highest quality of retread tires available. The focus hasn’t wavered since day one; produce a quality, long lasting tire at an exceptional value. Over the last five year, Tommy has invested in the production facility to grow production capacity from 80 to 450 tires a day. Soon more investment will take capacity to a record high 550 tires a day. Additional manufacturing equipment, facilities and buildings have been added since June 2006 to meet customer demand.
In November of 2007, Tommy partnered with StoneTire as the affiliate Internet arm of Tire Recappers. The team at StoneTire, Bryan, Jeff and Randy, believe this high quality product can provide significant value and cost savings while “greening” our planet. Tommy and the team at StoneTire hope this partnership further grows the business, helps to save the environment and provide a quality retread tire at an exceptional value to anyone on the road.