Goodyear to Supply Tires to Con-way Truckload

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said it was chosen to be the principal supplier of wide-based truck tires for Con-way Truckload.

The Con-way Inc. truckload unit, with a fleet of 2,700 tractors and 8,000 trailers, has converted its tractors and more than 90% of its trailer fleet to wide-base tires.

Con-way will use Goodyear’s recently introduced G392 SSD drive and G394 SST trailer wide-base tires, both of which contain the company’s DuraSeal technology.

Both tires are verified under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program.

“We’re pleased to be able to expand a business relationship that the Con-way organization and Goodyear have enjoyed for more than 10 years,” said Randy Cornell, Con-way Truckload’s vice president of maintenance.

Con-way Freight, Con-way’s less-than-truckload unit, is also a Goodyear customer, but uses a different line of tires.

Con-way Inc. is ranked No. 3 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.