Tarmac
Hints Quarry
Hints
Tamworth
Staffordshire

Date: 18th February 2007
Product: Puncturesafe Tyre Sealant
Background
After facing serious down time leading to the loss of production and significant tyre repair bills over the past few years, it was decided that a tyre sealant should be utilised to try and lessen the impact punctures had on the site.
Actions
After seeing different products at shows, on the internet and speaking to different reps, and contacts in the tyre industry it was decided to use Puncturesafe puncture preventative. On the 20th February 2006, the local Puncturesafe operatives came and fitted the product to the following vehicles:
Vehicles                     Tyres Size             Vehicles                Tyres Size
Telehandler                   4 15.5 x 25           CAT 980 shovel          4 29.5 x 25
CAT 966 shovel             4 26.5 x 25           CAT 966 shovel          4 26.5 x 25
CAT 740 dumper           6 29.5 x 25
Results
To date the tyres fitted with Puncturesafe have only incurred one puncture resulting in huge savings in costs and down time compared to previous years. During the current year the machines have worked on our inert landfill areas, which have many pieces of re-bar protruding from tipped concrete. This was not the case in previous years so therefore should have lead to an increase in the amount of punctures sustained rather than a reduction. The cost of the Puncturesafe treatment has been offset in the first year by the savings made on the tyre repairs. Most of the tyres fitted with Puncturesafe are still in use and therefore the savings are on going. I have not tried to work out the down time and quarry productions loss figures, due to punctures, for the previous year compared to this current year, but it can be safely assumed, that there have been significant savings.
Recommendations
I am going to make a recommendation to my Operations Manager that all new tyres and machines employed on the sites he is responsible for should be fitted with Puncturesafe, and to continue with this product, expanding its use throughout the Tarmac organisation. I have no hesitation in recommending Puncturesafe to anyone within the company or other businesses with high losses due to punctures.

Chris Jarman, Quarry Manager, Tarmac

Dear Sirs,

We recently completed our second World Cup Rally in an old Citroen 2CV this time from Oxford to Athens.We routed across to Austria for hill climbs, Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia for some terrific off road racing on forest tracks. We then entered Albania, which has the roughest tarmac we have ever seen and then through mountain trails and sections of the Acropolis rally route in Greece. We then drove home through Italy and the French Alps to England. A round trip of some 8000 kilometres of which 5000 was under rally conditions.

During this time we started with new standard Firestone 4 ply tyres with the Puncturesafe treatment and never changed one tyre, or suffered any loss of pressure. During last years event we changed 3 tyres and none of them were suitable for future use. This year we have 4 tyres, which can still be used!

We think we were the only car on the Rally that didn’t have to change any tyres! We look forward to using Puncturesafe next year, as it seems to remove another hassle when you are competing against the clock in outlandish places. Well done.

Yours faithfully,



Simon Chance.

To Puncturesafe UK
Queensgate House
Exeter
9 May 2006

Dear Graham,

Sorry to be so long letting you know how we got on in our latest exploit. In January we travelled 8000 kms from Brooklands in Surrey down to Dakar in Senegal, West Africa. Again we had no punctures when all around us others were struggling with punctures caused by the conditions of heat, sharp stones, very prickly bushes and general debris.

That makes a total of over 20,000 kms completed with the help of Puncturesafe on 3 World Cup endurance rallies in our Citroen 2CV across most of North Africa, across Europe to Greece and down to West Africa. All credit to you and your product which makes our life so uncomplicated! Many thanks again.

Yours faithfully,