AMTA's Kelsey Hipkin chats with Geoff Wiebe, National Account Manager at Kal Tire, AMTA's Doug Walton is live on location at Answer Trailer Rentals and Sales with Shawn Rushton, Fleet and Repair Manager, and we wrap our three segments with Evan Schielke, Regional Sales Manager at STEMCO.

In our conversation, we're talking wheels, or wheel-offs to be precise, in one of our biggest episodes yet!

We discuss tire safety, common factors for tire blow-outs on the highway, industry policies and procedures done to prevent wheel-offs and over-torquing, safety around wheels and installation, as well as new technologies enhancing safety for wheels on the road.

A special thank you to the team at Kal Tire for supplying the video footage, Answer Trailer for allowing us to come on-site for a demonstration, and to STEMCO for providing pictures and video footage of the wheel-end safety products discussed in this episode. See this footage by watching this episode on our YouTube channel.

• Learn more about Kal Tire on their website: https://commercial.kaltire.com/en/ or contact Geoff at [email protected].
• Learn more about Answer Trailer Rentals and Sales on their website: https://www.atrl.ca/, or contact Shawn at [email protected].
• Learn more about STEMCO and their products, including the Auto-Torq Axel Fastener, on their website: https://www.stemco.com/, or contact Evan Schielke at [email protected].
• Watch the full installation video of the Auto-Torq Axel Fastener, included in this episode, on the STEMCO website: https://www.stemco.com/resource/auto-torq-video/
• Read more about the PACE award won by STEMCO for their wheel end products: https://www.stemco.com/article/stemco-wins-automotive-news-pace-award-for-streamlining-wheel-end-installation/
• STEMCO is running a program that includes a Safety Pledge, one more step to keep our roads safer. Those who review and sign our safety pledge will receive a free STEMCO hat. Take the pledge here: https://www.stemco.com/mtrs/

• It’s BACK! AMTA’s Drawdown Dinner returns October 16 at the River Cree Entertainment Centre. Tickets are available on our website: https://amta.ca/event/2025-amta-drawdown-dinner/.

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