By Dani Weber / ADOT Communications
Since ADOT has embarked on its journey of continuous improvement, employees all over the agency have found
ways to do business safer, faster and more
efficiently. The Equipment Services team in Phoenix even
found costs savings in a car trunk.
Typically, vehicles from the ADOT fleet that have been replaced
are sold at auction. Some of those vehicles had spare tires that
have never been used.
To be able to repurpose unused spare tires, the first thing
that had to change was ADOT’s Tire Policy. Previously, tires were replaced based on age. By changing the policy
to allow using tires based
on their condition instead,
Equipment Services has the
ability to repurpose unused
spare tires.
Equipment Services Fleet
Coordinator James Geering said, “We’ve already paid for the
tires. Why send them to auction when we haven’t gotten any use
out of them yet?”
As anyone who’s owned a vehicle probably knows, replacing tires can be expensive. Just one
sedan tire can cost more than $100; for heavy-equipment vehicles, the bill is much
steeper.
Using spare tires that are still in good condition takes advantage of resources that ADOT already
has available, rather than buying something new. While the annual total cost savings is still being
calculated, the Equipment Services team is finding they can do their jobs in a more cost-effective
manner.
“It was a team effort,” Geering said. “We came together and we realized we could use those
tires elsewhere.”
Source: Arizona DMV