The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond VA-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear retreads, and other products and services.
Colonial Tire Distributors, a subsidiary of Colonial Truck Company, which was founded in 1966, sells new Goodyear commercial truck tires and Goodyear retreads at three locations in Virginia: Richmond, Ashland, and Tidewater. Its fully equipped retread plant in Richmond produces Goodyear precure retreads, including the G572, the G316 AT, and others, according to Bob Barkley, Colonial Tire Distributors president. The company also offers 24/7 emergency roadside assistance through the Goodyear-FleetHQ business solutions program.