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So, you imagine that truck sales are the highest in the world? You probably do, owing to the fact that nearly everyone you know own one or more trucks. Reflect again!
Bear in mind that for every truck ever sold, there are 4 of these items sold. In fact, I would go so far as to say that without these items, you could rarely sell any truck at all.
More than that, it would be close to improbable for you to sell trucks at all if you did not sell these items along with them. What am I precisely talking about?
I am talking about those critical yet often sidelined or ignored parts called truck tires. I doubt if you have ever imagined about it, but during the whole time that you use your truck, you must be running out of truck tires.
A conservative guess would reveal that you run out of an average of 3 sets of truck tires (which makes it 12 truck tires) in a period spanning 5 years. And if you are one of those who like the rough and rumble of the outdoors, you are probably to increase this average to one set of truck tires per year.
As you can see, the demand for quality truck tires surpasses that of the trucks themselves. This was probably the reason why, when rubber first began to be manufactured, it was considered the Golden Sap.
Places like Singapore and Malaya (then known as the Malayan Peninsula) were the main producers of this golden sap and consumer nations like the United States and almost the whole of Europe made a beeline to get to this area and access the produce. The raw materials were lapped up faster than they could be fabricated.
This is what possibly prompted a number of European colonialists to set up base in these countries. The majority of their produce was converted into truck tires.
Today, decades have gone by but the necessity for truck tires do not seem to be waning. In fact, going by the present trends in the industry and the big bottom lines of manufacturers of truck tires, it can safely be said that the need for truck tires has only grown by leaps and bounds. With trucks becoming cheaper and more affordable to own and maintain, the trend is only set to continue.
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