{"id":1029,"date":"2012-07-25T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T11:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2012-07-25T12:46:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T11:46:21","slug":"fegan-transport-switches-back-to-continental-truck-tyres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/fegan-transport-switches-back-to-continental-truck-tyres\/1029","title":{"rendered":"Fegan Transport switches back to Continental truck tyres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old adage of \u201cYou get what you pay for\u201d has certainly come true for Fegan Transport Ltd, the general haulage company based in County Down.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/continental-contiecocontact-5-summer-tyres-show-their-pedigree\/1014\/fegan-transport\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1018\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Fegan Transport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fegan-Transport-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fegan-Transport-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fegan-Transport--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor years, in a bid to save money, the company bought cheaper tyres, but got a less than satisfactory return on its investment. Since a move back to premium tyres from Continental, performance and life expectancy has increased, which has arguably been more beneficial in balancing the books than the experiment with so-called cost effective rubber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe\u2019d used Continental tyres before, and then found that some of the Chinese tyres coming onto the market were cheaper, but it took us two years to realise that this wasn\u2019t actually the best way to go. In some cases we\u2019d taken the tyres off the vehicles after just 40,000km, because we found that they weren\u2019t delivering what we expected,\u201d reveals Martin Fegan, owner of Fegan Transport Ltd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2028\u201cWhen refurbishing one of our bulk trailers, we decided to fit all Continental super singles,\u201d Fegan added. \u201cThe trailer was on the road six days a week and we were over the moon with the service we got from those tyres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cFrom that trial, we found that we would be wise to use Continentals more extensively,\u201d he continued.. True to his word, the company is now getting much improved performance from the HSR2 (regional steer), HDR2 (regional drive) and HTR2 (regional trailer) tyres that are used across the fleet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fegan says he has also been impressed by the sales and dealer support. \u201cWe were approached by Continental and the local tyre dealer, Modern Tyres, who were able to give us a good deal on the cost of the tyres as well as showing great interest in the tyres&#8217; performance even after the initial trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He is delighted with the performance offered by Continental tyres which are regularly outperforming all other brands fitted. With the majority of routes that Fegan Transport vehicles operate being relatively short runs however, durability is as big a factor as longevity, which is where close monitoring of the tyres comes into play. \u201cWhen you buy a new vehicle, if you don\u2019t look after it from day one, there is no point starting to when it is three or four years old,\u201d he reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2028\u201cThe same rule applies with tyres; if you put new tyres on a vehicle, there is no point going back to them after 10 months, you need to check them every month to be sure of the condition. We keep a close eye on our tyres, we don\u2019t just fit them and forget about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Specialising in delivery of bulk plastics across Ireland, Fegan Transport Ltd was established in 1972, and now the company has a fleet of 25 DAF tractor units, and more than 50 trailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old adage of \u201cYou get what you pay for\u201d has certainly come true for Fegan Transport Ltd, the general haulage company based in County Down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continental"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fegan Transport switches back to Continental truck tyres - 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