Shop Short-Haul Service Tires

Before buying short-haul tires: local pickup and delivery work

Short-haul tires are commercial truck tires bought for local pickup-and-delivery trucks, box trucks and day-cab tractors that return to the terminal each day. Short-haul tires are built for many stops, tight turns, docks and curbs, rather than steady highway speed.

Short-haul tire sizes to check when ordering

Short-haul tires are ordered in 19.5-inch sizes such as 225/70R19.5 and 245/70R19.5 for medium-duty box trucks, and in 22.5-inch sizes such as 11R22.5 and 295/75R22.5 for day-cab tractors and heavy straight trucks. The size and load range on the truck's door placard or current tires decide the order.

Choosing all-position tires for short-haul trucks

Many short-haul fleets buy one all-position tire for every wheel of a box truck, which simplifies stocking and lets one spare fit any position. Short-haul day-cab tractors with heavier loads buy dedicated drive tires for the powered axles.

Curb-guard sidewalls when buying short-haul tires

Short-haul tires with thick sidewalls and raised curb-guard ribs are the purchase for delivery trucks that park against curbs many times a day. Curb-guard ribs take the scuffs that would otherwise cut the sidewall and end the tire's life early.

Scrub-resistant tread for frequent turns

Short-haul trucks turn and back into docks all day, which drags tires sideways. Short-haul tires with scrub-resistant compounds and stiff shoulder ribs are the purchase that keeps tread wearing evenly under that work.

Short-haul vs. regional and city tires

Short-haul tires overlap with regional service tires, which suit trucks covering more highway miles between stops, and with city/urban service tires, which suit buses and refuse trucks that never leave town.

Load range to check when ordering short-haul tires

Short-haul box trucks carry their heaviest loads at the start of each route, so the replacement tire's load range must match or exceed the load range on the door placard. The 225/70R19.5 size, for example, is sold in load range F and load range G; a truck placarded for load range G needs a load range G tire, even when the load range F tire costs less.

Ordering short-haul truck tires with NeoTires

Local delivery fleets order short-haul tires by the size on the door placard and the number of wheels: six for a single-axle box truck, ten for a tandem straight truck. Search the size on NeoTires, compare short-haul tires by price and sidewall protection, and add the full set to the cart. NeoTires dispatches short-haul tires the same day across the US, with no shipping charge on tires labeled Free shipping and Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay financing at checkout.