Emergency roadside service offered

Apr 01, 2011

The roadside service Advantage Program is being offered to owner-operators, Greensboro, S.C.-based Michelin North America announced. The service includes emergency road service and safety and matinenance training tips and techniques.

In the program, purchases for new tires or retread products can be made with Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit card. Program members also have access to the tire maker’s continuous 24-hour ONCall emergency road service with no dispatch fee, at (800) TIRE-911.

For details, visit Michelin Trucks.

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