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, providing

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s and related services to owners of passenger, commercial, and agricultural vehicles.

History

The original store was founded in 1968 by J.R. "Bob" Schwenkfelder, in downtown

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. The store remains active to this day among an ever-growing expansion of stores throughout

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. Their corporate headquarters resides in

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, and is managed by Bob and his son Trent. An important factor in the company's success was Bob's acquiring of the

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tire line in 1969, a time when it was fairly new to the US market and yet to grow popular. Bridgestone is still one of Commercial Tire's featured tire brands, along with Firestone,

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tires.

Recognition

In 2015, industry news magazine ''Modern Tire Dealer'' listed Commercial Tire under their Top 100 Independent Tire Dealers and Top 25 Commercial Tire Dealers, ranked #30 and #16 respectively. Bob has also received honorable mention by the ''Idaho Business Review'' for his work as an influential CEO.

Media

Featured on YouTube and the Commercial Tire website is the ''Mechanic Minute'', a video series with tips on maintaining vehicles and technical information on tires.{{Cite web, url=https://www.youtube.com/user/commercialtire, title=Commercial Tire, last=, first=, date=, website=YouTube, publisher=, access-date= The videos are also supplemented with a blog on their site.

References

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