Nonstop Roadside Tire Company was built by two lifelong truck guys who got tired of watching drivers get gouged, ghosted, and left on the shoulder overnight. 19 years combined ownership experience, 18 CDL-experienced mechanics, and 6 service trucks on duty every hour, every day.
Nonstop Roadside Tire Company started in a two-bay garage in Wethersfield, CT in 2018 with one used service truck, a stack of Roadmasters, and a shared cell phone that co-founders Frank Delgado and Ray Kowalski took turns answering through the night.
Frank spent 14 years running long-haul out of the Northeast — Freightliner Cascadias, mostly, hauling produce and reefer freight up and down I-91. Ray grew up in his father's Wethersfield truck shop, turning wrenches on 22.5" drives before he could drive a car. When they met at a Pilot truck stop in Enfield in 2016, they were both frustrated by the same thing: drivers stranded for six, eight, sometimes twelve hours waiting for a roadside call that never came, then getting handed a $2,400 invoice for a $450 tire.
They started Nonstop with one rule: if the phone rings, someone rolls. Six years, six service trucks, and 18 mechanics later, that rule hasn't changed. Every mechanic on staff has held a CDL at some point in their career — because you can't fix a truck driver's problem if you've never been one.
Today Nonstop Roadside Tire Company covers Hartford, CT and every highway, interstate, and truck stop within 50 miles — I-84, I-91, I-291, I-384, I-691, Routes 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 15, 44, and 72 — plus the Springfield MA corridor. Family owned. Driver run. Answering the phone in 30 seconds or less, 24/7/365.
Two Hartford-area truck guys who answer their phones — and yours.
Frank ran long-haul out of the Northeast for 14 years before hanging up his keys to build Nonstop. He knows exactly how it feels to lose a steer on I-84 at 2 a.m. — which is why our dispatch never sleeps. 11 years in commercial roadside tire.
Ray started turning wrenches in his father's Wethersfield truck shop at 16. Two decades in fleet maintenance and 8 years running roadside calls up and down the I-91 corridor. He personally trains every mechanic on staff.
Every mechanic on staff has driven commercial. They know why 60 minutes matters and they treat your truck like it's their paycheck — because for years, it was.
Former OTR driver. Steer tire specialist. Bilingual dispatch handoff.
Ex-fleet tech from a Springfield MA reefer outfit. Wheel-off and hub work.
Grew up in his family's Bristol tire shop. Fastest mount-and-balance on the crew.
CDL-A holder. Runs the overnight I-84 corridor between Waterbury and Union.
Blowout recovery lead. Certified in DOT plug-patch repairs.
Cold-weather specialist. Never met a Route 44 snowstorm he couldn't roll through.
Former Kenworth dealer tech. TPMS and valve service expert.
20-year Hartford resident. Knows every truck stop and yard within 50 miles.
Ex-fleet manager turned mechanic. Handles our Comcheck and EFS accounts.
Youngest on the crew, fastest learner. Runs the Middletown and Cromwell area.
CDL-A. Retread specialist. Trained under Ray for six years before going solo on calls.
Wheel-off and drum inspection lead. Torque-to-spec obsessive.
Ex-Bandag retreader. Handles our virgin vs. retread cascading recommendations.
Runs the I-691 and Route 15 corridor overnight. Fastest ETA on the crew.
Bilingual. Fleet account specialist for owner-operators.
The senior guy. Handles the hardest wheel-offs and rust-frozen lug work.
Michelin Advantage-certified. Runs our premium casing installations.
CDL-A. Cleanest job site on the crew — leaves the shoulder better than he found it.