As winter approaches, Shrader Tire & Oil is proud to announce our “Coats for the Community” drive this November, collecting new and gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves to help families in need stay warm.
For all Toledo-area stores, we’re partnering with Cousino Restoration & Environmental to clean and sanitize donated coats, ensuring every item is safe and ready for distribution. All donations stay local, supporting charities in each store’s own community.
Where Your Donations Are Going
We’re supporting 15+ local charities across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, helping children, families, seniors, and individuals in need. Here’s a simplified breakdown by charity:
Leading Families Home – Blissfield, Perrysburg, Hagman Rd, Toledo Fleet Who they help: Local families in need
Foundation for Pops’ – Melvindale, MDC Who they help: Local youth and families
The Franciscan Center – Ft. Wayne, IN Who they help: Families in need
St. Margaret’s House – South Bend, IN Who they help: Families and children
Crossover Outreach – Flint, MI Who they help: Families and individuals in crisis
Knights of Columbus – Warren, MI Who they help: Homeless and low-income residents
Compassion Ministries of Milan – Ypsilanti, MI Who they help: Local families
St. Vincent De Paul Society of Cincinnati – West Chester, OH Who they help: Families and individuals in need
CRIS (Community Refugee & Immigration Services) – Columbus, OH Who they help: Refugees and immigrant families
United Way of Licking County / The Look Up Center – Heath, OH Who they help: Families and children in need
Neighborhood Relief Services – Lima, OH Who they help: Families in need
Donations to these 15+ charities will help thousands of people across our footprint stay warm this winter.
How You Can Help
Support Coats for the Community by dropping off new or gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves at any Shrader Tire & Oil location this November. Every donation makes a difference!
Shrader Tire & Oil Locations & Addresses
Ohio
Toledo: 6032 & 6006 Hagman Rd, Toledo, OH 43615
Perrysburg: 3511 Genoa Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43551
Cincinnati: 9676 Inter Ocean Drive, West Chester Twp., OH 45246
Columbus: 2021 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH 43223
Heath/Newark: 433 Hopewell Drive, Heath, OH 43056
Michigan
Blissfield: 8687 US-223, Blissfield, MI 49228
Melvindale: 25445 Outer Dr., Melvindale, MI 48122
Flint: 4145.5 Davison Rd., Burton, MI 48509
Warren: 14140 Frazho Rd., Warren, MI 48089
Ypsilanti: 3957 Bestech Dr., Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Indiana
Ft. Wayne: 1015 E Maple Grove Ave, Ft. Wayne, IN 46806
South Bend: 117 N Lafayette Blvd, South Bend, IN 46601
Together with Cousino Restoration & Environmental, our team members, and our communities, we can help keep our neighbors safe, warm, and rolling this winter.
Visit your nearest STO location and drop off a coat, hat, scarf, or pair of gloves, help make a difference today!
In April 2025, Shrader Tire & Oil proudly celebrated 77 years of keeping the transportation industry rolling and safe. To mark the milestone, we took a week to reflect on where we’ve been—and who’s helped us get here.
We kicked off the celebration by thanking the incredible people who keep STO moving forward every day. Team members at all 14 locations were treated to a morning surprise—bagels, coffee, and a whole lot of appreciation. From Monroe to Ypsilanti to Fort Wayne, it was a chance to pause, connect, and celebrate our STO family.
Then, on April 17, we stepped outside our walls to give back to the community that’s supported us since 1948. Volunteers from across the company spent the day at Sunshine Communities in Maumee, Ohio. We shared a Friendship Visit with residents, helped with spring landscaping, and even built handcrafted privacy screens to enhance comfort and dignity throughout the facility.
We’re grateful for the opportunity to serve—and proud that local news outlets shared our story:
TOLEDO, Ohio – Tire industry veteran Bob Feldbauer has been named Chief Operating Officer at Shrader Tire & Oil. He will assume the role on January 1, 2025.
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We are excited to announce this new position at Shrader Tire & Oil,” said Joe Shrader, President and Chief Executive Officer of Shrader Tire & Oil. “Bob brings a wealth of knowledge from both the manufacturing and dealer perspectives. I am confident he will help us accelerate our growth plans.”
Feldbauer is leaving his position as President and CEO of Jack’s Tire & Oil Management Co., Inc. where he oversaw a 250 percent revenue growth and expanded Jack’s footprint of service throughout 11 western states. Prior to his role at Jack’s, he spent 14 years at Michelin North America in various positions of sales, training, management, and leadership. He ended his time at Michelin as the Director of Commercial Business for the Central Zone.
“I am thrilled to be joining a great, legacy family business that prides itself on operational excellence with both skilled and dedicated employees,” Feldbauer said. “The company’s leadership vision for growth looks to provide many opportunities for Shrader Tire & Oil’s future and I look forward to being a part of it.”
Feldbauer served on the Independent Tire Dealer Group Board of Directors and was a member of the Michelin Dealer Advisory Council. He earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, S.C. in 1995 and 1997 respectively. He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Jackson and Kelan. They have relocated to the Toledo area.
Shrader Tire & Oil has become the premier tire and lubricant distributor in the Midwest. The company was founded in 1948 in Toledo, Ohio, and now operates 14 fleet stores, four bulk oil warehouses and two Michelin retread manufacturing plants that service Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Offering the best in fleet services, bulk oil and lubricants and 24-Hour emergency roadside tire service, Shrader Tire & Ohio has earned its reputation of honesty and integrity in the industry.
Shrader Tire and Oil is celebrating 30 years of manufacturing retreads this year. The Toledo, Ohio-based company celebrated 75 years of being in business in 2023 and reached the new milestone in 2024.
“Getting into the retread manufacturing business has been a key to our growth”, said Shrader Tire and Oil President and CEO Joe Shrader. “Having our own retread facilities has allowed us to better serve and deliver high-quality tires to our customers.”
Shrader Tire and Oil purchased a 12,000-square-foot building just outside of the Village of Blissfield in 1993 and opened its first retread plant the following year with a staff of four – a manager and three employees.
The retread production plant soon outgrew its space and Shrader Tire and Oil added 16,000-square-feet to the plant, producing Oliver-brand retreads.
Oliver, which is owned by Michelin today, was America’s first retread rubber brand.
Truck tire retreads deliver huge savings to fleet managers and owner/operators and have a massive impact on the environment. It is estimated that nearly 300 million tires from cars and trucks are thrown away by Americans each year, but the use of retreads saves hundreds of millions of gallons of oil, and millions of tires continue a useful life rather than being consigned to a tire pile or landfill.
Simply put, retreading is recycling and conserving oil. The synthetic rubber components in a new medium truck tire require about 22 gallons of oil, but it takes only seven gallons to retread that same tire.
In 2005, Shrader Tire and Oil converted its retread operations to Michelin in Melvindale, Mich. A second Michelin manufacturing plant was purchased in 2017 in Pemberville, Ohio.
Today, Shrader Tire and Oil continues to utilize Michelin Retread Technology at those two locations, producing hundreds of thousands of retreads.
“We are proud to have been in business for 76 years and we are committed to manufacturing only the best retreads for our customers.”
Shrader Tire & Oil is the premier tire and lubricant distributor in the Midwest. With locations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, Shrader Tire and Oil has 14 truck tire and fleet service centers, two state-of-the-art Michelin retread plants, 4 bulk lubricant operations and a 24-hour emergency road service network.
Shrader Tire and Oil hosted two Delo Truck Experience events in September, one at our store in Melvindale, Mich. and the other at our Columbus, Ohio, location.
Chevron takes the Delo Truck across the country giving customers an opportunity to learn more about the product. Inside the Delo trailer are multiple interactive displays that customers can experience and educate themselves about Chevron and Delo.
Shrader Tire and Oil representatives were on hand to talk with customers and potential customers as well. Tours were given of the Shrader Tire and Oil retread plant, bulk oil facility and warehouse.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Employees and family members of Shrader Tire & Oil volunteered Saturday to build a playhouse for a local family.
Partnering with the Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity, Shrader Tire & Oil employees designed, painted and built the 4-foot wide, 5-foot-long playhouse that was then donated to a Toledo family for their three children, ages 2-6.
The community project is part of Shrader Tire & Oil celebrating its 75 years in business in 2023. One of the company’s Core Values is Community Involvement.
Shrader Tire & Oil employees chose a barnyard theme for the playhouse, painting both inside and outside of the structure, using bright colors and amazing designs. While Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity team leaders supervised, the team painted the structure, put up the four walls, created window borders and applied shingles to the roof. Using a big red barn as the theme, the playhouse included a bright blue sky, horses, cows, pigs, and sheep.
A family of five came to Shrader Tire & Oil headquarters on Sylvania Ave. in Toledo to view the finished project and take it home with them.
It was an amazing opportunity for Shrader Tire & Oil to contribute to Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity.
Shrader Tire & Oil was founded in 1948 and has been located on Sylvania Ave. for most of the past 75 years. There are also 18 other locations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, including multiple fleet stores, two Michelin retread plants and a bulk oil facility.
