alignment - routine maintinence question

I'm a new o/o that just got started last fall. In the company trucks I drove alignments were something that seldom ever got done in the company shop. If it was out real bad they'd tell us to go to a petro. In my search for a place that can do an alignment and do it right I ended ruining a set of bridgestone steer tires in only 70,000 miles and they still had 14/32's of tread left.

Well I finally found a place in Nashville, TN that does an A#1 alignment job. I got new steers balanced and mounted then drove 15 miles down the road and let them at it all 3 axles. When I got it back I and after driving it I couldn't believe the difference when everything is set right. My truck feels like a brand new truck with absolutely no shimmy or shaking at any speeds. It now rolls perfectly down the highway. I thought it was a tad pricey but I'm sure now it's the best $320 I ever spent.

My question is how often do you drivers here get alignments either done or just checked as a part of routine maintinencee? Thanks in advance to everyone for your input.

Lastly, I dont know if this is against the rules or not but the name of place that did if for me is Tafa Inc. They were highly recommended to me by several friends and I highly recommend them myself. The local dealers around this area even send trucks to them. All they do is chasis straightening, tire truing. and alignments. Nashville MHC Kenworth charged me for a 3 axle alignment and these people told me it was obvious they dint do much to my steer axle. In fact they told me MHC didnt even have the right tools to a proper front axle alignment and practically no-one in the area does. But they didnt have a prob
em with charging me to do it. I'll never let those overpriced lying halfassed jokers do anything to my truck ever again.

 

Yep that's it. On Foster Ave. Take I-24 west to the Murfreesboro Rd. exit that's the one just beyond where I-440 splits off. Left on M'boro Rd go under the railroad overpass Foster Ave will be a left turn after that. You'll see Thermoking on the left go past that under another RR bridge and Tafa will be in a yellow building on the right. They're monday through friday I think the hours are 7am-5pm phone# 1-800-920-4471