Seeing an opportunity, K&M Tire went in the other direction and began “calling on the real small service stations and tire dealers.”Langhals says Lambert and Link were “excellent salespeople” and convinced many small shops to sign with K&M Tire. But as K&M Tire’s business enlarged, “I had to back up a little bit and let other people start taking over. Universal Cooperatives, which was based in Minnesota, owned, operated and administered the Mr. Tire associate dealer program, which became property of K&M Tire. He’d figure it out.” (Schnipke, after 49 years of service at K&M Tire, passed away in July 2025.) We brought on Chicago” and K&M Tire moved into a new facility in Delphos, “so we added onto our inside sales team.”Eventually, Tyrrell moved to K&M Tire headquarters in Delphos.