Selecting the right tread pattern for tires used on the often-hostile road surface of a construction site, as shown here on this dump truck, can help resist "chipping and chunking" caused by stones ...

The following was published in CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit, 8th edition, sponsored by Valvoline Heavy Duty. CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit is a complementary industry resource, courtesy ...

FORT MILL, S.C.—For more than a century Continental A.G.'s tires have been defined by greater performance and safety thanks in great part to tread patterns. And this year, the company marks a ...

Beneath the tread pattern, the Michelin Pilot Sport Endurance tire contains approximately 50 percent renewable and recycled ...

This is the time of year consumers begin thinking about winter tires. However, commercial trucks and their operations are radically different from cars, SUVs and pickups driven by consumers to get to ...

Tread design subtleties, such as the complex zig-zag shape of the blocks as seen on this Michelin XDA Hypersipe retread, can improve traction by doing a better job of expelling water, mud, snow or ...

Firestone, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, has introduced the Firestone Firehawk INDY 500 V2, a new ...

Yokohama Rubber has patented a pneumatic tire with a unique tread pattern featuring three or more circumferential main grooves, lug grooves, and composite sipes. The design aims to improve traction ...

Firestone has announced the launch of the Firehawk INDY 500 V2 ultra-high performance summer tire, with sizing that includes ...

To the casual observer, off-road tires may appear to be variations on a theme: deep lugs, vast voids, and aggressive sidewalls. But for a mud-stained enthusiast engineer, every notch, groove, and ...