Tag: tread depth

Business
Pulse
These stats were gathered by Overdrive’s sister magazine Commercial Carrier Journal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
January 1, 2012
Max Heine, mheine@rrpub.com
Business
Spec the Perfect Tires
With products becoming increasingly specialized, learn to pick the designs that fit your business and save money.
February 1, 2011
A tire that runs even 20 percent of the time off road needs a different tread design and compounding or it will suffer an early demise. If running off road most of the time, a model with more rugged specs is needed.
Overdrive Extra
Dollars and Sense
I’m amazed by the large number of owner-operators who look only at miles-to-removal when selecting tires.
June 1, 2010
Any one tire’s contribution to rolling resistance depends on wheel position. With tandem drive tractors pulling single trailers, tests show about 43 percent of tire fuel economy could be attributed to trailer tires, with tractor tires accounting for the rest. Even if you pull company trailers, your tractor tire purchase decisions still have the largest impact on fuel economy.
Business
R287A steer tire
R287A steer tire for regional and long-haul applications has U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay-certified approval and is California Air Resources Board compliant.
March 26, 2010
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