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 ...

While a truck’s application plays the primary role in selecting a tread pattern, there are really only two options: lug and rib. Greg Kidd, Sales Engineering for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, ...

TIVOLI, Italy—Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. has developed a double-lug tread pattern for its farm tractor drive tires that it claims delivers progressive traction under varying soil conditions while ...

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 ...

Who isn’t concerned about fuel prices these days? We’re looking for any angle we can to shave a few pennies off the cost-per-mile, so have you considered your tires as a source for savings? Improper ...

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 ...