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 ...

There's a not-so-old song with a lyric that goes something like, "The tires are the things on the car that make contact with ...

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 ...

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 ...

A tire might look like a simple component – a round piece of rubber with a tread design – though it’s anything but. Likewise, tire performance has to do with more than simply moving your truck down ...

Maxxis has added a gravel race-specific tire to its range, the Reaver, which features a lightweight construction and unique tread pattern that has been designed to be fast rolling while still offering ...

NOVA PRATA, Brazil — Retread materials and equipment supplier Borrachas Vipal S/A, has launched a tread pattern for increased traction power. Vipal's new VM310 tread design caries the industry's ...