This blog was provided exclusively to CCJ by Joe Puff, vice president of truck technology and maintenance, NationaLease. Selecting the right tire tread design for an application can have as profound ...

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 ...

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 ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America Inc. (YOHTA) has unveiled an Alliance-brand radial farm tire with ultra-flexible VF sidewall technology and a high-performance hybrid tread design ...

Get set to design your own tyre patterns. That’s the future of tyre technology as seen by Kumho, and although individual design-your-own tyre tread is probably some way away yet, it’s quite feasible ...

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 ...

WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts (Nov. 19, 2024)—The new Alliance Agriflex+ 373 radial brings ultra-flexible VF sidewall technology and high-performance hybrid tread design to a new level, with layered tread ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.―Bridgestone Americas Inc. has launched the SmartWay-verified Firestone FT492 trailer tire for long- and regional-haul service applications. Available in five sizes, the Firestone ...

We know gas cars are bad for the environment. EVs are cleaner, but all cars have tires — and tire pollution is a source of ...

Michelin has filed a patent for a heavy-duty vehicle tire tread design that balances resistance to stony ground and grip on muddy terrain. The tread features five rows separated by cuts, with specific ...

Although we've seen a lot of interesting ideas regarding what may be powering or guiding the cars of the future, it seems that those vehicles' tires don't fire the imagination in quite the same way.