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 ...

A tire's traction is the fundamental measure of how well it performs on the road, and a number of factors can impact it, from ...

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 ...

To get the most miles out of your tires, you should know what kind of tires your car comes equipped with. Sure, every tire comes with rubber tread, but not every tire features the same pattern or ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tire tech is a hot business, and has been ever since we started to rely on them for equipping our flaming chariots. Well, a recent design that caught my eye, and even gon on to win the iF Design Award ...