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TRUCKS' TIRES * USA
* USA - Wheel-end safety for trucks
USA -Fleet Owner -May 11, 2009: -- The Tire Industry Association (TIA) and Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) have partnered to create a new training video for truck fleets... The 20-minute video titled “Wheel End Safety” is intended to provide maintenance personnel and drivers with installation and inspection guidelines to improve wheel-end performance and safety... It addresses a number of related topics, but the primary focus is to help fleets prevent wheel-off accidents and wheel-end fires... ( The video is available as a free download on TIA’s website, www.tireindustry.org and on Michelin’s website, www.michelintruck.com)
* Goodyear wins military-supply contract
Danville,VA,USA -Fleet Owner -May 12, 2009: -- Goodyear has been selected as the standard tire supplier for the U.S. military's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) by BAE Tactical Vehicle Systems... RMTVs are the U.S. Army's vehicle of choice in the 2.5- to 10-ton capacity range... The contract calls for the delivery of approximately 100,000 395/85R20 MV/T tires through 2010. The tires will be manufactured at Goodyear's Danville, VA, factory...
* USA - Toyo Introduces Premium Drive Tire
Akron,OH,USA -Tire Review -May 12, 2009: -- Toyo Tires introduced the M647 premium drive tire, designed for local, regional and long haul highway applications... The newest product in Toyo’s line of tires for commercial trucks, the M647 has a 30/32nds tread that provides improved wear and long service life. The tire features technology : Irregular wear is reduced by incorporating high rigidity in the shoulder of the tire, improving durability. Traction is also maintained over the life of the tread thanks to deep slits engineered into the design that are equal to the main groove depth, Toyo said...
* USA - Continental Tires Named Original Equipment for Freightliner M2 Trucks
Fort Mill,SC,USA -PRNewswire -May 12, 2009: -- Continental Tire North America, Inc. and Freightliner Trucks announce that Continental tires will now become standard original equipment on all Freightliner Business Class(R) M2 medium-duty trucks... The addition of Continental's truck tires to the already impressive list of original equipment on the Business Class M2 trucks completes Freightliner's commitment to quality and performance, said Melissa Clausen, Freightliner Trucks' director of product marketing...
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