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Feb 10, 2009

Greener Trucking * USA - single tires can lighten a truck by 700 pounds

It's no secret high gas prices hit truckers hard and the impact touches us all

Joplin,MO,USA -My High Plains, by Chris Martin -Feb 9, 2009: -- If you think your tank is expensive to fill, talk to Don Harris. He drives a big rig for a living... He says his truck uses an average of 120 gallons a day, making fuel costs anywhere from 500 to 600 dollars. Those numbers are forcing truckers to reduce consumption. Many keep costs down by slowing down. The result is better mileage... Financial necessity has forced the trucking industry to go green. And it's not limited to driving slower and burning less fuel. The next time you pass a big rig, look at all those double tires. They're not long for this world... The shift is to single, wide-base tires on the tractors and trailers. Single tires mean less rubber and less weight. Less weight means less fuel. Today trucks are losing more than tires to keep the weight down. They're being stripped to the basics... Switching to single tires can lighten a truck by 700 pounds.

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Jan 16, 2009

EPA SmartWay * USA - Stamps approval on Yokohama truck tires

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -January 15, 2009: -- The Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program has recognized another product that aims to cut greenhouse gas emission from commercial trucks... According to the EPA, Yokohama’s RY617 steer tire, 703ZL drive tire and RY 587MC2 trailer tire met the SmartWay program’s criteria for low rolling resistance... Low rolling resistance helps tires run cooler, and reduces fuel consumption, thereby cutting greenhouse gas emissions...

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Dec 17, 2007

Wider Tires * Canada - N.B. allow trucks to use they

Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada -The Chronicle Herald.ca - Dec 15, 2007: -- The use of wide tires in New Brunswick that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by transport trucks "is a significant step forward," says the executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association... The New Brunswick government said in a release Friday the new tires can be used on certain New Brunswick highways under special permit. New-generation wide single tires benefit the environment by reducing rolling resistance and saving on fuel... The tires can also support heavier axle loads than the standard single tires without damage to the pavement, meaning shippers can reduce the number of vehicle trips required to move their goods. Axles equipped with the new-generation tires will be allowed a maximum weight of 7,700 kilograms...

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Nov 3, 2007

Market Truck Tires * USA - Michelin Launches Green Campaign

New York,NY,USA -Edmunds.com, by Bill Visnic-October 31, 2007: -- Global tire giant Michelin kicks off a high-profile campaign here to promote a wide-ranging new initiative to improve the efficiency of automotive and truck tires, promote “green” tire choices and to reduce the impact on the environment of tire production... Pete Selleck, president for Michelin’s worldwide truck-tire business, says the North American market for original-equipment truck tires is down 29 percent year-to-date, as Michelin weathers the dual impact of the trucking industry’s deliberate slowdown of new-truck purchases (due to a recent significant change in engine technology) and the continued slowdown of the U.S. economy, which directly impacts road shipping... And if the North American OE truck-tire market is bad, “the replacement market is more disturbing,” says Selleck, noting that nearly 75 percent of the company’s total truck-tire sales are replacement tires... (Photo by Michelin: Michelin will have electronic bill boards, “green meters,” like this one in New York’s Times Square, will also be in Paris, Shanghai and Berlin)

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