Atturo Tire Shows Trail Blade Boss at #SEMA/GTE

Atturo Tire released the Trail Blade Boss, the fourth addition to the company’s Trail Blade line, at this week’s SEMA Show/Global Tire Expo (booth #43301).

Designed for extra-large sizes – initial offerings range from 17- to 24-inch wheel diameters – the tire’s tread design was inspired by the oversized Quartermaster QSA-1 Boss Hog knife, which Atturo said was made for heavy-duty chopping with rigidity and confidence.

“The Trail Blade Boss is made for the same hard applications off road: mud bogs, rock climbing, overland,” the tiremaker said.

The tire’s center tread incorporates the “kurki” style knife blade as the oversized tread lug, extending from the shoulder across the center line. The deep channel in the tread block serves to pull through deep slop and force debris from the center of the tread, while alternating shoulder blocks follow the outline of the knife handle, according to the tiremaker. The high void ratio of the tread provides superior grip across varied terrain; the relatively smaller center tread blocks are linked for stability from the high abrasion abuse of rocks, Atturo added.

The Boss’ 3-ply sidewalls feature the same blade and handle shapes as the tread to provide traction in deep mud, grab loose rocks and protect the sidewall from protrusions on the trail, the tiremaker said.

Nestled in between a thick wooded forest and a beautiful 13-acre lake in Ohio’s Mahoning County is a small farm and homestead. It’s unassuming, really. The kind of place you might pass right by without noticing on your way from here to there.

A little over a century-and-a-half ago, it was the birthplace of the man who would fundamentally change American agriculture forever, but today, that small farm is home to test tracks and testing facilities designed to put tomorrow’s farm tires to the test. To push the limits of what’s possible, pioneering the latest technology that allows farm tires to go where they never have before. To stand strong in the fields and ride soft on the roads. To tread lightly over soil and roots, while translating ever-increasing horsepower to traction in the fields.