How Tire Dealers Can Help Reduce Unnecessary Ag Tire Wear
Tires are one of the hardest working components on farm equipment, but they can be often overlooked when it comes to tread maintenance. Tire dealers — particularly the service department and sales reps — can help reduce unnecessary wear. By choosing the right tire for the job, ensuring proper inflation and performing regular maintenance, your
Yokohama Introduces New Triple-Steel-Belted Alliance 590 Flotation Tire
The new Alliance 590 flotation radial from Yokohama Off-Highway Tires features three layers of steel belts under a cut-resistant tread compound. The company says this is a puncture-resistant combination for the heavy tankers, wagons and pull-behind sprayers used on farms and construction sites. In addition to providing extra durability, the layered steel belts enable the
BKT Launches New Tire FL 695
BKT has launched its new FL 695 tire, an agro-industrial product specifically designed for trailers in construction and farming transport applications. This radial tire is resistant and durable thanks to a strong casing with multi-ply steel layers providing protection against punctures, the company says. In addition, BKT says the tire is made of a compound
Tips for Choosing the Right Sprayer Tire
Correct sprayer use depends on numerous factors. This piece of equipment has a much higher center of gravity than other agricultural equipment and in addition to working in the field, sprayers must also travel on road with very high loads. Often, these machines pass through narrow rows of vines, orchards, olive groves and fields with
The Ins and Outs of Ag Tire Maintenance
There’s no doubt that farmers work long hours and place heavy demands on their equipment. This is why, when it comes to keeping ag tire customers up and running, tire dealers must stand at the ready, armed with knowledge, fast service and the right inventory. Successful farm tire dealers and their staff are knowledgeable about
Nokian Tyres Ground King Tire Wins 2022 Fennia Prize
Nokian Tyres earned a Fennia Prize for its Nokian Ground King Inuitu smart tractor tires. The tires feature Hybrilug tread pattern technology, a new versatile traction pattern, combined with wireless connectivity. Bridging the gap between a lug and block pattern tire, Nokian Tyres says the Ground King is a new pattern design. Combined with Nokian Tyres Intuitu smart
BKT Tires Built for Stubble Damage Resistance
A tire can suffer punctures and tears in traversing a field after harvest where the toughest stalks – or stubble – can represent a real problem. For this, there is one solution: use compounds and structural solutions to make the tire more resistant. Immediately after the harvest and during dry-plowing are the conditions with the
Implement Tires Get Boost from Sophisticated Technologies
With spring planting season just around the corner and already here in some parts of the country, your farmer customers will be getting their various implements ready for action. You can be a valuable resource by knowing the latest in implement tires. Overall, implement tires by necessity have grown larger in diameter as well as
‘Quality Service After the Sale’ Sets Janesville Tire Apart
The sun peeked through the clouds on a breezy September morning in Clarion, Iowa as Paul Beckstrand jumped out of his pickup truck, gas station coffee in hand, to greet Big Bud 747. The tall white tractor, weighing in at 95,000 pounds, is billed as the world’s largest farm tractor, and on that summer day
Titan Expands AgraEDGE Tire Line
Titan announced it is expanding its Titan AgraEDGE tire line — which was launched just last year — with four new flotation sizes of the cutting-edge, cost-competitive tires. Titan says the expansion gives the AgraEDGE line 18 total sizes (21 tire options), ranging from 380/80R38 up to 800/70R38. Titan plans to continue to expand the
‘Big Inventory’ Boosts J Rod’s Tire & Service
In the small town of Sharon Springs, Kansas, sits a community tire shop that started out of a garage of a home in 2015. That shop — which is a 2022 K&M Tire Top Shop Finalist this year – is J-Rod’s Tire Service LLC, run and owned by husband-and-wife duo Jarrod and Lindsay Hartman. Jarrod
BKT Expands Production in Bhuj, India
BKT has rolled out its first radial agricultural tire at its new expanded Bhuj, India plant. This project is the culmination of an investment of about $1.2 million. BKT says it has been able to achieve this in record time, as it is less than a year from the groundbreaking operations that began on May
