OEMs rely heavily on tires to meet their CAFE requirements under GHG reduction rules. Once fuel-efficient tires are installed, you can’t legally take them off. OEMs ...

So maybe you're thinking something like this: "The market is improving, getting credit is easier, business is looking up. Maybe it's time to retire a few older rigs and get some new iron into the ...

LOUISVILLE. Two new wide base drive tires and a bus tire will be among the products on display in the Yokohama Tire (YTC) booth this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show here. The 902L and 709L ultra ...

Michelin Americas Truck Tires has announced the launch of a new X One wide-base tire. The X One Multi Energy T wide-base single-trailer tire, for regional operations, is U.S. Environmental Protection ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Motor carriers consider many factors — and come to different conclusions — as they evaluate wide-base tires versus standard duals for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hankook Tire America Corp. has added a pair of wide-base single radial truck/bus tires to its commercial tire portfolio for regional and long-haul applications. Both new products — ...

Wide-based single tires are here to stay. The benefits they offer regional and long-haul trucking fleets are undisputed: reduced weight and increased fuel economy are a definite win-win scenario for ...

Kenworth is making wide base tires available on its T370 for applications requiring up to 20,000-pound front axle ratings, a feature previously available only on all-wheel drive T370 steer axles with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Hankook Tire America Corp. has added a pair of wide-base single radial truck/bus tires to its commercial tire portfolio for regional and long-haul applications. Both new products—the ...

Older wide-base single tires that are 445 millimeters to 454 millimeters wide still have a single-axle weight of 7,700 kilograms. Besides discussions with the trucking association and tire ...

LAVAL, Quebec — The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has increased load limits on roads throughout the province for certain wide-base single truck tires, clearing the way ...

Fleetline’s Wide Base Tire Poly Fenders are engineered to suppress spray and reduce fuel costs in wide-base tire applications. The super-single fenders are 19 inches wide and made of a lightweight ...