Nine-Year Tyre Life
Colchester-based Hamblion Transport is still using the original Michelin 295/80 XDE drive axle tyres on its five and six year old 18 tonne 4×2 rigids, despite each vehicle having covered over 500,000 km since being purchased new.
According to a Transport News Network story, the tyres are still in their ‘second life’ phase, having just been regrooved, and have yet to be sent back to Michelin to be RemiXed for a third life, let alone regrooved a second time for a fourth life. “In effect, this means that simply by adopting a professional tyre management policy and following Michelin’s four lives tyre package, the tyres should be good for over 1,000,000 km,” explains Barry Hamblion, managing director.
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