Goodyear Industrial Tyre Lifts More
Goodyear has increased the load carrying capacity of a key size of one of its popular Sure Grip Lug industrial tyres. The load index of the 12.5/80-18 Goodyear Sure grip lug tyre has increased from 139 (10PR) to 146 (14PR) following an upgrade to the carcass and bead construction. This increase gives the new tyre a maximum nominal carrying capacity of 3000Kg which is an increase over the previous tyre of 570Kg per tyre or 1140Kg on the axle. This tyre size is a popular fitment on JCB, Komatsu, Cat, CNH and Volvo industrial machines and in particular on the front axles of Backhoe loaders.
According to company representatives, the change has been brought about following an in-depth analysis of the machines in the market place and in anticipation of future developments of these industrial machines.