Agricultural and Industrial Tyres

BKT Tires explains that increased strength, extended life cycle, high productivity, fuel economy and the overall structure make radial tyres the popular choice for agricultural equipment, although they stress every situation is different.

With the Nokian Ground Kare tyre range helping increase the capabilities of wheeled excavators and backhoe loaders, Nokian Tyres is adding three extra sizes to the mix.

 In a virtual press conference, held the day before Yokohama’s major announcement regarding the purchase of Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Yokohama confirmed how its technology is yielding dividends for farmers in the UK and Ireland.

Continuing to strengthen its links with its clients, Magna Tyres has once again fitted its 18.00-25 M-Stacker+ port handling tyres to a global logistics company, focused on steel production and steel trading.

BKT has finalised its research and development of its tyre range designed for compacting operations in the industrial and construction sector. 

The all-new MS601+ and MS701+ are the latest MAXAM Tire offerings, along with the MS702, to meet industrial demand.

In part 14 of our Agricultural Tyre feature, Commercial Tyre Business touches base with TyreOps. The solutions provider explains how it has been ensuring its technology benefits for agricultural tyre dealers and how its products have had tangible results for end-users.

In statistics reported by Profi, 1,923 new tractors were registered in January, which is a drop of 13.6 on January 2021, matching similar results in Spain and the UK.

After a positive year in 2021, with the first 8 months of the year recording increases, there was a slight 3.9% decrease in tractor sales, in figures released by the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA).

In news to please tractor pulling enthusiasts, Mitas has announced that it has extended its PowerPull 01 competition tyre with the new 24.5-32 size. This specification is one of the more widely used sizes for competition-level tractors.