Selecting the right tread pattern for tires used on the often-hostile road surface of a construction site, as shown here on this dump truck, can help resist "chipping and chunking" caused by stones ...

Tread design subtleties, such as the complex zig-zag shape of the blocks as seen on this Michelin XDA Hypersipe retread, can improve traction by doing a better job of expelling water, mud, snow or ...

FORT MILL, S.C.—For more than a century Continental A.G.'s tires have been defined by greater performance and safety thanks in great part to tread patterns. And this year, the company marks a ...

This is the time of year consumers begin thinking about winter tires. However, commercial trucks and their operations are radically different from cars, SUVs and pickups driven by consumers to get to ...

Yokohama Rubber has patented a pneumatic tire with a unique tread pattern featuring three or more circumferential main grooves, lug grooves, and composite sipes. The design aims to improve traction ...

A tire might look like a simple component – a round piece of rubber with a tread design – though it’s anything but. Likewise, tire performance has to do with more than simply moving your truck down ...

If you live where it's consistently cold in winter, you need winter/snow tires. Consumer Reports has tested them and reports ...

Despite all the tire innovation and engineering, many American consumers take tires for granted and only really care that ...

While a truck’s application plays the primary role in selecting a tread pattern, there are really only two options: lug and rib. Greg Kidd, Sales Engineering for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, ...

Pirelli has distinguished itself in the tire market by creating products for its performance and racecars with technology that can then be applied to luxury and general consumer cars. The brand’s ...

Hankook Tire announced a new addition to its expanding truck, bus & radial (TBR) product line with the SmartFlex DL15+ tire. The SmartWay-approved tire features several new tread design features to ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (May 20, 2014) — A Washington federal court judge has granted OTR Wheel Engineering Inc.'s request for a preliminary injunction in a trade secrets case against West Worldwide Services ...