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It seems normal to concentrate on mechanical maintenance of tractors and tools, such as oil changes and greasing the axles, but we often forget that our tyres also deserve special care. Good tyre maintenance can extend wear life by several hundred hours (boost in hourly work rate by up to 30%) and allow you to avoid costly breakdowns. Just checking the state of your tyres regularly, especially...

Your agricultural tyre budget is not accurate if you only consider the purchase price. A more expensive tyre, which can last twice as long, will actually end up less costly in the long run. It therefore makes more sense to calculate the hourly cost and take into consideration the factors that may have a negative impact on this cost. When adopting this global approach, you must take into account...

An agricultural lug tyre is designed to provide maximum efficiency in the fields, but in practice tends to be used more and more on the road for long trips between the fields and the farm or the cooperative. On average we frequently see 65% use in the fields for 35% use on the road. Whilst their efficiency in the fields is obvious, are you certain to have the best suited agricultural tyres for...

Certain upmarket tyre models really help you reduce your hourly cost. They offer a much better return on investment than low-end tyres. Superior quality tyres contribute towards improving your productivity by reducing slip, decreasing fuel consumption and limiting premature tyre wear. A discount tyre will have a shorter lifespan for the same use, which means that the cost of replacement will...

Changing a set of tyres represents a significant investment, so you are entitled to wonder why your tyres do not last as many hours as you expected. It is quite easy to make a critical judgement on the brand of tyre, considering that it’s a question of product quality. However, the number of hours that tyres can last depends on production quality of course, but more often it is a question of the...

There are numerous elements that are likely to cause wear to your tractor tyres or puncture them. Stubble from certain crops may easily wear, damage or puncture your tyres during harvesting or stubble ploughing. This is not a systematic problem but rather a frequent problem for which there are simple solutions that you can adopt to avoid breakdowns. Corn stubble, for example, can cause major...

Having powerful and sophisticated tractors, or high-capacity implements is not enough to really develop your productivity if you do not take into account the tyres which have an intermediary role between the machine and the ground, and allow you to make the most of your engine power. The tyre plays an essential role in the tractor’s overall efficiency and you must consider its capacities based...

Wear is certainly one of the main problems faced by your agricultural tyres, because obviously if this wear is rapid, you will be forced to buy new tyres, leading to increasingly high costs. Daily pressure adjustments, pressure checks based on load or adapting pressure to take account of the surface on which you travel may appear to be very secondary tasks, which are often considered optional...

When it comes to replacing tyres, we tend to think first about wear to the tread or the lugs, but less often about whether the tyre has incurred any damages on other parts which are just as important. The tyre bead is one of these parts because it plays a major role, ensuring that the tyre is airtight on the rim. Although this zone is particularly well reinforced, with its steel ply which help...