{"id":4328,"date":"2020-11-05T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/key-variables-in-tbr-tires\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T00:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T08:59:22","slug":"key-variables-in-tbr-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/key-variables-in-tbr-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key Variables in TBR Tires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What variables typically exist in looking for a medium\/heavy truck tire?<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Depending on the wheel position (steer, drive, trailer) there are a number of key elements to be expected:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">STEER:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Due to the type of demands exercised on a steer axle, such as mass transfer during braking, cornering, etc., steer tires typically have these attributes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 or 5 straight solid ribs that will support lateral forces created during normal handling, cornering and by wind drag.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pattern design and compound resistant to irregular wear in long\/medium haul service or cut and chip resistant for on-off service.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tread depth balanced to deliver long tread life while delivering low rolling resistance for higher fuel efficiency.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DRIVE:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Depending on the type of operation, there are several options in tire design for a drive axle position: rib, mixed, lugs. Since in most cases high torque is required and weather conditions change from dry to wet to ice, the most common factors are:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rlb40020cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"rlb400 cropped-1\" width=\"185\" style=\"width: 185px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pattern design with closed shoulder (shoulder ribs) for long haul service to prevent irregular wear and provide good handling. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/450k-on-rlb400s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Double Coin RLB400<\/a><\/span> is a great example of an excellent performing closed shoulder drive tire with outstanding tread wear and traction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pattern design with open shoulder (shoulder lugs) for added traction capabilities. Double Coin recently introduced<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">a new fuel-efficient open shoulder drive tire that offers biting edges across the tread to enhance grip and traction on <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Double20Coin20RLB452-1.jpg\" alt=\"Double Coin RLB452-1\" width=\"258\" style=\"width: 258px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\">slippery road surfaces. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/winter-is-coming\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">RLB452<\/a><\/span> is a great complement to the popular RLB1 open shoulder drive tire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deep tread for long tread life and low rolling resistance for fuel economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TRAILER:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trailer tires have the slowest wear rate of all wheel positions because they: a) Do not steer the vehicle, b) Are not driven by the engine (no torque), c) Hold relatively light loads.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shallow tread delivers longer life and low irregular wear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Strong solid shoulders for strong dragging forces and scrub.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Special compound for low rolling resistance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We encourage you to talk to your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Double Coin dealer<\/a><\/span> about the right tire specs. for your operation. Getting that right will go a long way toward reducing your tire operating costs!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">{{cta(&#8216;a3adc2da-9e1b-4685-8245-4cc59bff2ebb&#8217;,&#8217;justifycenter&#8217;)}}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen20Shot202020-07-2120at2011.38.4420AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2020-07-21 at 11.38.44 AM\" width=\"300\" style=\"width: 300px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tire-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}