{"id":4367,"date":"2019-08-19T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/reduce-fuel-costs\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:33:24","slug":"reduce-fuel-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/reduce-fuel-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tires Can Help with Fleet&#8217;s #1 Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s no surprise that diesel fuel is the single largest operating expense for a trucking fleet. A commercial truck can easily consume more than $70,000 of diesel fuel per year. Owner operators have zero control over fuel prices, but there are many ways they can reduce fuel costs &#8212; like tires!<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Leading tire manufacturers such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Double Coin<\/a><\/strong><\/span> are making steady advances in reducing the rolling resistance in their tires, along with lessening the usual trade-offs such as traction and tread wear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Double Coin may not come to mind when thinking of fuel-efficient tires, but it should!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Double Coin<\/a><\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michelin and Continental were invited to participate in tests by FPInnovations\u2019 PIT Group, a neutral third-party research organization. The results among all three brands were close, with Continental coming out on top and Double Coin a close second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PIT Group ran two separate comparison tests on steer, drive, and trailer tires <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PIT20Group20photo.jpg\" alt=\"PIT Group photo\" width=\"376\" style=\"width: 376px; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 3px;\">run on three identically spec\u2019d tractors and trailers. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FD405-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"FD405-FINAL\" width=\"220\" style=\"width: 220px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\">n the line haul test the Double Coin tires tested were the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/rr680\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RR680<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/fd405\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FD405<\/a><\/strong> (pictured below) and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/im105\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IM105<\/a><\/strong> patterns. The Continental tires tested were the Eco Plus HS3 on steer, HDL2 on drives and the HT3 on the trailer position. The Michelin tires tested were the X-Line Energy Z steer tires, the X-Line Energy D drive tires and the X-Line Energy T trailer tires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fuel Consumption (L\/100 km)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">31.99 &#8211; Continental<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">32.54 \u2013 Double Coin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">32.68 &#8211; Michelin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fuel Economy (MPG)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.35 \u2013 Continental<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.23 \u2013 Double Coin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.20 &#8211; Michelin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The regional test was run using the same methodology, but with tires designed <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Double20Coin20RR15020-20low20res.jpg\" alt=\"Double Coin RR150 - low res.\" width=\"172\" style=\"width: 172px; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\">for&nbsp;regional applications from each manufacturer. The Double Coin tires tested in the regional test were the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/rt606\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RT606+<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/rlb1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RLB1 <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/tire\/rr150\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RR150<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(pictured to the right). The Continental tires tested were the Hybrid HS3, HDR2 Eco Plus, and the HT3. The Michelin tires tested were the XZE2, XDN2, and the XZE2. The results were as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fuel Consumption (L\/100 km)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">32.41 \u2013 Continental<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">34.29 \u2013 Double Coin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">34.58 &#8211; Michelin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fuel Economy (MPG)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.26 \u2013 Continental<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.86 \u2013 Double Coin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.80 &#8211; Michelin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fact that our steer, drive and trailer tires are as fuel efficient as more well-known brands and are backed by a 7-year, 3-retread warranty means that our customers can be confident in quality tires that deliver an ongoing lower cost per mile throughout the life of the tire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking of tires, maintaining proper air inflation is another way to greatly reduce fuel costs.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"\/blog\/underinflated-tires-will-reduce-tread-life-up-to-25-percent\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>If you would like more information about the ENERGOTEST Tire Challenge and a complete copy of the test results, please click on the banner below:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">{{cta(&#8216;a3adc2da-9e1b-4685-8245-4cc59bff2ebb&#8217;,&#8217;justifycenter&#8217;)}}<\/span><\/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":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-efficient-tires"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","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=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}