New product with precision

12 October 2001

New product with precision

GOODYEAR aims to maintain its dominance of the tractor tyre market with the introduction of two new tyres to its Optitrac range.

The DT818 and DT824 tyres will replace the companys general purpose DT820 tyres and provide, in effect, a more precise application product profile.

It is a development promoted by Goodyears recognition that, as farms become larger and tractors become more powerful, the demands on tyres become ever greater.

Both new tyres draw on the technology developed by Goodyear in tyres launched in recent years – a square profile tread face having deep, curved lugs and flexible side walls capable of taking high weight loadings at low inflation pressures.

The DT818 is a tyre considered equally suitable for use on roads, at speeds of up to 50kph, and in the field for heavy draught work.

Goodyear describes the DT818 as a tyre having a robust carcass, allowing high load carrying capacity at high speed.

The deep, curved lug design provides the traction in the field.

The DT824 with its wider profile is aimed predominantly at fieldwork operations. An increased volume of air and larger footprint is claimed to enable loads to be carried at lower inflation pressures, avoiding soil damage through compaction.

The DT824 is available in two sizes and three load indexes from 600/65R28 to 710/70R38 while the 15 sizes in the DT818 range start at 420/65R20 and extend to a 650/65R42 version. &#42

Goodyears new DT824 tyres enhance the powerful build of Massey Fergusons 230hp 8270 tractor. Wider and using a higher volume of air than standard-width tyres, the tyres footprint is larger and ground compaction is reduced.

GOODYEAR FACT FILE

&#8226 Company formed in Akron, Ohio in 1898 to make bicycle tyres, carriage tyres and horse pads.

&#8226 Now largest tyre company in the world – first in America and second largest in Europe.

&#8226 For the year 2000 Goodyear had net sales of $14.4bn and a net income of $40.3m.

&#8226 Goodyears logo – the winged-foot – was inspired by a newel-post statuette of the Roman god Mercury.