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How to choose truck tyres for freight transport

Truck tyre for freight transportation

How to choose truck tyres for freight transport

When it comes to freight transport, the choice of truck tyres is a decision that can impact on operational efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability. With inflation and increased regulatory pressures, a transport company is faced with a strategic choice that we propose to make easier. Here are the essential criteria for choosing truck tyres tailored to the specific needs of freight transport.

SUMMARY

1 - COST REDUCTION

Reducing operating costs is a major concern, especially in an economic climate marked by high inflation. Tyres play a key role in this respect, particularly when it comes to energy efficiency, maintenance costs and longevity. Let's take a closer look.

MICHELIN truck tyre

MICHELIN truck tyre

Energy efficiency

Low rolling resistance truck tyres can significantly improve fuel efficiency, which is a major cost factor in freight transport. In fact, by reducing the energy required to keep the vehicle moving, low rolling resistance tyres help to reduce fuel consumption, which in turn means lower costs for you.

Durability and longevity

Investing in high-quality, long-lasting truck tyres helps you optimise your TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). It can reduce the frequency of replacements and technical maintenance, leading to savings in the long term. While the initial investment may be a little higher, this is balanced out by longer service life and reduced downtime.

2 - SAFETY

The safety of your drivers and their loads is of course an essential aspect on the road, and this makes the choice of truck tyres even more crucial. The robustness and grip of tyres are essential qualities to ensure the smooth running of transport vehicles in a variety of conditions.

Robustness

While truck tyres have to carry heavy loads over long distances, they don't have to compromise their integrity. High load capacity tyres are designed to handle the substantial weight of goods, reducing the risk of bursts and other failures. (For more info, read our article on abnormal load transport). 

Grip

On high-performance truck tyres, judiciously designed tread patterns improve traction, particularly in poor weather conditions. This is crucial to preventing accidents and ensuring the safety of driver and load.

3 - ENVIRONMENT

With the growing importance of environmental concerns and stricter regulations on CO2 emissions, the environmental impact of tyres is becoming an increasingly important criterion.

Low rolling resistance

As we mentioned earlier in this article, low rolling resistance tyres improve fuel efficiency. They also help to reduce CO2 emissions. Low rolling resistance is therefore an important tyre selection criterion for transport companies aiming to achieve sustainability targets and comply with environmental regulations.

4 - OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

Maintaining a high level of operational efficiency means respecting deadlines and optimising vehicle uptime.

Tyres offering continuous performance enable trucks to maintain delivery schedules

Truck delivery

On-time delivery

Tyres offering continuous performance enable trucks to maintain delivery schedules. As you know, reliability is essential to maintain customer satisfaction.

Uptime

Durable, high-performance tyres minimise downtime caused by punctures, for example. This ensures that vehicles spend more time on the road and less time on maintenance, enabling optimum up-time.

5 - THE LOAD

Maximising load capacity without compromising safety or performance is another important criterion for freight transport. Here are the two main reasons:

Fewer journeys

If truck tyres are able to carry the maximum possible load safely, the number of journeys can be reduced, which in turn reduces overall fuel consumption and fleet wear.

Fewer trucks on the road

By optimising load capacity, companies can reduce the number of trucks on the road, which not only cuts operating costs but also reduces road congestion and CO2 emissions, thereby aligning with economic and environmental objectives.

WHICH TRUCK TYRES FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT?

Michelin offers two ranges of truck tyres optimised for freight transport: MICHELIN X® LINE ENERGYTM range and MICHELIN X® MULTI range. Both ranges offer low rolling resistance. Let's take a closer look at their special features:

MICHELIN X-LINE ENERGY range has been specially designed for long-distance freight transport.

Long distance freight transport

For long-distance

Our MICHELIN X® LINE ENERGYTM range has been specially designed for long-distance freight transport. It minimises CO2 emissions and lowers fuel consumption costs thanks to its low rolling resistance. This range also offers the option of regrooving and retreading to extend tyre life.

MICHELIN X® MULTI range is a good choice for its road/highway versatility for regional freight transport.

regional freight transport

For regional roads

Our MICHELIN X® MULTI range is a good choice for its road/highway versatility for regional freight transport. 

This range offers excellent longevity and benefits from the 3PMSF marking, which means you can drive safely in all weather conditions, rain or snow. The tyres in this range are designed with REGENION technology, i.e. tread elements that self-regenerate , kilometre after kilometre, to give you the grip you need throughout the life of your tyres and in all conditions.

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