Tag: Goodyear

Michelin, Goodyear raise commercial tire prices

Michelin is among the latest tire manufacturers to announce an increase in prices. If you're considering new commercial tires now may be the time to act. Learn more.

December 3, 2018

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Construction Equipment

Caterpillar unveils TH514D telehandler with improved hydraulics, comfort and work range

The Cat TH514D Telehandler comes with updated hydraulics to handle a variety of work tools. Attachments include forks and a choice of carriages, buckets, truss booms, winches, pipe grapple, sweeper, material-handling arm, concrete bucket and fork-mounted platform. A manual attachment coupler is standard and a hydraulic coupler is available. The telehandler is powered by a […]

April 6, 2017

Caterpillar adds a variety of improvements to its Cat TH514D Telehandler. Photos: Cat

Goodyear fills out scraper tire line with 3 new offerings

Scraper tires live a harsh life. They carry huge loads but also travel at high speeds. Those are the twin challenges Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company took on with its addition of three new scraper tires sizes to its lineup. The new tires include: RT-3A (E-3) The RT-3A (E-3) features an aggressive tread pattern and […]

May 27, 2016

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Construction Equipment

The Kings of Cold: Pickup Snow Tire Shootout

Deep snowdrifts, a white dust blowing sideways across a silvery sheen of pavement, plow-shod pickups, and a single-digit temperature readout on the dash inches from my gloved hands left little doubt we were definitely in the right place when it came to testing snow tires. Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is a snow-lover’s paradise in the middle […]

January 5, 2016

Spider graph shows the differences in all aspects of the snow tires’ performance. The farther from the center “base” tire’s performance (black), the better the tire is in that category.

Construction Equipment

Get a Grip: The latest and greatest tires for heavy equipment (and 1 model for your pickup)

In the heavy construction and trucking industry tires have too often been viewed by contractors and fleet managers as a commodity, an afterthought, the cost of doing business, like diesel fuel. But the pros in these fields know that every dime counts and, more importantly, that tires are a major operating expense. You spend more […]

November 17, 2015

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Tips and tricks for driving in dangerous winter weather conditions

Winter can bring with it a variety of adverse weather conditions from snow and ice to rain and fog. All of these unpredictable elements can make driving in winter challenging for everyone. When winter rains and snows hit, reminding company drivers on the basics of winter driving is a good subject. ADJUSTING VEHICLE SPEED […]

December 26, 2014

Accelerating the tow vehicle while keeping its wheels pointed straight is the best way to bring a sliding trailer under control according to winter driving experts. | Photo: Larry Walton/Editorial Services West

Goodyear Tire Trac monitors fleet tires

The Tire Trac online tire management tool from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company aims to help fleet managers monitor the fleet’s tires. The tool, offered through the Goodyear-FleetHQ suite of business solutions, is designed to keep track of metrics such as tire installations, tire performance, reasons for removing tires from service and more. The tool […]

June 30, 2014

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France blasts U.S. CEO: We do too work and you’re nuts.

Oh yeah, it’s on. France has fired back at what their social media are calling “le French bashing” by a salty American business leader. A cabinet minister and a factory union leader lead le charge, the former calling US’s Titan Tire CEO “ignorant” and the latter saying he should be institutionalized. Our blunt-speaking CEO in […]

February 21, 2013

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French workers don’t work: U.S. CEO to French Minister

Scare bleu! Maurice Taylor, CEO of US tire maker Titan, writing to France’s Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, after the minister asked Titan to buy a Goodyear tire factory in Northern France that is about to shut down: “I have visited that factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets paid high wages, but works only […]

February 20, 2013

Goodyear fleetHQ blog lets trucking pros interact with ‘Tire Answer Man’

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September 23, 2011

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