Bridgestone Medium Truck Tires

Bridgestone is an international company with production facilities in 53 different locations which are manned by over 53000 people. Their tires are used as original equipment in more than 200 different car and truck models. It has been in the forefront of educating drivers to drive safely while making maximum use of their tires.

Bridgestone Medium Truck tires are meant for use on trucks which carry medium and probably long haul loads on good roads. Unlike passenger tires, truck tires are not speed rated but would have a ply rating which indicates the strength of the tire casing. Some manufacturers would however publish a maximum speed that you can run with your medium truck tire. Speeds suggested for medium truck tires are generally about 75 mph and loads of about 6200 lbs with an air pressure of 105 psi.

How Much Air To Put In Your tires

However well a tire is constructed, even by reputed manufacturers like Bridgestone a tire can fail due to a puncture, due to an impact, or overloading and improper inflation.

Proper inflation is the most important when you want long service life from your Bridgestone Medium truck tires. The owner’s manual would indicate the correct inflation pressures. Under inflation can cause heat in the tire to build up and may also cause major internal structural damage to the tire. Under inflation can also affect the handling of your truck and greatly effect fuel economy. A properly inflated tire has to cover a certain distance for each revolution. An under inflated tire would cover less distance per revolution thus greatly increasing the fuel required to travel the same distance. Over inflation could render the tire more likely to puncture or break when there is a sudden impact. The pressure indicated on the sidewall of a tire is the maximum pressure that the tire can take and is not an indicator of the optimum pressure.

Selecting Tires

Any tire repair must be done after demounting the tire from the wheel or rim. This is because damage to tires can be caused on the inside, which may not be immediately apparent. Leaving such faults untreated can cause sudden failure of tires. Any damage to the internal surface of the tire can cause the contamination of the steel belts and other plies in the tire and any deterioration in these can cause immediate structural failures.

Tires should only be retreaded if a minimum of 1.6 mm of tread still remains in the tread groove. Warranties are nullified if improper repairs have been carried out to the tire.

Repairs to tires

Any tire repair must be done after demounting the tire from the wheel or rim. This is because damage to tires can be caused on the inside, which may not be immediately apparent. Leaving such faults untreated can cause sudden failure of tires. Any damage to the internal surface of the tire can cause the contamination of the steel belts and other plies in the tire and any deterioration in these can cause immediate structural failures.

Tires should only be retreaded if a minimum of 1.6 mm of tread still remains in the tread groove. Warranties are nullified if improper repairs have been carried out to the tire.