Goodyear preview harvester tyre at Cereals Show

Earlier in the year Goodyear introduced the new OPTITRAC H+ in to the market, a tyre for harvester applications. For the first time the tyre will be previewed at the Cereals show in Lincolnshire on the 15th and 16th June.

The tyre is currently available in three sizes in the UK (IF 800/75R32 CFO, IF 800/70R32 CFO and IF 900/60R32 CFO) and the Goodyear team are looking forward to presenting this tyre to the industry at the Cereal show for the first time in the UK.

The OPTITRAC H+ range will include tyres which are designed to operate at higher deflection levels which are marked with the letters IF as a prefix to the size and CFO as a suffix. These tyres have been designed in line with a 4 year 2009 ETRTO experimental standard which allows a load bonus of up to 55% for cyclic field operations without the need to increase the inflation pressure.

The tyre has the same design features as the other families in the OPTITRAC range, namely: the asymmetric lug shape and premium tread depth combine to provide excellent traction and self cleaning. The continuous helical lug curvature combined with computer optimized footprint pressure distribution provides efficient power and torque transmission and generate outstanding ride comfort. In combination with this, the tread rubber composition delivers high wear resistance.

Phil Stanton, Goodyear Farm Business Manager said: "We are pleased to bring this new tyre to the UK and the Cereals show is the best place to present it to our customers and the UK’s farming media."

"Goodyear has identified the requirement to deliver to the market a tyre which is specifically designed for use on harvesting machines. The tyres are designed to provide the performance benefits that these high load machines demand both in transport and in harvesting applications. The heavier load carrying capacity of these tyres provides farmers and contractors with opportunities to increase their efficiency when carrying out harvesting operations, helping to reduce their costs" Phil concluded.