All three feature Michelin’s Ultraflex Technology
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Producers across North America will have more choices when it comes to machinery tires as Michelin unveiled three new agriculture tires – the SprayBib VF 480/80R46 177D, the SprayBib VF 380/90R54 176D and CereXBib IF 1000/55R32 CFO 188A8.
All three tires feature Michelin’s Ultraflex Technology, designed to help farmers with soil protection and fuel savings as machinery continues to get bigger.
“As farm equipment has grown larger and heavier in recent years, farmers now cover more acres per day, but soil compaction has become a greater challenge,” said Mike Pantaleo, customer engineering support for Michelin Agriculture tires. “Michelin Ultraflex tires address this issue by operating at lower pressures than standard radial tires, therefore producing a larger footprint. This larger footprint distributes the weight of the machine over the largest area possible to reduce compaction.”
The SprayBib VF480/80R46 177D can provide farmers with a unique sprayer option that goes between standard, narrow row-crop tires and a flotation tire for pre-planting. The tire has a load capacity of up to 16,094 pounds and at speeds of 40 mph.
The SprayBib VF380/90R54 176D is designed for high-clearance sprayers and row-crop tractors. It’s able to carry some of the largest sprayers and planters at low pressures, which can provide the large footprints required by tractors used in narrow-row fields.
The CereXBib IF 1000/55R32 CFO 188A8 is the largest harvester tire in Michelin’s agriculture lineup and can be used on large harvesters and grain carts.