Commercial Truck/Bus. Medium-Duty Truck All-Position Radial tire with Extra-Wide, Extra-Deep Tread Designed to Help Deliver Best Wear in High Scrub Regional and Line Haul Applications.
Features
Certain sizes have chip and cut resistant tread compound
Full-width protector ply
Extra strong curb guards
Variable pitch groove walls
Full-depth sipes
Miniature groove-wall sipes
Beefy, buttressed shoulders
Customized, five-rib,zig-zag tread pattern
Application-specific high scrub compounds
Rectangular bead bundle - a Michelin® exclusive
Groove bottom protectors
Benefits
Helps protect the working plies from bruising and penetrations, lowering downtime
Help protect sidewalls against most impacts and abrasions for long casing life
Help prevent stones from lodging in the tread, to extend casing life and improve retreadability
Offer all-wheel position traction throughout the life of the tire
Help provide traction and more even wear
Help resist tearing and accelerated wear in high scrub applications
Combines fast water evacuation for excellent wet traction with an aggressive, evolving tread pattern that helps maintain driver confidence throughout the long tread life
For chip and cut resistance (in LRH versions with designation) make the XZE tire our longest wearing regional steer tire
Simulates a solid steel rod "strapping" the tire onto the wheel. This design stabilizes the entire bead region and minimizes fatigue in order to extend casing life
Help deliver additional defense against stone drilling