Continental Truck Tire Archives - Fleet Equipment Magazine
Optimizing wide base tire options for weight reduction, fuel savings

Adoption of wide-base tires has increased since their entrance into the market in 2000. At first, fleets were hesitant to adopt these tires at first, primarily because there was initially a learning curve that needed to be addressed. Now that fleet operators know and understand the basic benefits of wide-base tires, the conversation has turned

wide-base tires with aluminum rims can reduce a truck’s GVWR by at least 1,100 lbs.