tires

Whether it’s harvest, planting, or moving from field to field, tires can make an operation run smoothly, or make simple tasks take all day.

Farms and fields are getting larger and farther apart.  That means farm equipment, especially tractors, spend a lot more time on the road.  Bill Durivage, a tire expert at Firestone Ag, explains why choosing the right tires is so important for road travel.   ...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recently announced that two lines of its commercial tires are now made with a renewable soybean oil compound.  The Goodyear Metro Miler G152 and G652 tires for transit buses, along with the popular Endurance WHA waste haul tire, are now made with soybean oil, which replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used in their production. Company o... Read

Goodyear will introduce a tire made with soy-based rubber this fall.  The assurance WeatherReady tires for passenger vehicles features a soy-based rubber compound that remains soft at lower temperatures, leading to enhanced traction in dry, wet and winter conditions.  Th...

With new tractors and other farm equipment coming out with the newest technology or gadgets to make farming easier, it’s easy to forget a critical component that gets less hype, the tires.   Ryan Weld with Tire Factory says tires are the most important part of any piece of farm equipment because, “When you need that traction to get through the field, that’s what the ag tires will do. When you need

As harvest intensifies across the Inland Northwest, farmers will tell you time is money.  And Les Schwab says they’ve worked to minimize the amount of down time a farmer deals with.  Brian Broadie manager of the Kennewick Les Schwab, says tire technology has made great strides over the last 5-7 years allowing farmers to stretch their dollars even further.   “Calle...