Choosing The Right Tyre For Your Vehicle – It’s More Important Than You Think!
Many people may be forgiven for thinking that all tyres are the same. After all, they look and work the same way. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
Different tyres have different applications, and if you are not careful, you might end up spending a bundle – both in the short and long terms.
Here, it is very necessary to consider your vehicle's requirements as well as your everyday riding applications. Buying the wrong set of tyres can turn out to be a pretty costly mistake.
Ø Don’t Consider Price as the Only Discriminating Factor
Most rubber tyres tend to look the same. This is why many people just opt for the least expensive ones available in the market. However, this is not the right way to go about choosing a set of tyres. There are many different aspects you will have to consider prior to a purchase decision. After all, you have different clothes for different occasions, right? You won’t want to go for an early morning sprint dressed in your office suit. Similarly, you won’t want to go cross-country hiking while wearing beach slippers.
Well, much the same applies to vehicle tyres as well. If you are fond of off-roading and love to lead an adventurous life, you would be well served with tyres that are more useful for mud and other terrains. Conversely, if you enjoy long drives on the road or use your vehicle to commute to your office, you should purchase tyres that would give optimum mileage and comfort. Much the same holds true for trucks and other fleet vehicles.
Ø Always Remember That Tyres Impact Mileage
Your fleet tyres can easily weigh up to around forty percent of the running costs of your entire fleet. They will have a direct impact on the vehicles' fuel consumption, maintenance, as well as other running costs.
Getting the wrong tyres can seriously mar the effectiveness of your whole fleet, not to mention the wrong type would have considerably shorter service lives. It's not just about quality alone, but their intended usage as well. Running tyres meant for highways and other roads on mud, gravel, and other similar terrains will drastically erode their service life, and you would have to buy new tyres, time and again.
Ø What Kind of Tyres Would Be Just Right for Your Fleet?
Tyre selection has a lot to do with two separate – but otherwise equally important values. That is, mileage and rolling resistance.
Good tyres are built to maintain a balance between these two properties. Actually, some of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers go out of their way to ensure they attain this balance. They have dedicated research facilities where they conduct continuous R&D activities to achieve the best possible balance between these two properties. In fact, both of them will have a significant impact on a critical area of performance as per user specifics:
è Rolling Resistance
This has a direct impact on overall fuel efficiency. In other words, if your rolling resistance is low, your vehicle’s fuel efficiency will automatically increase.
è Mileage
This property is primarily concerned with longer service life. If your tyres give you good mileage, you won’t have to change them frequently.
Unfortunately, these two properties are diametrical opposites. Harder tyres equipped with higher treads give very good mileage since they don’t wear away easily. However, these advantages are offset by a corresponding increase in resistance value which leads to higher fuel consumption and lower handling characteristics. Ultimately, your application would be the defining factor here.
Long-haul applications, for instance, give more value to rolling resistance to ensure the utmost safety over wet and muddy roads while carrying a full load. On the other hand, if the vehicle is to be used purely for transporting goods across the highways, mileage might become a more important criterion, especially for very large fleets that spend most of their time on the roads.
This is why purchasing the wrong tyre can end up in losses on the balance sheet. Apart from making your vehicle more difficult to handle, it will also increase the overall fleet management cost. However, it doesn’t have to be this way at all!
Today, Marlin Premium Tyres have the answer to all your heavy-duty tyre needs for your fleet’s vehicles. We have a whole range of tyres designed for specific applications as per ‘your’ requirements. These tyres are designed to ensure the maximum possible optimization of the golden ratio between mileage and rolling resistance so that your fleet can easily avail the best of both worlds.
Ø Marlin Tyres
These exceptional tyres have been well designed with the help of 3D simulation software and tools. They utilize an all-new tread compound that has been precision engineered for both high performance- as well as safety in different conditions.
Marlin Tyre is state of the art innovative structure utilizes triple-sandwich belts that are combined with the revolutionary Spiral Advanced Technology (system) for Trucks (SATT). It is also possible to retread this tyre multiple times.
Apart from the above, it is equipped with a very strong belt layer structure to protect against punctures, even as it helps to prevent tyre casing fatigue.
All in all, Marlin Tyres is the ideal choice for any fleet looking to simultaneously cut maintenance costs while increasing tyre service life, at the same time.
