Truck tires manufactured by Continental A.G. and Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ranked first and second in fuel-efficiency tests conducted by a Canadian non-profit that conducts research and technology transfer for the Canadian forest industry.
The tests were conducted recently by PIT Group, a third-party research organization that is a division of FPInnovations, the Canadian-non-profit.
Tires manufactured by Group Michelin came in third.
PIT Group ran two comparison tests on steer, drive and trailer tires run on three identical tractors and trailers for what it called the Energotest Tire Challenge. The tests, one a line-haul test and the other a regional-haul test, were conducted according to Technology & Maintenance Council Fuel Consumption Test Procedure, Type III, RP 1103A.
A tractor-trailer combination was mounted with a set of steer, drive and trailer tires from each manufacturer in each test.
In the line-haul test, vehicles equipped with Continental tires achieved 7.35 miles per gallon (MPG), versus Double Coin at 7.23 and Michelin at 7.20, Double Coin said.
