Crane and articulated dump truck tyres debut at show

China’s Techking Tires introduced new crane and articulated dump truck tyres to its catalogue of off-road radial products. The ETCRANE range is the result of a seven-year research and development programme and features closed shoulder and multistep groove design to avoid irregular wear and stone ejection on off-road and highway applications. ECE approved size options include 385/95 R25 and 445/95 R25. The tyres are approved by crane manufacturers, such as Terex, Sany and Zoomlion, and are already in service
April 21, 2015 Read time: 1 min
ETCRANE is designed for mobile crane applications
China’s 8065 Techking Tires introduced new crane and articulated dump truck tyres to its catalogue of off-road radial products. The ETCRANE range is the result of a seven-year research and development programme and features closed shoulder and multistep groove design to avoid irregular wear and stone ejection on off-road and highway applications. ECE approved size options include 385/95 R25 and 445/95 R25. The tyres are approved by crane manufacturers, such as 1222 Terex, 1170 Sany and 1175 Zoomlion, and are already in service in a number of countries, such as India where they are suitable for the expanding metro, expressway and building construction industries there. The PROADT tyres are designed for reliability with articulated dump trucks. The tyres are E3/L3 TRA-coded and come in 23.5 R25 and 29.5 R25 sizes. Techking also offers a range of tyres of mining, quarrying, waste hauling and other industries.

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