Skip to main content

Michelin XADN + tyres now in 23.5R25 and 26.5R25 sizes

With the new sizes, Michelin’s tyre offer covers all types of articulated dump trucks (ADT). Launched last year, the XADN + tyre is already said to be providing work site and quarry operators with improved ADT versatility, productivity and safety, when fitted on trucks involved in everything from motorway projects, to sandpits, quarries or surface mining operations. The XADN + is said by Michelin to have enhanced resistance to sidewall cuts and scrapes thanks to the addition of a protective belt. Additiona
January 30, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The new Michelin XADN + tyre is now available in sizes 23.5R25 and 26.5R25.

With the new sizes, 720 Michelin’s tyre offer covers all types of articulated dump trucks (ADT). Launched last year, the XADN + tyre is already said to be providing work site and quarry operators with improved ADT versatility, productivity and safety, when fitted on trucks involved in everything from motorway projects, to sandpits, quarries or surface mining operations.

The XADN + is said by Michelin to have enhanced resistance to sidewall cuts and scrapes thanks to the addition of a protective belt. Additionally, a more durable tread with optimised layers on the crown and in the casing maximise the use of ADT’s and their onsite productivity.

Using 18kg fewer raw materials than the prior-generation XADN, the XADN + is an environmentally-sensitive tyre. All Michelin earthmover tyres are manufactured in plants certified to ISO 14001 standards. The Michelin XADN + is also said to be both reparable and retreadable.

Furthermore, the XADN + tyre benefits from C2 technology, which deploys a latest-generation casing that reduces heat build-up when the tyre is in use, and to a 0.5bar increase in operating pressures, which can come to 5bar for an authorised load of 9,250kg per axle in size 23.5R25 tyres and 11,500kg per axle for size 26.5R25 tyres.

As well as these improvements, the Michelin XADN + range offers all the advantages of the Michelin XADN tyre, such as superior floatation and excellent traction on loose soil, thanks to a deeply grooved tread featuring blocks with multiple sipes and offset shoulder blocks.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Komatsu’s electric micro
    October 12, 2022
    An electric version of Komatsu’s very mini excavator is among the latest developments in the utility sector that include a new Hitachi wheeled excavator and an addition to Sunward’s tracked line-up
  • Terex's new TA300 articulated truck which joins the company's new product family of ADTs
    February 6, 2012
    Terex has launched its new TA300 articulated truck which joins the company's new product family of ADTs. Terex claims that the TA300, which replaces the TA30 model launched in 2002, is the only hauler in 30tonne market that has fully independent front suspension (IFS) as standard. The model joins the TA350 (previously TA35) and TA400 (TA40), launched in September, 2009. and the TA250 being launched in April.
  • Continental enters construction tyre market with EM-Master series
    April 15, 2016
    Continental is moving into the construction equipment market, and an initial key effort is the development of radial tyres for wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks. The ContiEarth EM-Master series provides durability and some technology as well. Sensors inside the tyres monitor pressures and uncover potential problems early.
  • New machines competing in ADT market
    February 19, 2013
    All-wheel-drive trucks for the Chinese market - Mike Woof reports. One noticeable development at the bauma China exhibition in Shanghai in late 2012 was the proliferation of ADT models. Doosan and Volvo showed some of their latest ADT variants alongside their latest excavators and are keen to highlight the benefits of ADTs for use on sites where traction or grade may be an issue for rigid trucks or on/off highway haulers. However Caterpillar chose to highlight its off-highway rigid trucks at bauma China, as