The four 295/80 R 22.5 X MultiWay 3D XDE tyres, which had been regrooved, were removed from a DAF 6x2 tractor unit used regularly on a return trip from the company’s Scotland base to Birmingham.
“The DAF tractor pulls a double-deck curtainsider trailer to Birmingham and back, double-manned, and when we removed the tyre set during routine brake maintenance there was still 3mm usable tread on them, which would have been good for another 5,000-6,000km,” says Kevin Hawker, fleet engineer for the Eccles-based firm.
“Those are remarkable numbers for a set of drive tyres, particularly considering that when you leave our Scotland base you have to drive an hour to reach a motorway – so the tyres are dealing with all kinds of roads.”
Olivers Transport runs a fleet of 30 trucks and 45 trailers, and has specified Michelin as its preferred tyre for more than 25 years.
The company’s previous best run-out figure, 300,921km, came from a set of Michelin XDN2 Grip drive tyres.