Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced the launch of Cooper brand truck and bus radial (TBR) tyres at the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition. It will be available for purchase beginning May 1.
Designed and engineered to deliver quality and value, Cooper TBR tyres have been developed for fleets to reduce their overall tyre program costs and are offered in three series based on application – PRO Series for long-haul, WORK Series for regional-haul, pick-up and delivery, and SEVERE Series for mixed service.
Cooper commercial PRO Series tyres are built with proprietary compounds and tread designs that provide a balance of fuel efficiency and long miles to removal, while WORK Series tyres balance fuel efficiency and tread life with scrub resistant properties. The SEVERE Series is engineered for the most demanding applications, with tyres built to withstand heavy scrub and cut/chip environments. All Cooper brand TBR tyres have a full width, four steel belt package to provide the casing integrity needed to handle multiple rethreads.
“We are excited to expand our TBR business with the launch of our Cooper brand TBR tyre lines. Fleets are continually faced with the pressure of lowering their operating costs, and tyres are an area that can have a big impact on meeting those targets. Our North American team of engineers developed the Cooper brand truck tyres with a focus on lowering the total cost of ownership for fleets, making these tyres an attractive choice,” said Gary Schroeder, Director of Cooper’s Global Truck and Bus Tire Business. “Cooper will also continue to offer the Road master brand, which has provided quality products primarily to owner-operators and trailer manufacturers for more than a decade.”
Cooper brand TBR tyres are Smart Way verified for fuel efficiency and are backed by a premium seven-year, two-retread warranty with full replacement value on the first 50 % of tread life on all PRO Series and WORK Series tyres.
The new Cooper brand truck tyres will be available to commercial tyre servicing dealers across the United States and through Cooper Tire’s Fleet Service national account program.