Bridgestone Launches Extra Large Agricultural Tyres

Bridgestone has confirmed the expansion of its premium agricultural portfolio to effectively meet the demands of the latest generation of high horsepower tractors.

The Bridgestone VT-TRACTOR range now includes six additional extra-large (XXL) sizes, spanning 38–46-inch rim diameters and offering enhanced features and performance.

These new tyres deliver exceptional traction, extended wear life, enhanced durability with the expanded range also delivering an optimised rolling circumference for ideal lead percentage across front and rear tyre combinations.

Andrea Marconcini, Director Agriculture at Bridgestone EMEA says, “Today, farmers operate larger, more powerful tractors and need tyres that can keep up, doing more and going further in demanding conditions,” said, “Our updated VT-Tractor range is engineered to enable faster, more efficient work in the field, together with a longer service life that reduces long-term costs.”

The performance benefits of Bridgestone’s new VT-TRACTOR XXL tyres are enabled by a range of advanced design features including a robust Bridgestone design criteria and virtual 3D simulation. The tyres also incorporate a deeper tread depth and wider tread width, ensuring excellent cooperation between traction and wear.

Whilst a patented involute lug design delivers up to 12 per cent more lug volume than competitors, maximising traction while minimising energy loss and maintaining performance over time.

The enhanced durability of the expanded range is created by Bridgestone’s unique S-LINE bead profile, which provides greater flexibility at lower pressures, helping to reduce soil compaction while maintaining durability under heavy and changing loads, and preventing rim slip.

Plus the strong bead profile combines with a high durability casing construction that guarantees even pressure distribution over the soil footprint, improving both field performance and tyre longevity, and preventing both circumferential and shoulder cracks.

At the same time the new XXL range’s optimised rolling circumference ensures proper traction, reduces tyre wear, prevents driveline stress and improves fuel efficiency, while maintaining steering precision and overall vehicle stability.

The XXL tyres are compatible with Central Tyre Inflation Systems (CTIS), allowing operators to adjust pressure easily for different applications and VT-Tractor’s XXL sizes will be produced in Bridgestone’s Puente San Miguel plant in Spain, following recent enhancements to the site’s manufacturing capabilities including advanced production technology and specialised equipment to produce large-diameter tyres, enabling Bridgestone to expand its portfolio into the 44- and 46-inch segment.