What Do You Call the Tires Used on Haul Trucks?
12 March 2010At diverse social events, I get presented with the same query: What do you do? I’ve responded with various things: “I am employed by an organization that worldwide.” or “We sell heavy equipment tires.” What I would prefer to tell them, is that I sell mining tyres, but honestly, no one would have a clue about what I am talking about..
So, I usually just frame the conversation this way: ” I sell huge tyres for mining equipment. Some of these tires are as large as 12.5 feet tall (3.81m, for those outside of the US).” It sounds overwhelming, but it is needful to open their thoughts to accept something with a rim size that execeeds twenty inches.
Now, the truth is, most of the tires my organization sells are far less than 12.5 feet. In fact, many of them are only 4′ high.
So, what is an OTR Tire? The definitions diverge greatly, but we will with the acronym “OTR”. It corresponds to “Off the Road”, or in smaller cases “Over the Road”. Generally, the ensuing types of equipment use it, and I won’t admit every type here, because you would be reading all day.
The primary pieces of equipment that use these tyres are: loaders(wheel, front end, and skid steer - this is also considered an industrial tire-), haul trucks (rigid and articulated dump, crash trucks, cranes(the tyres are getable in both on and off-road types), road graders, and scrapers.
Now, some picky folks may say I am ignoring combines and tractors, but those are generally classified as “agricultural use”, and don’t fall under “OTR”, per se. Others will say that the class is much broader. This is correct. However, I am giving you the rudiments you need to understand, not a doctoral dissertation on the tires.
The tires are available in bias and radial stock, just like passenger tires are. The main deviation is in the size of the rims(20-63″ for the most percentage), and the heavy duty nature of the lugs, and rubber compounds. These are tires that can take the abuse that gravel, large rocks, and mud throw at them.
As to functions, these tyres can be found operating in the most extreme conditions, from the Tar Sands of Canada, to the mines of Novosibirsk.
So, what is an OTR Tyre? Very simply put, it’s a tyre for construction, mining, or industrial functions, that works in severe, off-road conditions, on very heavy equipment.
That’s the simplified rendering. If you need more information on OTR Tyres, please go to our website, located at http://www.otrtiresupply.com , or call the office at .
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