CONTINENTAL TractorMaster tyres have been judged the most efficient in a European tyre performance review.
The review was carried out by the German agricultural society Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG) and included a number of practical tractor tests to establish which agricultural tyres are the most efficient for tractor use.
The TractorMaster tyre was the most fuel efficient of all premium brand tyres tested.
It also delivered the most efficient transmission of engine power offering the best ratio of tractive output to PTO of the brands on test.
Continental agricultural tyre specialist Richard Hutchins said: “This review shows our tyres, when set to the same pressure for load, are three per cent faster over the same distance and use less fuel to complete the same task."
The tyres are uniquely manufactured using new technology that Continental has applied to an agricultural tyre for the first time. 'N-Flex Technology', the company says, is a patent pending, heat-treated nylon that sits beneath the rubber. It enables the tyre to keep its shape which reduces rolling resistance on the road and lowers fuel consumption.
Mr Hutchins added: “Tractor tyres reach high temperatures during road use.
"With the standard nylon used in the manufacture of tyres, after a long run when parked overnight, the tyres cool to the shape of the parked position creating so called ‘flat spots’.
"When the tractor is used again, the operator will experience ride disturbance because the tyres are not a perfect circle. N-Flex Technology reduces the occurrence of flat spots and provides a more comfortable ride.”
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