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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Cooper Tire & Rubber adds two new sizes

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company recently added two new sizes to its Roadmaster RM272 commercial tire line โ€“ 11R22.5 and 295/75R22.5 โ€“ that are specifically engineered for drop-deck trailers.

Designed to ward off irregular wear and damage due to curbing, Gary Schroeder, director of Cooperโ€™s truck and bus tire business noted in a statement that the RM272 features a four-belt steel casing and has a slightly rounded tread footprint, along with a reinforced shoulder to help withstand extreme side forces.

He added that its tread compound has also been formulated to provide optimum balance between resistance to side forces and maximum wear.

โ€œTires in this application are arguably the most abused of any in the trucking industry, and we designed the RM272 to withstand this harsh punishment Schroeder pointed out.

โ€œWe looked at a variety of tread profiles that could minimize the load on the shoulder rib, and worked toward a design that distributed the load more evenly across the entire footprint so that the shoulder takes on less of the lateral forces,โ€ he emphasized.