DEMO PROVES FUEL AND MONEY SAVING BENEFITS OF MICHELIN’S ULTRAFLEX TECHNOLOGY TYRES

Stoke-on-Trent – February 9, 2015Michelin’s innovative Ultraflex Technology tyres can save farmers hundreds of pounds in fuel every time they drill a field, a new trial has demonstrated. Michelin’s XeoBib tyres were fitted to a Massey Ferguson 6616 tractor operating with a Kuhn power harrow drill combination and driven over a 100 hectare field. With the front tyre pressures set at 20 psi and the rear pressure set to 30 psi, it cost £978.70 in fuel to drill the field, leaving an average rut depth of 133mm. These pressures simulated the tyre pressures required for a conventional