HIGH GRIP 315/80s LAST THE DISTANCE FOR PRESTONS OF POTTO
Stoke-on-Trent – July 27, 2012Northallerton-based Prestons of Potto is seeing the direct benefits of a move from 295/80 R 22.5 drive axle tyres to 315/80 R 22.5 fitments, after the highest mileage tractor unit in an initial 20-vehicle trial clocked-up 524,137 km before its Michelin XDN2 Grip drive tyres needed replacing. This exceptional performance – equivalent to more than 390 journeys between Land’s End and John O’Groats – was so impressive that Fleet Engineer Paul Barker couldn’t believe they were still the original tyres. Barker explains: “I saw the truck in our workshop shortly