“As farm equipment has grown larger and heavier in recent years, farmers now cover more acres per day, but soil compaction has become a greater challenge,” said Mike Pantaleo, customer engineering support for Michelin Agriculture tires. “Michelin Ultraflex tires address this issue by operating at lower pressures than standard radial tires, therefore producing a larger footprint. This larger footprint distributes the weight of the machine over the largest area possible to reduce compaction.”
The SprayBib VF480/80R46 177D can provide farmers with a unique sprayer option that goes between standard, narrow row-crop tires and a flotation tire for pre-planting. The tire has a load capacity of up to 16,094 pounds and at speeds of 40 mph.
The SprayBib VF380/90R54 176D is designed for high-clearance sprayers and row-crop tractors. It’s able to carry some of the largest sprayers and planters at low pressures, which can provide the large footprints required by tractors used in narrow-row fields.
The CereXBib IF 1000/55R32 CFO 188A8 is the largest harvester tire in Michelin’s agriculture lineup and can be used on large harvesters and grain carts.