Cooper Tire Launches PRO Series™ LHS Steer Tire
18 March 2019 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
First steer tire in Cooper’s PRO Series
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Cooper Tire has launched a new long haul steer (LHS) tire as
part of its Cooper® PRO Series™ product line. The tire joins the
Cooper PRO Series long haul drive (LHD) tire introduced last year.
The new steer tire will initially be available in size 295/75R22.5
with other sizes becoming available in June.
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Cooper's new PRO Series long haul steer
(LHS) tire offers low cost of ownership through long miles to
removal, fuel efficiency, and design elements to help ensure
uniform wear and retreadability. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Cooper PRO Series LHS was designed from the ground up to
offer low cost of ownership through long miles to removal, fuel
efficiency, and design elements to help ensure uniform wear and
retreadability. The new tire features Cooper’s ECO (Energy
Conservation Optimization) technology that combines tire design,
compounding and construction to provide an ultra-low rolling
resistance tire that both exceeds SmartWay standard requirements by
15 percent and meets the EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
requirements set for 2021.
“This steer tire is the new flagship product for Cooper
commercial tires,” said Gary Schroeder, Executive Director of
Cooper’s Global Truck and Bus Tire Business. “We know the
importance of this tire position, and it’s why we designed the tire
to perform at a very high level – meeting the demanding needs of
long haul fleets. We purposefully created this tire to give fleets
what they are asking for – a low cost of ownership solution to
reduce tire program costs and improve a fleet’s bottom line. We’re
offering the tire at a price point that makes it a ‘best buy.’
Excellent performance, matched with very competitive pricing, is
what fleets are looking for in tires, and we’re delivering with the
Cooper PRO Series.”
The Cooper PRO Series LHS provides 18/32nds of tread depth and
features a wider footprint than most steer tires on the market – a
full inch in many cases. “This provides better traction while
promoting longer, more even wear,” said Schroeder. “And, it doesn’t
sacrifice fuel economy in the process. When paired with our PRO
Series LHD™ drive tire, that is also SmartWay verified, fleets can
maximize fuel economy.”
To enhance even wear, the tire has a decoupling groove to
minimize shoulder wear. A unique feature on Cooper’s new steer tire
is a patent-pending stone ejector design with a stepped groove wall
in the tread pattern. This feature helps prevent stone drilling to
ensure the integrity of the casing for multiple retreads.
Helping improve tire maintenance is Cooper’s Wear Square® on the
tire’s shoulder ribs. This is a visual indicator, which shows the
tread depth through five different evolving image icons. A “square”
shows full tread depth, while an “L” shape shows half the tread is
left. An icon also shows when the tire should be pulled for
retreading. Since the Wear Square is placed on both sides of the
tire, it’s also an alignment indicator. If the icons don’t match,
the tire technician knows there is an alignment problem or uneven
tire issue and can take corrective measures.
The Cooper PRO Series LHS features four-belt steel design
construction and an industry-leading seven-year, two-retread
warranty. The tire is also warranted for full replacement value for
the first 50 percent of treadwear. “Our warranty showcases the
confidence we have in this tire,” said Schroeder. “It’s ready to
perform.”
About Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) is the parent
company of a global family of companies that specializes in the
design, manufacture, marketing and sale of passenger car, light
truck, medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires. Cooper’s
headquarters is in Findlay, Ohio, with manufacturing, sales,
distribution, technical and design operations within its family of
companies located in more than one dozen countries around the
world. For more information on Cooper,
visit www.coopertire.com, www.facebook.com/coopertire or
www.twitter.com/coopertire.
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