Look beyond the Label when choosing Winter Tires says Goodyear Dunlop

Goodyear Dunlop is advising commercial vehicle operators to look beyond the new EU label grades when purchasing winter tyres.

While fuel efficiency and wet grip, which are shown on the labels, are among the most important performance areas for operators of long haul trucks, they are less relevant in winter conditions. Grip and traction on snow and ice together with mileage are the key priority areas for winter tyres but are not shown on labels. In a recent survey that Goodyear Dunlop carried out in the Nordic countries almost all operators put traction on snow and packed snow as the two most important performance criteria for a winter tyre.

Tyres for use on cold and slippery winter roads require a different set of performance criteria than for other conditions. Here it is grip and traction, particularly in snowy and icy conditions, which are most important and are just two of 50 different criteria that Goodyear Dunlop assesses when developing commercial vehicle tyres.

Mileage is also very relevant to all types of vehicle operation. Goodyear Dunlop accordingly prioritizes the performance areas according to the criteria most relevant for each type of operation.