Firestone Adds New Sizes to its Ultra-Deep Drive Radial LineupNew FD690 PLUS Sizes Offer Long Mileage to Pickup and Delivery Fleets
MUSCATINE, IOWA (Sept. 10, 2008) — Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) is adding two sizes to its lineup of new Firestone FD690 PLUS deep drive axle radial tires. Pickup and delivery fleets seeking long-mileage wear now have more options with the new 225/70R19.5 and 245/70R19.5 tire sizes. These, and other sizes, are available from a Firestone commercial tire dealer or truckstop.
“The FD690 PLUS has provided great removal mileage in both single and tandem drive axle applications. It’s in use with small fleets and owner operators who run coast-to-coast or regionally in pickup and delivery applications,” says Guy Walenga, Director, Engineering, Commercial Products and Technologies, Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC. “The addition of these new sizes allows us to better serve pickup and delivery fleets with smaller trucks or straight trucks.”
The FD690 PLUS features a continuous shoulder design specifically engineered to combat irregular wear, a condition that prevents tires from realizing maximum original tire miles. The 19/32” and 20/32” tread depths complement this closed shoulder design.
The FD690 PLUS features an aggressive block/lug design, with numerous angled edges to cut through water and road films. The center lugs are linked to each other with tie bars to add stability against tread squirm and to fight heel and toe wear, the most common type of irregular wear on ultra-deep tread drive radials.
For more information on this ultra-deep drive radial, ask your Firestone dealer or visit www.Firestonetrucktires.com.
About Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions:
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, manufactures, markets and sells medium and heavy duty truck tires for the original equipment and replacement markets in the United States and in Canada through Bridgestone Firestone Canada Inc. Bridgestone, Firestone and Dayton brand truck tires are available through more than 2,500 dealers and truck stops across the U.S. and Canada. Around the world, top truck fleets and original equipment manufacturers rely on Bridgestone and Firestone brand tires for long tread life and low cost per mile. In addition, through its Bandag brand, Bandag retreading dealers have access to industry-leading research and development, manufacturing, marketing and sales expertise. This combination of new and retread product offerings, combined with BBTS’ commercial retail operations doing business as TDS, GCR Tire Centers and White Tire, provides trucking customers with total tire solutions.