OFF-THE-ROAD TIRES

VREV
V-steel Rock Extra V-operation

Revolutionary evolution of
heavy-duty mining performance
MAIN FEATURES
• Innovative new pattern technology with
superior performance capabilities
• Dramatically improved wear performance
• Extremely low heat generation
• Superb casing durability

VREV OFF-THE-ROAD TIRES

Tire size Star rating TRA code

46/90R57 *2 E4
 BRIDGESTONE OFF-THE-ROAD TIRES

VREV V-steel Rock Extra V-operation

SUPERIOR WEAR RESISTANCE AND HEAT CAPABILITY Buttress fins

The unique buttress fins utilize
With our new VREV tires, Bridgestone has created a the flow of air from a rolling tire
Rolling dire to force cooling air into the
totally new pattern design to achieve cti
on shoulder grooves and across
higher wear resistance and the base of the tire voids to
draw heat away and achieve a
superior heat reduction at the higher TKPH.
same time. Compared with
Flow of cool air
the VRPS, overall into the shoulder
grooves reduces
performance has been heat.

dramatically improved.

Additional grooves
Tire TKPH comparison Additional grooves at optimum
INDEX
depth minimize heat generation
110
100
to achieve a higher TKPH rating.

Conventional VREV Narrower shoulder grooves

Radial
Narrower shoulder grooves
enhance wear resistance.
When operating TKPH is at
standard VRPS levels
Wear life
Parallelogram blocks
The newly designed parallelo-
Traction Operating TKPH
gram tread blocks on our VREV
tires change shape efficiently
as the tire moves so that the
amount of sliding is minimized,
Casing durability Tread cut life
thus contributing to improved
resistance to wear and tear.
When operating TKPH is at
higher-than-standard VRPS levels
Wear life Rolling
direction

Traction Operating TKPH

VREV Once the edge of the parallelogram

VRPS block touches the ground, the whole
block changes shape. The amount of
Casing durability Tread cut life
sliding is minimized.

Rec Rim/ Approximate Inflated Dimensions Minimum

Star OTD
Tire Size Type FL Height OD OW SLR SLW Dual Spacing
Rating
inch mm inch mm inch mm inch mm inch mm mm inch
29.00/6.0
46/90R57 T/L *2 (32.00/6.0) 3572 140.6 1145 45.1 1586 62.4 1229 51.1 97 1412 55.6

T/L: Tubeless type Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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