The main "target audience" of the summer commercial tire Goodyear Duramax is minivans, including the most powerful and high-speed modifications. This model is distinguished by its excellent adaptability to operation, both under heavy loads and at high speeds. In these difficult conditions for any tire, it demonstrates excellent handling, fuel efficiency, low noise level, and durability.
Service Life
The excellent mileage and fuel efficiency of this tire are largely due to the very even distribution of external pressure across the contact patch. To achieve this, a number of technical solutions were applied by North American tire manufacturers, affecting various design elements. First of all, this is an enhanced breaker, made entirely of several layers of cord. The tread with a practically flat profile shape is no less effective in terms of optimizing the distribution of external pressure. In addition, these design features significantly increase the size of the contact patch itself, which has a positive effect on handling and traction.
Rigid Shoulder Zones
When talking about handling and traction, it is impossible not to mention the reinforced design of the shoulder zones of the tread. They contain massive transversely arranged blocks that give the tire excellent stability when maneuvering and stable traction properties when braking, ensuring high performance in such driving modes. In addition, they have 3D-lamellas that allow significantly reducing the braking distance without compromising handling and transverse stability, especially on wet roads.
Key Features of Goodyear Duramax
- optimized pressure distribution across the contact patch increases the tire's service life;
- improved handling in turns, high efficiency when braking, thanks to rigid blocks of shoulder blocks with 3D-BIS lamellas cut into them;
- low noise level, thanks to an additional longitudinal rib on the outside of the tread.
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