Timber yard logs tyre life increase with Michelin 24 January 2011

Timber firm James Jones and Sons has joined the range of transport companies switching to a 100% Michelin policy on its Lockerbie Sawmill industrial machinery fleet, having recorded impressive tyre life.

Lockerbie log yard manager Iain Gale says he first tried Michelin's XZM tyres when he decided that tyre bills for the industrial fleet were getting very high.

"We were using a variety of different budget tyres at the time," says Gale. "We had a few Michelin tyres on our forklift trucks but, on the whole, we were buying according to price, thinking it would save us money. In fact, the reverse was true."

James Jones' tyre supplier suggested running a recorded trial of a set of Michelin XZM tyres on a Liebherr timber handling machine – and Gale says that, where the budget tyres had been lasting an average of 1,800 hours, the new Michelin tyres clocked up 8,000 hours.

Following the success of this first trial, James Jones has had Michelin XZM tyres fitted across the fleet of eight Liebherr timber handlers, nine forklift trucks and three side loaders.

Further results have shown that, where the budget tyres on James Jones' side loaders were lasting between 200 and 600 hours, Michelin's XZM tyres achieved up to 2,000 hours.

Brian Tinham

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