A daily, curated briefing on the off-the-road tyre industry, manufacturer moves, regulatory shifts, and supply dynamics, read through the lens of people who actually trade the inventory.
Editorial commentary and general market observation only, not compliance, engineering or trading advice.
Lead times on large radial sizes (49″-63″) are reported to be shortening as capacity that was redirected during the 2024-25 squeeze comes back online. Practical takeaway for buyers: less reason to over-order, but hold a sensible safety stock on the sizes you can't run without.
Curated · manufacturer bulletins + trade deskSites are refreshing storage, inspection and mixing-rule documentation. If you mix radial and bias on a machine, or run mismatched brands on an axle, make sure the paperwork matches the primary standard, AS4457:2019, the reference matrix is on this site.
Curated · AS4457 summary · see ReferenceLonger hauls on a couple of operations are pushing required TKPH higher than the fitted tyre was specified for. Worth re-running the numbers on the TKPH calculator before the next changeout, heat, not tread, is usually what ends these tyres.
Curated · operator feedback · run the TKPH calculatorLanded cost on imported OTR is being driven more by shipping and timing than by ex-works pricing. Where you buy, and when, is doing more work than the brand on the sidewall.
/ 02 Jun 2026Field results on several mid-tier patterns continue to firm up in moderate-cut applications. Tier-one still wins the hardest sites, but the default assumption is worth testing per application.
/ 01 Jun 2026Rated load and inflation assume ideal conditions. Real cycles, temperatures and road maintenance move the goalposts, which is exactly why cross-referenced, plain-language data matters.
The daily briefing is curated by hand from manufacturer bulletins, standards bodies, trade press and 50 years of independent trading. In production this page also carries a raw source feed, the firehose below is representative.
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