Firestone Fd609 Tires

Commercial Truck/Bus. Medium-Duty Truck Radial Closed Shoulder Drive tire Recommended for Tandem and Single-Drive Axle Applications in Long Haul and Regional Haul Service.

Features

• Solid shoulder rib
• Aggressive center lugs
• Tie bars
• Multiple gripping edges
• Wide center grooves
• Cap/base compounding combines a slow wearing cap compound with a cool-running base compound
• Optimized belt package
• Tough sidewall protection
• Intellishape sidewall
• Fuel saver sidewall compound

Benefits

• Distributes weight and torque evenly to fight irregular wear
• Help to improve traction in wet or dry conditions for the life of the tread
• Control movement of center tread blocks to help minimize irregular wear, leading to longer original tread life
• Provide biting edges that help promote wet traction
• Channel water out of the footprint for wet traction
• Shields the casing from damaging heat to enhance retreadability
• Achieves durability and retreadability while delivering reduced weight for improved rolling resistance and payload
• Thick ribs on both sidewalls fight curbing damage to protect the casing
• Low bead volume reduces tire weight and minimizes rolling resistance for enhanced fuel efficiency
• Limits energy loss to help conserve fuel, both when new and retreaded