Lincolnshire Young Farmers Agricultural Tyre Evening at Bush Tyres
Article written by Bush TyresBush Tyres, Horncastle, held an Agricultural Tyre Evening for Lincolnshire Young Farmers on Thursday (17/10/19)
The evening started off with a welcome message from Brett Mayhew (Bush Tyres) before introducing Michelin‘s representative, Ian Whitwell, who did a stirling job explaining the following tyre related subjects:
- tyre sidewall markings & dimensions,
- choosing the right tyre to match the power of a tractor,
- Michelin’s Very High Flexion (VF) tyres,
- Soil protection,
- Tractor load balancing calculations,
- How to set tyre pressures without the use of a tyre pressure gauge.
Chris Kelly & Matt Smith (both from Bush Tyres) along with Ian demonstrated
what is involved with a tractor wheel alignment as well as explaining the benefits
of an alignment.
Quick fact: Did you know that if your tractor wheel alignmnet is out by only 5% you could have a decrease in fuel economy by up to 12%
This event turned out to be a very successful evening for all involved & Bush Tyres would like to thank Ian, from Michelin, who kindly donated his time to help, & everyone from LYF who came to make this one of the best attended nights so far.
If you would like us to arrange a similar event in your area please contact your nearest centre
Event topics could be:
Car: tyres, wheel alignment, inspection & servicing.
Agricultural: As detailed in this article.
Commercial tyres: How to maintain & prolong the life of commercial tyres.
Over in our Spalding branch the influence of the far east could be easily felt as two Japanese classics were brought to us from Baileys Prestige and Performance. The first an immaculate Pearl White Nissan R33 GT-R having Michelin Pilot Sport 5 tyres fitted to a set of new light weight race wheels supplied by our friends over at SR Autosource.
Hoping for some warmer weather this 1985 VW camper van visited our Spalding depot in preparation for the suns return later in the year. The driver chose to have Rapid tyres fitted. This is a great choice of tyre as it offers peace of mind with a full accidental damage guarantee.
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