MICHELIN AgricULTURE, because the land is a series of challenges! TIRE TECHNICAL DATA BOOK 2017 MICHELIN AGRICULTURE AND COMPACT LINE Contents 3 MICHELIN features 4-25 Trailers 98-117 ■ MICHELIN innovates to meet all your challenges .................................4-5 ■ MICHELIN product offer for trailers and turf application ....................... 98-99 Specifi c ■ Radial and cross-ply constructions ...................................................6-7 ■ MICHELIN CARGOXBIB HIGH FLOTATION .................................... 100-103 features ■ MICHELIN Ultrafl ex Technologies .....................................................8-9 ■ MICHELIN CARGOXBIB HEAVY DUTY .......................................... 104-107 MICHELIN x ■ Reading and understanding the technical data ................................ 10-11 ■ MICHELIN CARGOXBIB / XP27 .................................................. 108-113 ■ Tire sidewall markings . ..................................................................12 ■ MICHELIN XS ...................................................................... 114-117 ■ Load indices and speed symbols ......................................................13 ■ Compact Line 118-169 Selecting tires, use and implementation ..............................................14 Tractors x ■ Segmentation of the tractor offer ......................................................15 ■ The Compact Line range.......................................................... 118-119 ■ Calculation of mechanical lead .........................................................16 ■ MICHELIN radial construction tires ■ Front wheel lead % measurement ......................................................17 Dimensions and size equivalences for MICHELIN radial tire ............... 120-121 ■ Equivalent sizes: ■ MICHELIN Cross-ply construction tires - Step 1: selection of SRI (Speed Radius Index) .................................. 18-19 Harvesters Dimensions and size equivalences for MICHELIN cross-ply tire ........... 122-123 x - Step 2: selection of size ............................................................ 20-21 ■ MICHELIN XM27 Ind / XMCL ................................................... 124-129 - Step 3: selection of the tire in MICHELIN offer ................................ 22-23 ■ MICHELIN BIBLOAD HARD SURFACE .......................................... 130-135 ■ MICHELIN tires by size ............................................................. 24-25 ■ MICHELIN BIBSTEEL ALL TERRAIN .............................................. 136-139 ■ MICHELIN BIBSTEEL HARD SURFACE .......................................... 140-143 Tractors 26-77 Sprayers ■ MICHELIN XF ....................................................................... 144-147 x ■ MICHELIN AXIOBIB Grp 50. ........................................................ 26-27 ■ MICHELIN XM 47 .................................................................. 148-151 ■ MICHELEIN AXIOBIB 2 ............................................................................... 28-29 ■ MICHELIN XZSL ................................................................... 152-155 ■ MICHELIN AXIOBIB .................................................................................... 30-35 ■ MICHELIN POWER CL ............................................................. 156-161 ■ ■ MICHELIN MACHXBIB ............................................................... 36-43 MICHELIN POWER DIGGER ...................................................... 162-165 Trailers x ■ MICHELIN XEOBIB.................................................................... 44-47 ■ MICHELIN X TWEEL SSL .......................................................... 166-169 ■ MICHELIN MULTIBIB ................................................................. 48-55 Operational information 170-185 ■ MICHELIN OMNIBIB .................................................................. 56-63 ■ MICHELIN YIELDBIB .................................................................. 64-67 ■ Instructions for use ..................................................................... 172 ■ MICHELIN AGRIBIB .................................................................. 68-77 Compact Line ■ Load-balancing calculation ........................................................... 173 x ■ Recommended pressure for dual or triple assembly Harvesters 78-89 Some example of loads ............................................................... 174 ■ Rim and O-ring references ............................................................ 175 ■ MICHELIN CEREXBIB ................................................................ 78-81 ■ Inner tube and valves references ............................................... 176-177 ■ MICHELIN MEGAXBIB ............................................................... 82-89 Operational ■ Characteristics of the valves .................................................... 178-179 information x Sprayers 90-97 ■ Key points for fi tting and removing tires. ..................................... 180-185 ■ Drive tires sorted by rolling circumference. ................................... 186-189 ■ MICHELIN SPRAYBIB ................................................................ 90-93 ■ Trailer implement tires sorted by rolling circumference. ......................... 190 ■ MICHELIN AGRIBIB Row Crop ..................................................... 94-97 Notes 191 Notes x Michelin innovates to meet all your challenges 5 Michelin Agricultural and Compact Line take full account of farmers' real experiences, listen and work with them through the constant market changes to provide real answers to the challenges they face every day. Because farmers face constant challenges, the Michelin Agricultural product line ■ Because the land is a series of challenges, listens to you, innovates with you and aims to offer you products and services Michelin Agricultural innovates and offers a full range of agricultural and compact line products that increase your levels of profi tability, and services to increase your levels of profi tability, productivity, reliability and environmental x productivity, reliability and environmental protection. protection. Michelin Agricultural, because the land ■ Future challenges is a series of challenges! How can we feed the planet better against a backdrop of demographic growth and the deterioration of arable land? x It is with this aim in mind that the Michelin Group developed a breakthrough innovation to make farm ■ Tomorrow’s agricultural global challenge machinery more effi cient and more mobile: MICHELIN Ultrafl ex Technologies. To meet YOUR NEEDS FOR GREATER PRODUCTIVITY, you need to be able to take advantage • Produce more of soil fertility: it is therefore essential not to compact the land. • Worldwide growth, high demand, price increase and stock reduction until 2050 x • Agricultural machinery development: high power & new technology ■ Low-pressure challenges And many more challenges: • That is why the Michelin Group has harnessed all its technology - Fewer but bigger farms to help farmers by providing them with - Agriculture respecting the environment a full range of low-pressure tires meeting - Farmers demand: value creation with profi t & professionalism their needs across the growing cycle. x MICHELIN Ultrafl ex tires satisfy the following equation: ■ MICHELIN AG mission lower pressure = With seven billion inhabitants in 2011 and an estimated nine billion in 2050, our planet will have to produce more food – and produce it more effi ciently – less compaction x to maintain the eco-balance and avoid depleting natural resources. = Michelin is leveraging its capacity for innovation to help meet this dual challenge. more respect for soil = higher productivity ■ = MICHELIN AG brand promise increased agricultural effi ciency x To Advanced Farmers, MICHELIN is the brand of innovative agricultural tire develpments driven by leading innovations such as the radial tire and Ultrafl ex technology. The associated performances deliver true functional benefi ts meeting farmers’ expectations and improve productivity. Because the farmers care for their soils, resources, Safety, respect for the soil, crop yield, productivity, traction: the tires in the MICHELIN farms and families, MICHELIN promotes technology to preserve an admirable tradition. Ultrafl ex range meet all your challenges through the deployment of state- of-the-art technology. x Radial structure and cross-ply constructions 7 The benefi ts of a radial agricultural tire are: Radial: 30% increase in footprint Ploughing an area of 172.90 acres imp with an 85 h.p. tractor and a 14 inch 3 furrow plough. for tire of equivalent size Increased profi tability Tractor fuel consumption 2.94 imp gallons/hour Radial Cross-ply • Time saving Improvement fi tment fi tment x Working time to 133 hrs 152 hrs 19 hrs • Lower fuel consumption plough 172.90 acres imp of work RADIAL CROSS-PLY • Increased service life Fuel consumption to 391 446.88 55.86 plough 172.90 acres imp imp gallons imp gallons imp gallons of diesel Greater productivity x • Longer, wider footprint - Less rutting - Less soil compaction x - Improved crop yield Enhanced comfort • Flexible casing x - Superior ride quality both in the fi elds and on the road - Maintains straight-line stability - Protection of mechanical components x More traction • Lower rolling resistance x • Larger and more regular footprint • More tread lugs on the ground • Better self-cleaning x MICHELIN Ultrafl ex Advantages Technologies of MICHELIN Ultrafl ex