At Goodyear, as a member of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA), an industry-led voluntary product stewardship organisation, we are demonstrating our commitment to the sustainable management, recycling and productive use of end-of-life tyres.
Transforming a waste product into a useful commodity, such as soft-fall surfaces, synthetic sports fields, playground bases and athletics tracks, is reducing the environmental harm caused by old tyres.
Whether you operate a small fleet of regional trucks or a large national highway fleet, truck tyres come under a lot of strain, and they must be safe to drive on. If you’re close to the legal limit for truck tyre tread depth, you should be considering your tyre options now. For every millimetre of tread depth lost, your tyre performance will worsen.
The transport industry has a large role to play in adopting sustainable solutions. Global trends in the industry indicate that bigger fleets are more reputation-driven when focusing on increased sustainability, while smaller fleets are considering sustainability efforts as a way to reduce operating costs.
53% of the respondents in our LinkedIn poll agreed that sustainability efforts should not come at a cost to performance, which means the known and implemented sustainability solutions have already built trust in their performance abilities.
When you roll, roll on Goodyear. At Goodyear Fleet, we offer superior Goodyear tyres tailored to steer, drive, trailer, or all-position applications. Whatever your fleet’s needs are, we’ve got you covered.
At Goodyear Fleet, we prioritise safety above all else. From performing psycho-social risk assessment to ensure we minimise mental health injuries and illnesses to implementing fatigue management training and procedures across the business, our commitment to creating a safe work environment is paramount and drives everything we do. Our dedication to safety supports Goodyear’s goal of eliminating all serious injuries across our global footprint.
Goodyear’s innovative airless tyre solution, NexTrek™, may be your future-favourite. This non-pneumatic (airless) tyre solution (NPT) has the potential to improve longevity, lower maintenance costs and help enable a more sustainable future. That’s how we roll.
At Goodyear Fleet, we have tyres engineered for optimal performance in their specific axle position. Goodyear Marathon LHT II has been designed as a trailer tyre for line haul application offering reduced rolling resistance for improved fuel economy and a slower rate of wear for extended mileage while transporting goods mostly interstate.
Selecting the right tyre for your fleet’s specific applications is essential for efficient hauling. To find the best tyre setup, consider the nature of your journey, the goals of your haul, and the exact size requirements of the tyre you need.
For example, if your journey involves short-haul routes with frequent stops and starts, the KMAX S GEN-2 tyre is an excellent choice, delivering top-class mileage and enhanced traction throughout its lifespan.
When it comes to choosing tyres for your fleet, tyres with low rolling resistance will maximise fuel efficiency and help reduce your carbon footprint. Therefore, a tyre’s rolling resistance should be a key consideration.
The Goodyear FUELMAX T features a special tread compound offering ultra-low rolling resistance for excellent fuel saving potential, improved mileage and good braking in wet conditions.
We recently asked our LinkedIn followers what environmental impacts their business focuses on and they answered, 1. Product Materials, 2. Carbon Footprint, 3. Energy Use. This aligns with Goodyear’s corporate responsibility ambitions; to fully replace petroleum-derived oils in Goodyear products by 2040, to run manufacturing operations on all renewable energy by 2040 to significantly reduce our carbon footprint and to reach net-zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Our commitment to sustainability forms one of the key pillars of Goodyear’s Better Future framework.
Goodyear’s 63% sustainable-material demonstration truck tyre strengthens our business’ vision for helping to drive efficiency and sustainability for commercial fleets by testing more sustainable materials for our future products. Goodyear is looking into applying technology to replace traditional petroleum-based resins with bio-renewable pine tree resins – which may help improve tyre traction performance.
Cleanaway Waste Management trusts Goodyear Fleet to keep their business rolling across Australia. Our tyres are tailored to meet the demands of their different fleets. Cleanaway’s municipal trucks roll on the Goodyear S800+, because this tyre offers deep-tread durability. Whereas, Cleanaway’s liquid waste tankers that are hauling heavy loads roll on the KMAX S210 steer tyre, which delivers exceptional mileage.