Nokian Ground King – better machine versatility

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Today’s multi-use machinery is most likely to bring a good return when it lends itself to a wide variety of different uses and seasonal contracting. The new Nokian Ground King tire, premiering this year at Agritechnica fair, Hannover, brings new opportunities for tractor and machine contracting by combining on-road endurance, traction and grip on soft terrain and high load-bearing capacity.

Transits and road transport play a major role in tractor and machine contracting work, while the all-terrain mobility is a must on work sites and fields. With its Hybrilug technology, the all-new Nokian Ground King tire offers both, helping contractors to realize the full potential of the modern multipurpose machinery.

“In Agritechnica 2017, we presented the visionary Concept Tire, which promised to mark a new era in versatility,” says Toni Silfverberg, Head of Sales & Marketing at Nokian Tyres. “Now the concept has been developed further to what has become Nokian Ground King – the tire that lives up to Concept Tire’s promise of the more versatile, cost-effective farming and contracting.”

The most distinguishing feature of the new Nokian Ground King tire is a whole new type of tread pattern. Combining the best features of lug and block type patterns, it actually looks exactly that – a familiar lug pattern shape that is divided into blocks. But it’s more than just a new look, it also breaks the old pattern of compromising either field properties or highway comfort and endurance.

“We call it the Hybrilug technology”, says Tero Saari, Product Manager at Nokian Tyres. “Tire’s contact to the driving surface is very different, which contributes positively to both grip on soft surfaces as well as on-road characteristics.”

This all-terrain mobility makes new Nokian Ground King an ideal OEM tire. “With Nokian Ground King, the machine manufacturers can be confident that the tire further improves the versatility of multi-purpose machines”, Saari explains.

For economical use, a good contracting tire must maintain its properties even when worn – and wear down slowly, for that matter. The amount of high-grade, wear-resistant tread compound in the Hybrilug technology, together with the extended ground contact extends the tire’s effective operating life to a whole new level. Nokian Ground King will be available starting from 2020 in Farm and Utility Tractor tire sizes.