Titan International has completed its first large planting test for its LSW Tires. According to the tiremaker, farmers involved in the test experienced reduced road lope, decreased power hop and reduced soil compaction with the Goodyear Farm Tire Low Sidewall (LSW) Technology by Titan.
Last spring, farmer and owner of Charleston, Mo.-based Delta New Holland, Mark Stallings, tested Goodyear LSW Super Singles and a competitor’s standard duals in a corn and soybean plot. The test plots were planted with identical New Holland T-8 255 hp tractors and 16-row Kinze 3600 planters.
Later, Titan’s Chairman and CEO Morry Taylor and President Paul Reitz met with Stallings to review his findings. Agronomic oversight for the test was provided by agronomists, Jake Mikels and Brandon Dirnberger, from Wheat Tech Agronomy.
“Titan’s entire LSW team is very excited about this news as it’s been a priority to get real data on how good these tires are for farmers and confirming Titan’s statement that these tires make every piece of equipment perform better,” said Taylor. “I’m very happy for all of the Titan team and look forward to working with farmers and dealers to increase their yields. The OEMs will realize the benefits of the Goodyear Farm LSW technology and will be shocked that they could have had these LSW tires on their equipment five years ago.”
For additional information on the large planting test results, click here.
