Bridgestone brings 'world's largest tyre' to Europe

ERJ staff report (DS)

Gothenburg, Denmark -- Bridgestone is bringing what it describes as the 'world's largest tyre' to Europe. Six of the 63-inch mining tyres in size 59/80 R63 were unloaded at Gothenburg on 10 August. The tyres were then transported 1,500 km north to the Aitik open-pit copper mine in Lapland where they will be fitted on an electric-drive model of one of the world's largest vehicles: the Caterpillar 795F mining truck, weighing 570 tons fully loaded.

“Although tyre size 59/80 R63 is used in open mines in the Americas and Australia, this is the first time that these Bridgestone tyres have been used in Europe” says Mats-Johan Adner, Managing Director Bridgestone Sweden. “We are proud that Bridgestone has been selected for one of the world's first and largest electric-drive mining trucks.”

Each tyre has a diameter well over twice the height of the average person, a width of 1.47 meters and weight of 5.75 tons

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Press release from Bridgestone