Smart tire solutions

Trelleborg will highlight both its premium Pit Stop Line solid tires and new I-Rent solution, which allows forklift truck dealers to accurately offer tire inclusive contracts to their leased truck customers.
Jean-Paul Mindermann, President Business Unit Industrial Tires, says: “At Trelleborg Wheel Systems we believe that as a strategic partner to the forklift industry we need to be committed 100% to delivering innovations that add value to our customers. We like to go beyond the products themselves and instead of thinking purely like a manufacturer, to be the applications expert that helps our customers to achieve their goals.”
Until recently, there has been no reliable means for users to easily and accurately understand when a solid tire should be replaced. Trelleborg changed that when it introduced the Pit Stop Line feature in its premium Trelleborg Elite XP and Trelleborg M² tires.
The Pit Stop Line provides an unmissable visual indicator when a tire needs replacing. Once a tire has worn down to a point when there is about 100 hours of tire life left, a bright orange line appears on its surface. Forklift owners and operators can therefore better plan for replacement, eliminating unplanned downtime.

I-Rent
I-Rent is a web-based service that allows forklift truck dealers to accurately include the full cost of tires in a lease contract. Historically, only a small percentage of lease contracts have made provision for tires and generally neither to the satisfaction of the user or the forklift dealer. I-Rent overcomes this by providing an accurate monthly cost for tires over the life of a lease contract, meaning forklift dealers can offer their users a single source of parts and maintenance.
Mindermann concludes: “The two smart solutions we are presenting – The Pit Stop Line and I-Rent – are two aspects of using our applications expertise to deliver added value to our customers. Our Pit Stop Line tire feature is designed to increase productivity, safety and sustainability by simplifying tire replacement. The I-Rent solution allows equipment dealers to “make it easy” for their customers through all-inclusive lease contracts, while at the same time offering them the only tire that is proven to increase productivity, safety and sustainability.” Hall 25, Stand F19