The Ultimate Tyre Safety Guide for Heavy Equipment Players

02 Mar 2020

Tyres are playing crucial role on smoothly operating equipment handling machines. These tyres are both bearing the load of the vehicles along with the loads they are carrying. This is the main reason for which, it would be great to come with certain tyre safety guide that will lead you to smoothly operate your equipment handling instruments.

Here is the safety guide to follow.

• Regularly check tyre pressure
  Most of the forklift operators underestimate tyre pressure before starting their operation hour. It leads to unwanted tyre burst or breakdown the tyre completely. Operators who are indulging with long hour operation, they should follow this safety guide strictly. Starting your operation with underinflated tyres is truly dangerous it will instantly affect the handling of your machines and worsen the fuel economy. On the other hand, when you are operating with low pressure tyres, they may lead to hazardous and that accident may fatal in some stage. In this condition, not only the tyres have less grip and less contact with the surface but they will wear out quicker and increases the chance of bursting.
• Checkout Tread Depth
  When time comes to think about the tyres, make sure that, they are not bald. Make sure that, the tread depth is perfectly maintained. If the weather is wet, the bald tyres will come with dangerous options. Operators who are unaware of the risk, they will surely meet the accident instantly. The grip of the tyre to surface will be reduced and the operation may not continue smoothly. Another dangerous thing is that, the bald tyres are easily get punctured and it will surely add unnecessary break-downs on your operation. In order to ensure the tread depth, there are different gauges are available and you can use them.
• Rotate the tyres to prevent from the uneven wear
  All most all the forklift operators know that, front and rear tyres are different. They do have different load bearing capacity and able to meet the current needs of the loads. Therefore, the operators should have properly knowledge regarding the rotation numbers. The number of right and left turns are playing crucial role to wear down the tyres. By rotating the tyres perfect, you are going to ensure smoother and safer operation.
• Timely replacement
  Tyres are the crucial part of the forklift and they will ensure a safe operation if they are on healthy condition. Make sure that, the tyres haven’t any kind of bulges, blisters and cracks. In case, your sidewalls of your tyre appear cracked, it may lead an unwanted damage. This is the main reason for which, you should replace them immediately if you are experiencing any kind of irregularities.