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Evolution Wheel Airless Tires

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Explore Evolution Wheel's airless tires, which are segmented for easy repair and designed for specialized applications, such as backhoes. These tires feature advanced chemistry and mechanical design for superior heat dissipation, preventing punctures and ensuring a smooth ride, unlike pneumatic tires. They are built for extreme durability, offering multiple times the wear life of conventional tires.

Goal: Understand the benefits and design of airless, segmented tires.

Tools and materials

  • Backhoe N/A — Example of heavy equipment that can use these tires
  • Humvee N/A — Example of off-road/military vehicle that can use these tires
  • UTV N/A — Example of utility vehicle that can use these tires

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out another one of his cool tools. All right, Derek. Explain this tire to me, Leia. Okay, so this is actually a backhoe tire. A lot of technology in this tire that people wouldn't really know about. First of all, it's segmented so you can fix it. But, being a backhoe tire, this thing's got to roll down the you know, down from job site to job site. You're going 25 mph, 28 mph. Heat dissipation's a big deal on this. We specifically designed the tire to with chemistry and um mechanical design to be able to dissipate heat, have a stable heat profile so they can go down the road. It's also not going to bounce like a normal pneumatic tire. Uh with a backhoe, you get a whole bunch of, you know, hopping and and dynamics with it. With this, it's just a smooth ride, designed to go. But, it's going to get you lots of traction, enable you to work. So, it's segmented. So, let's just talk about this. You can actually take this section of this tire off. Yeah. And bolt a new section on. So, if you have somebody rip a section out, you can get back in operation just by >> So, we always say like it's segmented so you can fix it if you need to, but it's built so that you don't need to. Basically, like if you were to damage one of these, let's say the tire's half worn, but you still got a good tread life in, you call us up, give us a tread depth measurement. We're going to send you out a wear part to match, but more times than not, almost all times, this tire's going to be completely worn out. The customer's going to call us, we're going to send you a full set of rubber, you're going to redo it right on your machine or on your job site, put it all back together, and get back to work. So, I just heard someone ask, what's the price and what's the lifespan on it? Yeah, so it kind of depends like we make tires for everything, right? This is a backhoe. Uh a set of rears and fronts for backhoes like 12 grand US. That's tires, rims, delivered into the US or lower Canada. Uh but, on average, we're usually about like double the wear life or sorry, double the cost for a tire and rim or maybe like 50% higher depending on what we're talking about. But, you're going to get three, four, five times wear life depending on the application. So, it's a long-term ROI savings. So, now you also have them for UTVs. You actually have them for Humvees. Let's Let's go take a look at some of these, Leah. >> Yeah, so this is an R&D project we're working on for the side-by-side. This is a…

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