Cooper Brothers is switching its full van fleet over to using Michelin Agilis CrossClimate tyres after a trial saw them outlast rival fitments by more than 15,000 miles.
The family-owned business, which sells and fits tyres across Lanarkshire, runs a fleet of 20 Ford Transit vans and ran a tyre test over several months that saw five vehicles, each of a similar age, fitted with a set of tyres from different brands.
The trial showed that the budget tyres on test lasted 8,500 miles before needing to be replaced, the mid-range lasted 9,200 miles, the upper mid-range 15,100 miles, while the tyres from a rival premium brand to the Michelin Agilis CrossClimate tyres lasted 16,900 miles.
After 26,954 miles, the Michelin Agilis CrossClimate tyres are still going strong with 4mm of tread remaining – suggesting they will deliver well in excess of 30,000 miles by the time they reach the company’s tread replacement level of 2mm.
Garry Gibson, operations director at Cooper Brothers Wholesale, said: “The results were absolutely staggering. We knew the Michelin tyres would last a long time, but we didn’t expect the gap to be quite so significant.
“The driver of the vehicle with the Agilis CrossClimate fitted has been employed with us for more than 12 years, and he has been hugely impressed with the driving performance as well – especially the cornering and how they handle wet conditions.
“Overall the set of Agilis CrossClimates have significantly outperformed all competitor brands we have ever used on our own vans in terms of mileage, performance and – crucially – total cost of ownership.”
