What Tire Treadwear Grades Mean for Your Customer

… Today, we’re going to talk about treadwear grades. These are an indication of a tire’s relative wear rate. The higher the treadwear number is, the longer it should take for the tread to wear down. When tire engineers conduct tire tests, a control tire is used and assigned a grade of 100. Other tires are compared to this control tire. For example, a tire grade of 200 should wear twice as long as the control tire. …