L780
In this review, we will tell you about the all-around tires for light trucks and vans. But first, let's define what are light trucks and vans? Most likely, these are commercial vehicles, namely delivery vans, cars in the city freight service, possibly minibusses for transporting passengers.
What are the requirements for tires for such vehicles? The first requirement is the possibility of an all-season operation. Since the funds for the maintenance and servicing of commercial vehicles are spent on a large scale economically, tires are used on a set-and-forget basis. That is, tires on commercial vehicles should be changed when they roll back their service life, and not with the change of season. Therefore, tires for commercial vehicles must be all-season.
The second requirement for light truck and van tires is durability. Taking into account the daily use, these tires should travel no less than 23 thousand mi.
Are there all-season durable tires made for light trucks and vans? Yes, there are such tires and there are many of them in the lineup of most well-known manufacturers. But now, if you need these tires to be not only durable but also not very expensive, then you will certainly be interested in the Crosswind L780.
Specifications
- Name / model: Crosswind L780.
- Manufacturer: Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd.
- Country: China.
- Tire type: tubeless.
- Seasonality: all-season.
- Purpose: light trucks, vans, buses.
- Tread type: symmetrical non-directional.
- Tread height: 8 mm.
- Design features combined radial frame.
- Manufacturer's warranty: up to 40 thousand miles.
Driving performance
Crosswind L780 tires are designed for everyday use in city traffic. Pay attention to the low tread height and the frequent siping. This is specifically designed to provide optimum grip on asphalt and concrete roads.
These tires are not intended for off-road, but if necessary, the car can move on unpaved roads and gravel embankments. On asphalt roads, these tires offer dynamic acceleration, short braking distances, and excellent road holding. Thus, these tires are excellent for driving in city traffic as well as for long journeys on expressways.
In city traffic, especially in sluggish traffic jams, where you constantly need to accelerate and brake, these tires ensure traffic safety. On country highways, these tires provide driving comfort, as they demonstrate high directional stability, which means that to drive in a straight line, you do not have to constantly steer.
Crosswind L780 is designed for continuous operation in high-speed mode (speed index H - up to 185 mi / h). The tires exhibit acceptable handling on both dry and wet surfaces due to the tread design.
Due to their design features, these tires are perfectly balanced. Therefore, when driving, they create a minimum rolling resistance. This, in turn, translates into numerous benefits, from low noise levels to fuel economy.
All-season operation
Like all all-season tires, Linglong Tire's Crosswind L780 is designed for use in moderate climates. That is, the summer should not be too hot, and the winters should not be too harsh. Ideally, these tires should be used within a temperature range of 77 to 23 F.
Otherwise, these tires do well in any weather except on bare ice on the road. However, except for winter velcro tires and winter studded tires, not a single tire normally rides on ice. But even in icy conditions, the Crosswind L780 runs relatively well if they are additionally equipped with snow chains.
On wet roads and even in puddles, these tires do not ride much worse than dry. This is largely due to the efficient tread design. A complex system of longitudinal and transverse grooves guarantees good directional stability of the car both on dry and wet roads. In addition, the location of the grooves ensures that water is efficiently diverted from the center of the tire to the sidewalls. As a result, the likelihood of aquaplaning is minimized and your car will not skid in the rain.
Durability
Linglong Tire provides a 30-50 thousand miles guarantee for its products, depending on the model and tire Crosswind L780 is no exception.
This durability is ensured by the fact that Linglong Tire factories use the most modern equipment and the most advanced technologies. For the production of these tires are used the most quality production materials. Finally, Linglong Tire factories have implemented multi-stage quality control in combination with the automation of most of the production processes. As a result, it is almost impossible to buy Crosswind L780 tires with a factory defect today. And if there is no factory defect, these tires will travel up to 30 thousand miles, until you decide to change them due to the development of a resource.
Design features
The running characteristics and reliability of tires largely depend on how these tires are arranged, what technologies are incorporated into their design. Specifically, these tires use a reinforcing carcass with a radial belt arrangement. While radial cages are a classic solution, this technology has been proven for decades to maximize strength and reduce tire costs.
Lack of radial frame in greater weight. Therefore, the manufacturer of the Crosswind L780 tires combined metal and nylon belts. As a result, the tire's durability is not affected, while the weight of the finished product is no more than the weight of other all-season tires with similar dimensions.
Like most all-season tires from Linglong Tire, the Crosswind L780 is reinforced with metal belts that run along the center rib. The presence of such reinforcement not only makes the tire more reliable but also ensures uniform pressure of the tread to the road surface. Due to the uniform pressure over the entire area of the contact patch, the tread wears off evenly, which means that the tire wear process will take much longer than usual. Again, let us draw your attention to the fact that the reinforcement with metal belts makes these tires more resistant to mechanical deformation due to collision with certain obstacles - curbs, speed bumps, etc.
The Crosswind L780 is a tubeless tire, so the priority in their production was to ensure maximum tightness. For these purposes, the inner surface of the tire is covered with a thin elastic layer of latex, which, due to the minimum porosity, maintains optimal pressure in the tire for a long time.
Tread
The effectiveness of the tread in these tires is ensured not only by its design but also by the correct selection of production materials.
When molding a tread, a mixture of more than 20 ingredients is used, including synthetic rubber, silicon dioxide, sulfur, resins, etc. Special proportions of the ingredients have made it possible to create a material that retains medium elasticity at high and low temperatures. As a result, tires do not melt in summer, and do not tan or crack in winter. However, the optimal conditions for using Crosswind L780 are temperatures between 77 to 23F.