Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Robert Ciprian Radulescu

Jeremy Trowbridge

Gurkan Erdogan

A method for platooning tractor trailers () is provided in which tread volumetric void percentages of first tractor tires () and second tractor tires () are determined. These tread volumetric void percentages are weighted at a ratio of at least 80/20 steer/drive and are used to determine tread volumetric void percentages of the first and second tractor trailers (). The first and second tractor trailers () are positioned in a platoon () so that the one of the first and second tractor trailer () that has the lower tread volumetric void percentage is positioned in front of the other of the first or second tractor trailers () so long as a difference of at least 7% is present between the tread volumetric void percentages of the first and second tractor trailers ().

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Robert Ciprian Radulescu