Caravan Tyre Protectors

Kev Pearce · Senior Member

Caravan Tyre Protectors

PeterD · Guru

Flat spots are not any particular worry. Yes they do occur, however the heat of the tyre and a few kilometres of travelling quickly remove them. If you don't lioke the effect of the flat spots that you can detect for the first few hundred meters then feel free to waste your money.

Kev Pearce · Senior Member

Thank you PeterD. Have not noticed any problem but always willing to learn. What we have learned is that there is an awful amount of stuff people are willing to entice one to buy. Thanks again.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Save you money and spend it on better tyres instead.
Tyres are mostly attacked by ozone and that is a gas. A cover won't make any difference to that.
Having wheels and tyres fitted to the van which are IDENTICAL to the wheels and tyres on the tug will allow you to swap them around and wear out the van tyres before their "use-by-date" of around 7 years makes it necessary to replace them, even if the tread is "perfect".

Cheers,
Peter

scooner · Veteran Member

thats a good point peter ,referring to tyres the same has the rig,i would like to do that but i have 5 studs 14'' on van and 6 stud 16'' on ranger , but a good idea if your wheels were the same diameter,
regards ian

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Rim and tyre size is something that is possible to change on a van, but it is easier to insist on them being the same from day 1 when a new van is purchased.
Increasing tyre rolling diameter afterwards needs a check on wheel arch clearances, rim offset and braking capacity.
Larger tyres will generally have higher load carrying capacity too.

Cheers,
Peter