Tyres

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Tyres

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Michelin.

Cheers,
Peter

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

round black ones ??

Cheers - John

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

Actually I have had Hankook Vantra LT tyres for the past two years on my 23ft 2,700Kg ATM (weighed over scales) tandem on road van ... excellent wear and no sign of punctures.

I check them every couple of weeks and never need to put air in them. I run them at 50PSI.

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cheers - John

-- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 6th of December 2017 09:16:24 PM

Hey Jim · Guru

Don't buy Doughnuts. They get eaten up, in quick time. biggrin

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Whatâs wrong with light truck tyres ? Similar to whatâs on tug ? Spare - spare ??

Desert Dweller · Guru

Choose your colour.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I would suggest any good quality Light Truck tyre will do the job at hand without any problem. Run correct tyre pressures and all should be good. I run 50psi in my Aluminium Tent tyres.

RustyD · Guru

What sort of distances are people getting? Particularly Doug & John (Dougwe & rockylizard) as I run 50psi too, but only in a single axle.

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

I am a full-time traveller ... van is almost nine years old, and I have been on the road for eight years now.

Van has probably done at around 120,000>130,000Km and I am on my third set of tyres.

However, I don't change the tyres on Km travelled but rather in time - ie every three years irrespective of Km travelled or wear on tyres.

Tyres have had plenty of meat still on them when I change them but I would rather have good tyres than chance blowouts etc etc.

First tyres that came with the van were Goodyear LT, next lot were Dunlop LT.

Current tyres (Hankook Vantra LT) have about 30,000Km on them and appear not even half worn but will be changed next July ... three years gone.

Speaking very quietly, because Murphy is always listening cry , I have also never had a puncture in all those Km - on any set.

Cheers - John

Relax-n · Guru

Desert Dweller wrote:
Choose your colour.

I like the red ones.....

Dougwe · Chief one feather

RustyD wrote:
What sort of distances are people getting? Particularly Doug & John (Dougwe & rockylizard) as I run 50psi too, but only in a single axle.

Rusty, I have MPC mags and tyres on my aluminium tent and after approx 25-30,000km there is no sign of ware. I have tried a few different pressures but have settled on 50psi. The tent seems to handle much better. I'm happy with them that way and works for me.

-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 7th of December 2017 05:30:57 PM

Waytra · Member

Relax-n wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Choose your colour.
I like the red ones.....

I'll have the blue, very pretty.

Blues Man · Guru

I like Black ones . Go black and you'll never go back. confuse biggrin

RustyD · Guru

And keep you blackside down.

silanah · Member

What margin of safety do you look for when choosing tyres for the caravan? I want to replace the tyres on the used caravan I recently purchased and tyresales is 20% off for the next few days so it reminded me to investigate.

The current OLD set (mfr 2010) of tyres are Kumho and Vanpro (same tread and specs but different mfr as spare must have been put on; the spare matches the Kumho) and have a Load Rating of 104/102 so single axle rating for 104 = 900 KG x 2 tyres = 1800 KG.

My single axle van has an ATM of 1700KG which I will weigh to make sure I don't exceed and will travel almost always on paved roads with gravel roads in regional areas.

Is the 104 Load Rating enough margin? Is there a guideline or recommendation that anyone is aware of? I have come across other recommendations like the suspension should be rated for 120% of the anticipated load, but have not come across a similar suggestion for tyres.

Thanks for any help.