Anyway, joking aside, your tyres are pretty close to both the 4 & 6 Rule mentioned by argoose and the 10%.They only teach fractions up here
No, just a silly price...Whats the difference in camping tyres, do they come with a silly hat boots and a walking stick.
Nooooooo!, don't go there.Whats the difference in camping tyres, do they come with a silly hat boots and a walking stick.
Michelin Agilis CP tyres.
If you want to know what tyre pressures to run then take a look at this website https://www.tyresafe.org/motorhome-tyre-pressure/
That tells me 53psi front and 80psi rear but for full plated loads. But actual rear is 1600, and for gross vehicle weight I can only put 1700kg on rears….so still unsure.
Interesting Site.
You have put your axle weights in correctly, now reverse the weights (ie front is rear) and see what the readings are. On a 2 axle motorhome 80 psi is always quoted for rear axles on tyresafe. That will give you the actual recommended pressure for both axles.
Do you know why Tyresafe always quote 80 for rear? Michelin do also, but Continental give pressures according to true axle weight.
Just done what you say now says 61. I find tyresafes explanation unsatisfactory because surely the ‘special’ circumstances of motorhome loading are relevant to both axles not just the rear.
It's some kind of liability problem, the original tyres on my van where supposedly built as CP but they are not allowed to mark them as such, so I fill in the form as C tyres and they give lower pressure, I fill it in as CP and it gives the higher figure.
For my Continental CP tyres on previous van Continental were happy to recommend pressures appropriate to axle load on both front and rear, which was a lot less than 80psi.
Yes Conti will still recommend pressures for load, as for Michelin, some years back they did the same, I read that they had become risk adverse due to motorhome users asking for pressures at specific load then subsequently upping load without increasing pressures.
I can understand that. But on a van like mine that would result in pressure (80 psi) intended for a 2000kg axle, that is not actually permitted to be loaded above 1750kg because for the UK market the total load is down rated to 3500kg from the 3650kg at manufacture. The result is lightly loaded rear wheels inflated to give little contact area and consequently poor braking increasing the risk of rear wheel skid… or am a wrong in that interpretation. I want a real solution, not one that is designed to protect the tyre makers backside.
