Anyone using Falken Tyres?

alwaysared said:
As the tyres were put down as an advisory on the last MOT for slight cracking in the walls and now we're full time I thought I would look at replacing them, it currently has Michelin XC camping tyres fitted so I've found some Michelin Agilis CrossClimate at 125.00 each but while looking I came across some Falken that had all the same ratings but were only £95.00 each. So is anyone using or have used these tyres, the brand gets good reviews but of course most of them are referring to car tyres. Any other recommendations welcome.

Regards,
Del
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Blimey O'Reilly, how old are they? 😟

I don't think Michelin XC Camping tyres have been made for a long time.
 
Fisherman said:
cross climate tyres are not to be used on Motorhomes, Michelin themselves state here from another forum. I would be wary of using tyres not recommended by the manufacturer, this may have serious insurance issues in the event of an accident.

Ive just changed my tyres for Michelin Agilis CrossCountry tyres, they are new and meet the load requirements for my Bailey moho.
As the max pressure is 65psi I asked Michelin what pressures I should be running, they have comeback with pressures but also that they are not CP rated so do not meet the ETRTO directive on motorhome tyres and as such cannot recommend them as a motorhome tyre although they go out of there way to say that they are safe to use.


Apparently us motorhomers cant be trusted not to overload our vans and as such the CP rated tyre is designed to be heavily abused by including a safety margin.


CP tyres are only available from Michelin, Continental and Pirelli so limited choice of 3 tyres.


The CrossClimates are almost an all terrain tyre very good in the wet and snow and grass apparently.


So Michelin have offered to change my tyres back to a Camping tyre if I want foc as there website is misleading but I dont really want to change, so is anybody else running commercial van tyres succesfully?
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The thing is If I go to Michelin and ask them what CP tyres to fit to my van in the sizes it runs they will tell me (quite rightly) that there are no CP tyres available in the correct size and I must use commercial tyres. In my case running CP tyres would be dangerous as they do not have the required load rating.
 
colinmd said:
The thing is If I go to Michelin and ask them what CP tyres to fit to my van in the sizes it runs they will tell me (quite rightly) that there are no CP tyres available in the correct size and I must use commercial tyres. In my case running CP tyres would be dangerous as they do not have the required load rating.
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You could write what I know about tyres on the back of a fag packet Colin.
I don’t claim to be an expert, but I have learnt from many years of motoring to buy good tyres. I would make sure that whatever you fit complies with your insurance requirements.
 
Fisherman said:
You could write what I know about tyres on the back of a fag packet Colin.
I don’t claim to be an expert, but I have learnt from many years of motoring to buy good tyres. I would make sure that whatever you fit complies with your insurance requirements.
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I too would never again buy poor quality tyres, on my first van (40 odd years ago) I fitted some cheap remoulds, they wore out in less than 10,000miles and were useless, a few years later I fitted some Esso tyres to a car, first time in the rain I was lucky to escape an accident with just moderate braking. But none of that means Falken tyres are poor, the label shows them to have a good level of wet braking which is what you want in warm conditions, and as they are 3peak rated they will have much better grip than any summer tyre in ice and snow.
 
colinmd said:
I too would never again buy poor quality tyres, on my first van (40 odd years ago) I fitted some cheap remoulds, they wore out in less than 10,000miles and were useless, a few years later I fitted some Esso tyres to a car, first time in the rain I was lucky to escape an accident with just moderate braking. But none of that means Falken tyres are poor, the label shows them to have a good level of wet braking which is what you want in warm conditions, and as they are 3peak rated they will have much better grip than any summer tyre in ice and snow.
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Colin I don’t know anything about Falkin tyres.
I had never heard of them until today.
 
Fisherman said:
... so is anybody else running commercial van tyres succesfully?
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Yes, I have been for around 7 years.

This is an old chestnut. In my view provided the tyres are the correct size and load rating I see no advantage in using so-called camping tyres.

The tyres I am currently running have a greater load rating than the previously fitted camping tyres, and reinforced side walls. Some might say that reinforced side walls are stiffer...

As for insurance aspects again, in my view, provided the tyres meet or exceed the original fit tyres specification, where is the issue?
 
Fisherman said:
cross climate tyres are not to be used on Motorhomes, Michelin themselves state here from another forum. I would be wary of using tyres not recommended by the manufacturer, this may have serious insurance issues in the event of an accident.

Ive just changed my tyres for Michelin Agilis CrossCountry tyres, they are new and meet the load requirements for my Bailey moho.
As the max pressure is 65psi I asked Michelin what pressures I should be running, they have comeback with pressures but also that they are not CP rated so do not meet the ETRTO directive on motorhome tyres and as such cannot recommend them as a motorhome tyre although they go out of there way to say that they are safe to use.


Apparently us motorhomers cant be trusted not to overload our vans and as such the CP rated tyre is designed to be heavily abused by including a safety margin.


CP tyres are only available from Michelin, Continental and Pirelli so limited choice of 3 tyres.


The CrossClimates are almost an all terrain tyre very good in the wet and snow and grass apparently.


So Michelin have offered to change my tyres back to a Camping tyre if I want foc as there website is misleading but I dont really want to change, so is anybody else running commercial van tyres succesfully?
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Me cause my wagon started life as a flatbed come library bus conversion,so who is to say what boots i fit,i have just bought a set of com van tyres and they when required will be on.
 
POI Admin said:
Yes, I have been for around 7 years.

This is an old chestnut. In my view provided the tyres are the correct size and load rating I see no advantage in using so-called camping tyres.

The tyres I am currently running have a greater load rating than the previously fitted camping tyres, and reinforced side walls. Some might say that reinforced side walls are stiffer...

As for insurance aspects again, in my view, provided the tyres meet or exceed the original fit tyres specification, where is the issue?
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sorry but you are quoting someone else not myself.
As I indicated on my post, this was from another forum.
as for me having an issue, I don’t have one.
as I stated on another post you can write on the back of a fag packet what I know about tyres. I have nothing for or against Falken tyres, I had not heard of them till today. Also I have not stated that they don’t meet insurance requirement, just that I would check if they did before using them.
 
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trevskoda said:
Me cause my wagon started life as a flatbed come library bus conversion,so who is to say what boots i fit,i have just bought a set of com van tyres and they when required will be on.
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Same as last post Trev, you are quoting someone else from another forum.
 
Fisherman said:
sorry but you are quoting someone else not myself.
As I indicated on my post, this was from another forum.
as for me having an issue, I don’t have one.
as I stated on another post you can write on the back of a fag packet what I know about tyres. I have nothing for or against Falken tyres, I had not heard of them till today. Also I have not stated that they don’t meet insurance requirement, just that I would check if they did before using them.
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Sorry, but this was not apparent from your post ...

Never mind, my comments still apply about the insurance aspect.
 
POI Admin said:
As for insurance aspects again, in my view, provided the tyres meet or exceed the original fit tyres specification, where is the issue?
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I am insured with Saga, they state if you can only fit one tyre it is better to fit winter tyres so they are happy with me wearing Hangkook Winter tyres which have been good in snow or on ice/muddy grass and throughout the summer for six years, I recently put on Michelin Crossclimate but until I try them in snow or adverse conditions I cannot compare them, up to now they have been great, the pressure can be up to 80psi although they feel good with 65/70psi on the rear and 60psi on the front, I am not sold on the fact we have to put CampingCar Tyres on
 
Had a similar issue with tyres for my car.
when Mercedes supply their cars the tyres come with the letters MO on them.
When I went to Costco to have new tyres fitted I choose a higher grade Michelin tyre. But Costco stated the tyres had to have MO (Mercedes original) on them, and that they would have to order them. I phoned my insures from their store and direct line said that they had no issue with fitting the tyres I had chosen. I had to sign a waiver to have them fitted at Costco. Costco stated this could affect my warranty. On my return home I emailed Mercedes about this. They stated that they preferred that MO tyres had been fitted, but that the tyres I had fitted would not effect the warranty. For me what was critical here was my insurers, had they stated that I had to fit MO tyres I would have.
 
I have Michelin Agilis Camping tyres on my front axle (FWD) as they are M & S rated and give good grip. My rear 2 axles are non-driven and require a much lower tyre pressure. That is why I had Michelin Agilis Commercial tyres fitted instead. The only real difference is that they are not M & S rated.
 
I dont know about my van tyres but i go through car tyres at one hell of a rate,last rears did 6000 miles and on a we trip to lisburn via the mountain i burst one,well in fact this was the second in a few mths,i may have to take the big numbers of my car doors as its a givaway. ;)
 
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