Michelin Agilis Camping tyres

iampatman said:
Hi all,

Recently had 4 new Agilis M&S tyres fitted and the fitter inflated to 65psi all round. Went to the weigh bridge today to determine axle weights and then contacted Michelin to ask the correct tyre pressure. The guy didn't want the axle weights and explained that Agilis tyre is unique insofar as they do not need this info. Correct pressure I was told was 65psi for the front and 80psi for the rear. I queried twice the fact that I thought axle weights would be a consideration but was told that the pressures advised were correct. Anyone else have these tyres fitted? If so have you had this info from Michelin?

Pat
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I had similar tyres fitted 5 years ago and Michelin advised 55psi front and 80 back based on axle weights. Found the rear pressures far too hard and now on replacement tyres,have 60 front and 70 back based on 11k mls a year usage.
 
These tyres have been standard fit to all four three vans I’ve ever owned, never had any isssues and great longevity.
 
trevskoda said:
One thing i can tell you is that if you put to much air in tyre it will wear the edges faster leaving centre with more tread,the op low pres will wear the centre out,i have settled for 65psi all round but im running double wheel back axle with light load so dont see any requirement to run to 80psi as stated on some tyres.
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Why does my tire wear in the middle?
Excessive wear in the middle of your tire may indicate that there is constantly too much air pressure in the tire. This high level of air pressure causes the tire to ride on the centre of the tread and wears it prematurely. Sometimes this middle tread wear pattern can result from extremely wide tires on narrow rims.
 
My solution !

We have a 3500kg MH
So 1500KG front
2000kg Rear

Renault master
Renault recommends 65psi rear and 55psi

I have run at 60 and 55 with no issues but may up slightly to 63 an 53
tyres are 225 / 65 R16
My figures are more consistent with the various links posted in this thread.
Too high a pressure causes a hard ride and excessive wear on the centre of the tyre
 
Just heard that Michelin are looking to release a version of the Agilis Camping with the CrossClimate technology this year. Might be the holy grail for those who need more winter performance out of their year round tyres.

John
 
12,000 miles is pretty typical for lots of vehicles I think.

Best lasting tyres tend to be the AT (All Terrain) type I have found.
I got a set of General Grabber ATs for my VW T5 from a friend who had done 40,000 miles on them and they still had loads of tread on them
Might be able to tell from photo below after fitted to my steel wheels?

Ichabod AT Tyres by David, on Flickr
Added about 8,000 miles to them until I sold the Van. Sold the wheels+ tyre combo seperately to the van and got back what I paid and tyres looked no different in tread depth to when I first got them.

Same thing with VW T4 - Bought some Brand New Continental AT tyres adn when I sold the camper after doing around 8,000 miles on them the tyres still looked like new.

Got some Michelin Camping tyres on the VW LT, but I think they will get replaced with suitable AT tyres when I get round to it (fitted part-worn Campings as a stop-gap as the existing tyres didn't look nice and had advisories, so needed to do something about that)
 
Just been browsing this old thread because I’d lost the bit of paper where I’d wrtten down the pressures I’d decided to use and while hunting for it came across my notes from before. Wish I hadn’t...

Manual says one thing
Dealer says something else
Tyresafe says another thing
Michelin says yet another thing.

5 bar all round it is then. Seems to be a kind of average of all the advice!
 
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