Michelin Agilis Camping tyres

My van has 225/75r/16c light truck tyres which the front ones states 65psi but the rears state 80psi and are from a different maker,i set all at 65psi as ride was to harsh and im not carrying tons of library books as it was built for.
But i did get a good deal on flee bay last week for 4 complete new wheels and tyres contenentals at sixty pounds each plus freight ,so worked out at eighty each wheel /£320 all in,never one to miss a good deal.:dance:
 

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Lunar said:
I noticed in this thread that someone reported he inflates his tyres to 65 psi because that is the specified maximum value shown on the sidewall - maximum pressure values on a tyre sidewall apply to the North American market only and pressures higher than this may be used provided that they are within the range specified for the tyre published by the tyre manufacturer.

However, it seems that while Continental provide detailed recommendations for their Vanco Camper tyres, Michelin do not provide an equivalent service for their Agilis tyres - at least I haven't found it since I began searching on Google today!
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Tyresafe provide a very helpful leaflet about motorhome tyre usage which includes tables to assist with tyre pressure selection.

You can find it here:

http://www.tyresafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/motorhome-leaflet.pdf
 
I have Michelin agilis on my van factory fitted . 50_ 55 psi .but are not agilis camping ..
 
As with most things, Don't be afraid to play with the tyre pressures within say 5 PSI ( & Being sensible about it) until you find the sweet spot for your type of Vehicle, With Your type of Axel configuration & carrying Your Everyday average weight, at average intended Speeds & Terrain. (Lots of variable's, So its about Finding the Safe n Comfy Drive for your style of Driving) The vehicle will let you know when its happiest. & for Me & the Nest its 65Psi all around.
 
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.
 
Nesting Zombie said:
As with most things, Don't be afraid to play with the tyre pressures within say 5 PSI ( & Being sensible about it) until you find the sweet spot for your type of Vehicle, With Your type of Axel configuration & carrying Your Everyday average weight, at average intended Speeds & Terrain. (Lots of variable's, So its about Finding the Safe n Comfy Drive for your style of Driving) The vehicle will let you know when its happiest. & for Me & the Nest its 65Psi all around.
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This is pretty much the route I went down.
Started out at the manufacturers recommended 72psi(IIRC), then gradually reduced pressures about 5psi at time whilst making sure I would not go below the pressures in the tyresafe pdf for my actual tyre loads, being a bit paranoid about bursting a tyre (been there, done that, and got a couple of tee shirts) I would feel tyres immediately at each stop to see if they where overheating.
I settled out at 60/62psi, which is higher than the recommended pressure for my axles at actual full load, and is a bit firm, but gives the handling I'm happy with.
 
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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T'other way round Trev. :)
 
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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It's the other way around, low pressure wear on shoulders, high pressure wear in the middle.

My brother and I, used to have reliant three wheelers about 40 years ago.

The front single wheel tyre used to be set to quite a low pressure and the front tyres used to wear on the shoulders.

:wave::wave::wave:
 
Interested in the comment earlier about someone having to replace the valves for high-pressure ones? Are there different specs of tyre valves then?
Curious as I have just swapped out all my tyres in favour of Agilis Camping tyres and no idea if the fitters used any specific valves. (Not running close to the pressured talked about as the van is near enough empty, but expecting to up pressures as I fit it out.)
 
My van came with bolt in valves, although I believe later Maxi's come with HP snap in
 
Thanks for the info. Very useful.
I will probably pop in to see them and ask them what kind of valve they fitted. They do a lot of farm vehicles as well as cars. Not sure if they use different valves or what pressure those enormous tyres are set at?

I do suspect they fitted bog standard valves. I supplied the tyres and just let them get on with the rest (although while the wheels were off, took the opportunity to examine the brakes (MOT advisory on all discs....)
 
Currently we keep our pressures around 62psi, may I pick everyone's brains. Going down to southern Spain in February. Current tyres are Continental Vanco Camper 215/70 R. Do I change them to winter tyres, if yes, which. Do I get snow chains, again if so which.

Your help would be appreciated
 
personal opinion only i wouldn’t fit winter tyres unless you were deliberately heading for snow skiing etc unless you go up in the pecos or over the top it’s usually mild except for the odd few days but most people heading for the south either go biaritz to sevill or round the med perpignan barcelona etc , having said that we came back from portugal in early april 2013 great weather all the way to the cherbourg peninsula where there was a ft of snow gendarme checked out tyres for thread before allowing us on the motorway,
 
rugbyken said:
personal opinion only i wouldn’t fit winter tyres unless you were deliberately heading for snow skiing etc unless you go up in the pecos or over the top it’s usually mild except for the odd few days but most people heading for the south either go biaritz to sevill or round the med perpignan barcelona etc , having said that we came back from portugal in early april 2013 great weather all the way to the cherbourg peninsula where there was a ft of snow gendarme checked out tyres for thread before allowing us on the motorway,
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A fellow forum member informed me they use agilis alpin all year round so as I will be shortly buying new tyres I contacted Michelin to ask their opinion regarding all year round use of the alpin tyre and got this reply.
I appreciate we should take all recommendations from companies with a pinch of salt and they would obviously like me to buy 2 sets of tyres, winter and summer but they may have a point.

Good morning Steve,

Thank you for contacting Michelin customer care.

Regarding your query, the MICHELIN AgilisAlpin is a dedicated winter tyre. We do not recommend using this all year around, as the rubber compound will tend to soften in temperatures above 7 degrees celcius, which will compromise the safety, and longevity of your tyres.

Unfortunately we do not produce an all-year tyre in your size. Therefore we can only recommend that you have a dedicated summer/winter tyre for the corresponding season.

I hope this was helpful and do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any further queries -we are happy to help!

Kind Regards,

Henrik
MICHELIN Customer Care
Passenger Car & Light Truck Tyres
Tel: 0845 366 1590
E-mail: contact@tc.michelin.eu
Contact us : Michelin contact address, telephone number | Michelin UK
Website : Michelin Car Tyres, winter and summer tyres, 4 season tyres
 
Michelin need to take a look at their own website.

Agilis Alpin are there on their "All weather tyres" page as well as their "Winter tyre" page

All weather tyres | Michelin UK

My van came with Vanco Winter 2 tyres, ok, only did about 4000 miles on them as I want all terrain tyres, but the Winter 2's didn't disintegrate in the summer and handled perfectly ok.
Still, glad I don't have all this palaver over tyres ;)
 
Tyres

I changed to Vredestein Comtrac all weather tyres. These are suitable for summer and winter use, and as far as I know are the only one to have mud and snow classification and carry the official three triangle winter tyres marking that qualifies them for winter use in Germany. Handy if you are prone to crossing the Alps between early spring or late autumn and heading to/from sunny places in the same trip and don't want the faff and expense of changing tyres. I have found them much less prone to slipping on wet or soft grass, than the Continental Campers originally fitted, and so far they have lasted for a greater mileage. There is a little more tyre noise on some surfaces but not so much as to be annoying.
 
i Have them on a Bailey Approach 745se 80psi on the back and 65psi on the front hope that helps
 
3 years and dead

Both front Agilis Camping tyres are shot after only three years,MOT fail, and just under 12,000 miles.

Going to give Continental VancoCampers a go.
 
Obanboy666 said:
A fellow forum member informed me they use agilis alpin all year round so as I will be shortly buying new tyres I contacted Michelin to ask their opinion regarding all year round use of the alpin tyre and got this reply.
I appreciate we should take all recommendations from companies with a pinch of salt and they would obviously like me to buy 2 sets of tyres, winter and summer but they may have a point.

Good morning Steve,

Thank you for contacting Michelin customer care.

Regarding your query, the MICHELIN AgilisAlpin is a dedicated winter tyre. We do not recommend using this all year around, as the rubber compound will tend to soften in temperatures above 7 degrees celcius, which will compromise the safety, and longevity of your tyres.

Unfortunately we do not produce an all-year tyre in your size. Therefore we can only recommend that you have a dedicated summer/winter tyre for the corresponding season.

I hope this was helpful and do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any further queries -we are happy to help!

Kind Regards,

Henrik
MICHELIN Customer Care
Passenger Car & Light Truck Tyres
Tel: 0845 366 1590
E-mail: contact@tc.michelin.eu
Contact us : Michelin contact address, telephone number | Michelin UK
Website : Michelin Car Tyres, winter and summer tyres, 4 season tyres
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Hi Steve. You have a Panel Van conversion I believe. I don't know what your axle weights are but have you considered using Michelin Agilis commercial tyres (as opposed to Agilis Camping tyres)? I have just had 4 new ones fitted to the 2 Tag axles on my van. They have the same weight rating as the Camping variant but are not M & S rated (unlike the Camping tyres). It does not matter to me because they are not on a driving axle and only need inflating to 50 PSI on the rear axles anyway.
 
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