Tyres - again

[Channa]

I have seen a few City Electrical Factor delivery vans recently and all fitted with Continental camping tyres

I am in th emarket very soon gfor tyres myself, and interestingly the best deal I can find is the Continental for £109 per tyre all in fitted balanced etc ......the Hangook is £87 per tyre so a significant saving .........but havin read Justjane's experience I need to do some homework my van too runs at 75 psi all round


Channa

 

[lebesset]

just a few points about tyres ....

they don't have sidewalls per se .....the casing runs from bead to bead and is consistent with the carrying capacity of the tyre

if a tyre says it is , for example 8 ply rating , it doesn't have 8 plies ...it has maybe a couple ..in any case it will be marked

the rubber on the side is just a veneer to make them look pretty , somewhere to print the name etc , no contribution to the strength of the tyre

normally the handbook for the chassis includes the spec for the tyre , including the load index [ eg 109/107 ] ; the higher figure is for the tyre as a single , the lower as a twin [ you can't guarantee each tyre carries half the load ] CHECK THIS WHEN YOU BUY TYRES AND DON'T ACCEPT LOWER WHATEVER THE PRICE

I have never met anyone in a tyre dealer who has been trained in anything except how to fit a tyre on a rim ...if you need to know anything ,any manufacturer has trained technicians

virtually every tyre dealer has an affililiation with a tyre manufacturer where they get the biggest discount ; don't ever expect to get impartial advice from them any more than you would from a manufacturer

 

[m30]

When i needed a set of tyres for our previous motorhome, asked the question about the difference between "camper" tyres and commercial tyres, the reply from the importers was that camper tyres have a different rubber on the sidewalls to try and stop them cracking.

Personally i always go for mid range tyres from a manufacturer that doesn't spend millions sponsoring motorspdort. Never been able to tell the difference between expensive or mid range tyres. I don't think for one minute that i drive the motorhome anywhere the tyremit. Fully loaded at 90 mph all day is one thing, pootling around at 60mph is something different. I don't want to pay top dollar for atyre that will do 50,000miles either, when the sidewalls crack when they are half worn either.

Stu

 

[Deleted member 8180]

I have Michelin Camping tyres 215/75-16 on the motorhome. They're fine on the road but they are the worst tyres for grip I have ever had. They are also 6 years old and although they look fine, 6 years is fair age for a tyre.

I have seen these tyres on Ebay and they are 205/80T-16 Would I be able to use these?

I don't see that it is worth buying Michelins again. The vehicle has only done 30k in 11 years.

If I could still get the old Firestone Town and Country tyres, I'd use them but I don't think that they're made any more

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Baloo: I suspect you of being an ARRSE... can I claim my £5 reward? :lol-053:

 

[Tco]

Lebessett

just a few points about tyres ....

they don't have sidewalls per se .....the casing runs from bead to bead and is consistent with the carrying capacity of the tyre

if a tyre says it is , for example 8 ply rating , it doesn't have 8 plies ...it has maybe a couple ..in any case it will be marked

the rubber on the side is just a veneer to make them look pretty , somewhere to print the name etc , no contribution to the strength of the tyre

The rubber compounds normally used in a tyre are different depending upon where in the tyre they are used. e.g. the compound used for the tread is different to that used in the bead area. The compound used in the sidewall will depend upon which use the tyre is to be put. An extreme example is a similarly looking tyre for (say) a forestry machine will have very different sidewall compounds to one for a tractor used on grassland. But cosmetically they may look very similar. The same situation exists for all tyres to some extent.

You are indeed right about the ply rating as it is a ply rating, not the number of plies, which is based on the history of pneumatic tyre production. Various textile materials have been used over the years, including rayon and polyester as opposed to "canvas" all having different performance characteristics.