where to put the spear wheel

You made some very good points, I didn't change my tyres for any other reason than whatever the accident I was involved in my insurer would first look at my tyres. If the claims investigator finds an excuse he'll use it and the manufacturers are very distinct about the age limitations of tyres regardless if they've been cosseted and cared for.

My outgoing tyres had zero tyre-wall compromises and the fronts would have lasted another two years if I'd stuck them on the back.

If were trying to be green then why are we throwing-away serviceable tyres ?
 
you are throwing them away through fear .i really dont think the insurers really care about age of tyres . there is no law that says you have to change them .but there is on visual condition. i ran my own garage for 20yrs and was a registered repairer with a few insurance companies . i dont believe they would make an issue of it. too many rumours set off by people that never get involved with insurers . send your tyres to me i shall get the extra use out of them . i had an incident in portugal 3 yrs ago a 4x4 hit the unit while i was asleep in the back . we found the vehicle in a main dealer several miles away . i had to get in an independant accessor to inspect and value my unity as its not a common vehicle . my tyres were several years old . my truck was a gravediggers before i had it , did hardly any miles . yes they measured the tread and had a quick look at the condition . but age is irelevant. i say changing tyres is abit like the c,cc rule of only towing 85 percent of the towing cars kerb weight . that also frightens folk into thinking it as some value . when an iveco daily weighs 2,000kg and can legally pull a trailer of 6,700kg . and some cars cant even pull 85 percent of its own weight legally. just scare mongery at its best.
 
Of course with the 5ver you don't need an MOT so can get away with tyres that most of us would have had condemned by the examiner. My tyres age crack long before the tread gets anywhere near 1mm, seems a shame to get rid, but no change tyre....no MOT.
 
nice idea but get caught with a bad tyre the punishment is more severe . you could try driving around that gets rid of the tread . ha ha . see you soon .same place same style. cheers alan. hee hee .you need test set .thats the idea of the unit i can use it as a car here .just been to the coop shopping in it . no discount bits today though . usually knock the out of date stiuff out at 6 on a thursday. missed it . never mind . cheers alan.
 
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noody said:
I'd thought of that, the most sensible thing to-do would be to carry my spare though I only take the spare out for local journeys to the beach.

My motorhome has an Alco chassis, I think there is a spare-wheel carrier that fits but I haven't yet researched the possibilty.

My last trip I towed a trailer, the van spare sat on the trailer A frame but I didn't have a spare for trailer, Murphy's-Law states that I would have had a blow-out on the trailer.

Do people actually have total failures on quality tyres ? I've only had two punctures in ten years.


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hi noodyi rang alco said about £200 for spare wheel carrier so made my own fit's like a glove just looking through web sites for valve extension's saves getting underneath to check pressure.happy camping
 
Well-done, thanks for letting me know. I've never heard or seen any reference to Alko specific wheel carriers.

£200 Eh, What does it look like ?
 
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noody said:
Well-done, thanks for letting me know. I've never heard or seen any reference to Alko specific wheel carriers.

£200 Eh, What does it look like ?
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hi noody still trying to put pic's on forum and avatar's if you look at the new bessecarr
that's where i got the idea from . still trying to get the hang of p.c's
 
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