They are a top quality make so I’d have no qualms. My last two sets of caravan tyres were Hankook Vantra which are a light commercial vehicle tyre so if they are suitable for WVM they are okay for a caravan.Hi Preparing for my summer Italy trip. Need new caravan Tyres. Had Firestone fitted, was very happy. However Firestone seem scarce right now. Looking at Bridgestone 185/75 R14 102/100R Duravis R660 Any comments suggestions?
Sounds great, enjoy it.Thanks. Off to lake Garda for a few weeks. Will do trips without the van round Lake Como and another down to Turin (Barolo Wine area) then along Ligurian Sea past Genoa. Looking forward to it! Bought a painting in South Africa (online) sent it over here then thought I would check the artist. A Mr Borelli lives near Turin, art sells for a packet. Anyway we will be spending a day drinking wine etc with him. Excited about that!
I bought a new 2005 Bailey Bordeaux and had a payload upgrade that took it to 1400 kg. The OEM tyres, Maxmiler, had a combined load of 1420kg so I decided to upgrade the tyres LI to give me more margin over the caravans 1400 kg MTPLM. Around that time there had been news of some OEM caravan tyres shredding so as I’m cautious wrt tyres I chose GT Radial Kargomax ST6000 which are a dedicated trailer tyre as we planned some long trips to southern France. I was advised they would shake the van to bits but after 9 years (5+4 yrs) all my wardrobes and fittings were where Bailey fitted them. Plus no damp. I’d have no hesitation fitting the GT Radials to any trailer I used.I have always used Hankook Vantras, but just changed my tyres for GT radial van tyres. £150 for two 195,70, 15. 102/104.
Your Bridgestone should be fine, a well known brand name, enjoy your Italian trip.
I have just removed the Tyron bands from my wheels, I bought the mobile band removal kit about 5 years ago, and when I went to use it it was terrible, if you got a puncture in Europe with these bands fitted it would be a nightmare. The kit is not strong enough. Your much better to have Tyre Pal kit fitted so you can see the pressures and temperature of the tyres.Have anyone fitted tyron bands with your tyres. Seems like a good idea to me?
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Flat Tyre Protection - Tyron
Tyron MultiBands are an addition to your existing vehicle wheel creating a safety wheel so in the event of a puncture or blowout you have control.www.tyron.co.uk
We used our Tyrepal 215 for many years on our caravan and I am sure that it helped prevent any blow outs. As we no longer have a caravan we will be selling the Tyrepal unit along with all the sensors.I agree with RogerL. Tyre pressure monitoring systems are superior by far because they warn you before the worst happens.
I have Bridgestone on my car and to be honest whatever makes I've had over the years I can't tell any difference between them. With one exception.... Avon. Would never use them again.
I don't see why a caravan warrants lower quality tyres than the car towing it - typical caravan tyres will be running much nearer their speed rating and their load limit than car tyres which have big reserves.As long as they are the correct size, and vitally have the correct load rating, then pretty much any make of tyre will do (other than super cheap ones) It's not as if a caravan tyre is required to give the ultimate grip when cornering at high speed is it?
Others I appreciate insist on fitting expensive high end tyres on a caravan, we are all free to make our own choices.
Just for the record I have seen caravan tyre failures on just about every make from the cheapest to high end Michelin's, so remain unconvinced that a caravan warrants expensive tyres.
What a can of worms.Have anyone fitted tyron bands with your tyres. Seems like a good idea to me?
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Flat Tyre Protection - Tyron
Tyron MultiBands are an addition to your existing vehicle wheel creating a safety wheel so in the event of a puncture or blowout you have control.www.tyron.co.uk
I don't see why a caravan warrants lower quality tyres than the car towing it - typical caravan tyres will be running much nearer their speed rating and their load limit than car tyres which have big reserves.
Most modern cars have much higher speed ratings than normal cruising speeds, apart from derestricted German autobahns. To meet it's designed top speed my car needs V-rated tyres but there's none available at that size/speed/load rating so has to be fitted with W-rated tyres, good for 168 mph some 2.4x the UK speed limit of 70 mph - in contrast my caravan tyres are N-rated at 87 mph just 1.45x the UK towing limit of 60.I don’t think that is quite true. The lowest speed rating of a caravan tyre is an ‘N’ which is 140km/h or 87mph. I hope you don’t tow at anything like that speed. I have known car manufacturers to select tyres that don’t provide any greater speed or load rating reserves. They would be ill advised to anyway on cost grounds.
UK Construction & Use rules are largely still in line with EU Type Approval rules - tyres must be suitable for the maximum design speed of the vehicle although it seems that fitment of lower speed tyres isn't policed/prosecuted. since all available car tyres have speed ratings in excess of the UK national speed limit.As the manufacturer has no way of knowing whether a car will ever be driven in a country where roads are derestricted, they will normally fit tyres that meet or exceed the maximum speed of the car. I don't know whether that is not even a legal requirement in the UK. One could argue that an accident should not occur as a result of a burst tyre of inadequate speed rating even if a car were driven at well above the legal speed limit.
That said, in over 30 years of towing caravans, the OEM tyres were always, without exception, right on the MTPLM limit and yet I have never experienced a tyre failure for that reason.
Most modern cars have much higher speed ratings than normal cruising speeds, apart from derestricted German autobahns. To meet it's designed top speed my car needs V-rated tyres but there's none available at that size/speed/load rating so has to be fitted with W-rated tyres, good for 168 mph some 2.4x the UK speed limit of 70 mph - in contrast my caravan tyres are N-rated at 87 mph just 1.45x the UK towing limit of 60.
In addition, car maximum weights are generally way below their tyre's load limit, typically 60% while caravan weights are usually about 90% of their load limit.
Taking speed and load into account, caravan tyres are much nearer their limit than car tyres - personally, I prefer as big a margin as possible.