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Hi,

I'm looking to get new tyres for our Pennine pullman as we bought it second-hand last year and I don't know how old the tyres are so thought I'd get them changed anyway before we go away again.  I'm just a bit confused as to which to buy.  The pennine website states 155 R13 Li78 and the ones currently fitted are 155/80 R13 79t which are pretty much as specified, but when I checked on the Caravan Club website, a 79t load index gives a 437kg loading per tyre. As the pullman is 900Kg this seems to be a little underspecced.

So, if there are any pullman owners (or owners of other 900kg-ish trailers) out there, what size and rating of tyre do you use?

Cheers,

Kevin

When we had a Pennine Pullman I was very concerned about the tyres that were fitted from new purely because of the loading issue. I contacted Pennine who were happy with the tyres because that is what there tyre supplier specified. The problem hinges on the tyre regulations (see the info below from the e-tyres website).

E.T.R.O 1991 - Section 13 - Caravans and Trailers:
An increase of 10% over the load capacity quoted in the tables is permitted when tyres are fitted to caravans and light trailers with a maximum operating speed up to 100 km/h (60mph). The basic inflation pressure should be increased by 3psi/0.2 bar.

My problem was that there was nothing to physically stop me going over 60mph and also that I wasn't happy with running with tyres that were on the edge of the loading spec so I swapped them for 8ply van tyres.

Thanks for that.  I've seen some 8 ply's that have the higher loading spec.  About £10 or £12 each more I think so not too extortionate. 

Kevin