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  Hi mike, we have a 94 symphony without power steering, and i was told by a talbot mechanic to run the front tyres at 60 psi, as it helps with the steering, i now find it a lot better.

      .ellroy.

Quote: Originally posted by ellroy on 31/7/2007

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Hi mike, we have a 94 symphony without power steering

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Hi,

In the unlikely event of an accident tyre pressures can be seen as a contributing factor,  so you really do need to find out exactly what pressures are suitable for your ACTUAL motorhome as no 2 MH's are the same.

I would suggest you take your vehicle to a weighbridge and find the weight of each axle in its normal operating condition e.g. with all the equipment you normally carry etc. then armed with this information either email or write to your tyre manufacturer and requested the correct tyre pressures, once you have this in writing keep it safe as you may never need it but just in case ??

Hope this helps

Hi, Mike

I can't answer your question you may be correct in your assumption,  but as the pressures can be seen as a contributing factor if you had an accident I would try to stick as close to the handbook as possible. 

You may get another set of pressures from the tyre manufacturer and again you need then to chose which ones you follow, but which ever one you chose I would certainly carry out regular checks to ensure the pressures were as close as possible

Just on another point are the tyres fitted at the moment the same make an standards as the orginal motorhome manufacturers, only there have been some problems in the past where people have changed to a cheaper style of tyre which is not capable to dealing with the weight of their motorhomes

Hope this helps