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19/5/2010 at 11:44am
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Outfit: Burstner S500TS Nissan Patrol 3.0 SVE
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Quote: Originally posted by Max-and-Paddy on 19/5/2010I recently had new tyres put on my caravan. The fitter put 40psi in them because that was what was recommended for the tyre, but the handbook for the caravan says 33psi. I rang Swift and they said whatever was in the handbook was correct, regardless of what was recommended for the tyre.
Bit of a minefield really. Yes, indeed, it is a bit of a minefield. For the tyres originally fitted to the caravan and for replacements that are of the same specification, the caravan manufacturers guidance should be followed.
If you buy replacement tyres that are of a different "higher" specification (e.g. commercial tyres with a higher load rating) then you have a bit of a problem. If you don't inflate the new tyres to a higher pressure they could run much hotter because they have a thicker, stronger carcass with more plies and that will increase the risk of failure. On the other hand, if you do inflate to a much higher pressure, you will reduce the tyre footprint, affect handling and tyre life and transmit more road shocks into the caravan structure, which isn't good either.
If you have fitted reinforced or commercial tyres and the originals were car type tyres then I think you'd be well advised to seek advice from the tyre manufacturer or use the guidance in the Tyresafe document suggested by michael.
Andrew
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Topic: Help new tyres?
could somebody please work it out for me tyre is a 205/70/R14C 104/102P max 65psi caravan is an adria single axel 1300Kg fully loaded..
