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hello ive just had two new tyres fitted  at kwikfit 155/13  T79 which gives about 437 kgs per tyre i think but they were car tyres only i asked about this to the fitter and was assured they would be ok have i been duped

caravan is 830kgs

You'll have to take it easy with your personal stuff so you don't overload!

I have heard that the tyres to go for have a "C" mark on them for commercial. They are super reinforced for vans etc and will last a lot longer.

it states in the caravan manual that some older caravan did use car tyres as standard and the tyre pressures were of a normal car tyre pressure I.e up to 35psi. most normal car tyres will take upto around 36- 40 psi max so your very close to the safety mark. My caravan had car Tyres on it when I bought it and the ride was ok. I decided to renew the tyres including spare wheel for tis season as i didn't know their age , after many hours of study i decided that I would get a set of 8ply Tyres  as the tyres will run better at the correct pressure for the van of 39psi and the fact of knowing i have good  quality commercial tyres under the van gives great peace of mind,  the caravan also tows a hell of a lot better now with much less bucking and swaying.my three tyres cost £120 to be balanced and fitted at my home.

My recommendation is get 8 ply tyres,