Note that the tyre shown is cheapo budget rubbish.
------------- Sell my camper? I'd rather eat school semolina!
lol dont let stunner hear you ay that they are made in italy and believe me they cost almost as much as our firestone etc!!!!! part of the marangoni group and yes i also think they are poo
check tyres as a rule before each trip,they do not need to be 5 year old.some tyres are cracking at 12 month old. this will help.did mine one hour ago.DO NOT forget wheel nuts each trip too.
Branded tyres are better as there is more rubber in the rubber. i.e Cheaper tyres have more fillers in them that will break down (Cost Reduction), and give them less strength.
Also branded tyres have a greater wall thickness, given greater stability and less chance of a blowout.
granted all tyres have to pass the safety regs, but why put a tyre on that just pass's? Put a tyre on that can be trusted.
Plus they are on contact with the road...Would you feel confident knowing that a plane you were in had a set of cheap remoulds on it? or would you feel safer knowing it had a nice set of fresh Dunlops on it? I know what I would prefer.
I was at a tyre manufacturer about two weeks ago due a problem with the manufacturing process on what they call the calender. I was asking the same questions to why there is a vast difference in price.
I would disagree about cheap tyres being of differing wall thicknesses etc, a tyre of a certain size must be just that, otherwise tyre pressures would vary make to make...and they don't!
But for whatever reason I would agree that many are still of a poorer design than main stream tyres, however; that's because the European Standard required to sell them in the EU is far too low, main stream tyres far exceed this standard.