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I recently bought a new Bailey 510/4 and was advised by the dealer it would be cheaper for me to buy the spare wheel, and get a tyre from a tyre dealer. 

Now I find that the local dealers cannot get the tyre from their suppliers. 

Any suggestions ?

PS the caravan dealer is about 50 miles away

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Hi

It seems odd and rather worrying if Bailey are fitting tyres which aren't readily available.

Did the dealers say why they couldn't get them?

Tyreman

John

You could always try asking for a commercial tyre, basically van tyres. These are usually reinforced. Just check that the weight rating is suitable for your van.

David

thats not always the case  dav1d, my mother has just purchased a new kia. and the only way of dealing with a punchure in that is to use a can of tyreweld and a pump that they provide.... daft aint it..   but they aint any reason why any tyre dealer would not be able to source some one a new tyre for a caravan... it aint like they are any differant to any other van tyres.....

                       Richard :)

I think they do it for cost reasons and weight! I just had the same conundrum and bought a new wheel and tyre exactly the same spec as my van (2005 Sprite) off ebay from an elderly couple who'd just changed their van. Cost; £20!!

I'd have a check on there initially.

Dav1d,

Have you not noticed that many new cars now don't came with a normal spare wheel? Very often it's a cheaper steel rim, as apposed to alloy. Then we have the cheaper 'Space Saver' and worst of all no wheel but a tin of ? to blow the punctured wheel up. This of course is only temporary fix and requires a new tyre completely.

I believe the new Ford C Max has the latter solution? 

Our 2006 Coachman came with a spare wheel mounted on an Al-ko wheel carrier fitted to the chassis, all original equipment from the manufacturer.

When buying a van from a dealer, and you have finalised any bargaining details, especially if part ex. is involved, if the van has no spare wheel tell him this is part of the deal.  He may grumble, but say it's up to him to tell the manufacturer that customers are dissatisfied at the absence of an essential piece of equipment.

Bertie.

Quote: Originally posted by John Evans on 30/3/2007

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I recently bought a new Bailey 510/4 and was advised by the dealer it would be cheaper for me to buy the spare wheel, and get a tyre from a tyre dealer. 

Now I find that the local dealers cannot get the tyre from their suppliers. 

Any suggestions ?

PS the caravan dealer is about 50 miles away

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To begin with, I thought all new baileys came with a spare wheel & carrier as standard. If however your dealer can't sort this for you I suggest you go to your local Kwikfit centre, they supply our bailey dealer with is tyre services so shoud be able to help you. ATS should be able to do the job. To be honest, any national tyre firm has acess to a national delivery service & therefore should be able to supply you.  I'd suggest you call several companies for a quote though, some of them will sense a licence to print money.

You're not far from bristol where baileys are made & cosidering the number of tyres they consume on new build there must be a large number of caravan tyres bubbling round the area somewhere.

The way I see this is simple, if you went to them wanting an odd big tyre for a car, they'd have one in a few hours so why is it dfferent with a caravan tyre.

If you go to a big firm & they say they can't get it, ask to speak to the area rep & get him to get on the case.

BB