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In one of the Q&A's in this months Caravan magazine, on of the answers suggests that "most tyre treads should last for between 10,000-15,000miles-a distance few caravans cover in less than a decade.". This seems a bit of an underestimate of both tyre life & caravan mileage. Ignoring, for this instance, arguments about tyres needing replacement after 5 years (which is covered in the magazine), how long do your treads last on your car & caravan & how many miles do you drag your caravan with you in a year?

Tyres on my car seem to last at least around 20,000 miles I think & that's including the drive wheels. If I went through tyres in 10-15,000 I would be seriously upset.

Never replaced caravan tyres so cannot comment on them -but would expect more than on a car to be honest.

Not actually done the maths but 1000-1500 miles a year seems woefully low to me. We picked up our current van just before crimbo & have covered around 550 miles already, in 3 breaks, (twice to the top end of the lakes & a trip to st annes. So with 10 months to go and at least two trips down south planned I reckon 3000 would be a very low estimate, anyone else any thoughts??

See you all soon, Bernard. 

In over 40 years, I've never worn a caravan tyre tread down to the point where it was illegal.  You need to replace them before that, usually because of cracking sidewalls.

I would have said that, providing you're using the correct commercial type of tyre, you should be able to get at least 20,000 miles out of them.

Jim

We've like to change ours once they've done 3 to 4 seasons, the tyres perish before they wear out & there's no warning when they're going to go bang so we consider three/four seasons is enough. It's down to the individual at the end of the day.

BB