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Just had our caravan serviced (2 years old) whilst in for service they checked tyres and found that the caravan had been fitted with 2006 tyres/wheels and tyres were cracking so had to buy 2 new tyres when van as only been out about 6  or 7 times.  I  will certainly not be doing business with Raymond James Caravans in the future.

It is a good job we had our van serviced just before we are due to go off to Northumberland as these tyres could have caused us a problem - we had checked tyres but was only visible from inside.

Quote: Originally posted by Vectratot on 12/6/2010

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Who`s blaming the dealer?? If a manufacturer build`s a caravan in a said year it should have tyres on made in the same year!

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Yes but the way sales work its up to the Dealer to do a Pre Inspection Check and should spot the age of the Tyres. Its the dealer who sells and your contract is with it and not the manufacturer.

Having made that point, if the Tyre is first used on a van, although two years old, it has only had two years use so is it actually in need of replacement?

Phil

Fitting old tyres is something that also happens with new cars. As consumers we tend to assume that dealers/manufacturers will give us every part of the car/caravan as a new product if that is what we are buying. Truth is they construct with what they have in stock.

I guess that not many folks know about tyre markings and the fact that they have the date of manufacture on the tyres (see posting above from johnjory). So for anyone buying a new van/car this year why not check the tyres and if they are a couple of years old ask for new replacements before you take it away.

Phil

The management of tyres is a complicated thing & while things may be different now, at one time even tyres held in stock racks in your local tyre depot were supposed to be marked so they could be seen to have been turned. I wonder how many caravan or trailer owners turn their tyres while they're standing on the drive or in storage supporting the weight of the caravan or trailer on the one spot just sat there waiting to be used.

We had a blowout in our first new cravan on its first journey with us. I never did check the age of the tyres but I do know the van was made a year before we bought it. Therefore it could have been standing in the supplying dealers yard for a whole year without the tyres moving. we did about 80 miles to a site & then around 30 miles towards home when the tyre went.

The post above by Johnjory is excellent & gives everyone using tyres the information to determine how old their tyres are. I suppose tyre manufacturers are sometime holding stocks in containers all over the world & who knows how old they are when they get delivered to production lines. I'll be keeping the info supplied by Johnjory handy, I've got a new vehicle being built next month & if I still have it,  I'll try & remember to check dates on the tyres.

BB

here too

http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/reading-tyre-markings-advice.html

The tyres which have now been fitted are brand new - we have learnt our lesson when buying a new caravan next time - not only to check tyres but also check out manufacturer of van as we bought our van (Avondale) and then company went under 6 weeks later.  But I still feel the Dealer who sells you the Caravan should check everything is OK before selling to you.  We bought off them in good faith - they knew Avondale were about to go under.