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Quote: Originally posted by John4703 on 19/7/2014 I was surprised to see the pressure increase from 60psi to 69psi as the tyre temperature increased.

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Quote: Originally posted by larkspeednl on 19/7/2014

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Putting the legs back up is a major pain because of the bush so I don't want to put them up, check pressures and then drop them back down only to have to put them back up on Thursday.

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Quote: Originally posted by josey60 on 20/7/2014

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Quote: Originally posted by John4703 on 19/7/2014 I was surprised to see the pressure increase from 60psi to 69psi as the tyre temperature increased.

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yes they can increase a lot, last weekend i checked my car tyres, the offside which was in the sun was 4 psi higher than the nearside which was not in sun.

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Quote: Originally posted by larkspeednl on 19/7/2014

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I'm checking the morning we leave because I already know there are no leaks in the tyres and the van is parked with it's tail end basically in a bush and the legs down.

Putting the legs back up is a major pain because of the bush so I don't want to put them up, check pressures and then drop them back down only to have to put them back up on Thursday.

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Quote: Originally posted by naturlist123 on 21/7/2014

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caravan tyres should never be left in strong sunlight for any length of time as the ultra violet light effects the tyre walls which cause blow outs on motorways etc.                     

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Quote: Originally posted by larkspeednl on 21/7/2014

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But even just using them as steadies the way they are intended they still take some of the weight and therefore reduce the weight on the wheels.

The steadies shouldn't take any weight at all. You only lower them sufficiently to just touch the ground and prevent the caravan from rocking backwards and forwards when people walk inside. The weight of the caravan is all on the wheels

if you put down your steadies before the van is packed for travel any weight you add to the van goes on the steadies not the wheels.

No, it goes on the wheels. However, if you load the caravan significantly then the tyres will obviously 'spread' which in turn may put pressure on the steadies but I would suggest if you are loading your caravan to that extent it will be very much overloaded

That means to get an accurate reading of pressure you want the van loaded and sitting fully on it's wheels

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