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21/4/2015 at 8:29pm
Location: essex
Outfit: Abbey Vogue 460
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I came back yesterday from a weekend away and decided that I would change the tyres on my caravan, one is 5yrs old and the other is 6yrs old. So I took the opportunity of it being a nice day today to change them after work. However my spare tyre is slung underneath my van in an AlKO carrier, which I have never had reason to use yet; so I decided I'd look at the spare as well, plus I could see how easy it would be to access and use the carrier, getting it off easy, putting spare back more difficult.
However imagine my surprise when after taking my spare from the carrier to find it was 12yrs old, almost as old as the caravan itself, 15yrs, but it had obviously never been used and I suspect on the carrier since it was first purchased.
In the end put the 5yr old tyre back on the spare wheel carrier and replaced the 6yr old tyre and the spare. Had them fitted in same tyre place we use for our work vehicles, and they did an excellent job.
Just made me wonder how many others with spare wheel carriers slung underneath their vans know how old the tyre is in there, or check the age of their spare tyres generally.
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Topic: Spare tyre
