Tyre size and the law

Kizzeh · Oct 21, 2012

Hypothetical question:

Is there a limit on how big a tyre you can put on for legal road use? Obviously you are always limited by clearances etc

OxonLandy · Oct 21, 2012

if the tyre is bigger than the car then you're not allowed

landowner · Oct 21, 2012

Cant be any taller than a policemans waistband if his helmet is above the roofline

Kizzeh · Oct 21, 2012

ok...stupid question stupid answer.....should of known by now.

When i was at land rover show i saw 2 monster truck style discoverys. So....can be used on road?

lanny man 90 · Oct 21, 2012

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48" tyres

Kizzeh · Oct 21, 2012

Kizzeh · Oct 21, 2012

dont know the random in the corner of the photo. But are they road legal? If you couldnt stop in time you wouldnt go into the back of somone. you would go over the top of them!

Kizzeh · Oct 21, 2012

the disco you posted in the extreme left of my photo

DEFENDER90-DAZ · Oct 21, 2012

How do you get up to the doors to get in???

Daz

lanny man 90 · Oct 21, 2012

Well they had tax discs in the window at Eastnor show so my guess is yes

AliV · Oct 21, 2012

The Disco you see in the extreme left if that photo is used by that business to tow a trailer to shows.

JoelC · Oct 22, 2012

If I remember rightly, the only restriction is that the tires are not allowed to extend beyond the arches (Hence fitting wider arches). I don't think its an MOT failure, but plod will give you 3 points for it.

Bump · Oct 22, 2012

Yes the monsters are technically road legal. If you see one come up behind you put your foot down and get the hell out of there.

The first bad crash involving one will see rhetoric law change I'm sure.

The Mad Hat Man · Oct 22, 2012

I like the recovery points at the front - who the hell would want to recover that?

JoelC · Oct 22, 2012

Would you ever need to - I can't imagine it being stuck for very long - although he did have another one at the LRO show....

J

Paul D · Oct 22, 2012

He needed recovering at Manby 2008 ...

Jongould · Oct 22, 2012

As has been said as long as they are in the arches, it meets manufacturers or sva requirements and they don't foul anything (I imagine the lock is pretty poor on that!) then there is no reason why they wouldn't be legal...

strange_days · Oct 22, 2012

JoelC said:
If I remember rightly, the only restriction is that the tires are not allowed to extend beyond the arches (Hence fitting wider arches). I don't think its an MOT failure, but plod will give you 3 points for it.

The other restriction is that they must be spelt correctly

sible88 · Oct 22, 2012

Do they take up more than half the road?

JoelC · Oct 22, 2012

strange_days said:
The other restriction is that they must be spelt correctly

Probably helps

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