Kizzeh

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #1

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

Active Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #2

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

 

landowner

Pensioner Pete

Full Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #3

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

 

Kizzeh

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #4

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

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #5

48" tyres

 

Kizzeh

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #6

 

Kizzeh

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #7

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

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #8

the disco you posted in the extreme left of my photo

 

DEFENDER90-DAZ

New Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #9

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

Daz

 

lanny man 90

Well-Known Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #10

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

 

AliV

New Member

• Oct 21, 2012

• #11

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

 

JoelC

Active Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #12

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

Well-Known Member

Events Planner

• Oct 22, 2012

• #13

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

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Oct 22, 2012

• #14

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

 

JoelC

Active Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #15

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

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

Events Planner

• Oct 22, 2012

• #16

He needed recovering at Manby 2008 ...

 

Jongould

New Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #17

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

New Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #18

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.

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The other restriction is that they must be spelt correctly

 

sible88

New Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #19

Do they take up more than half the road?

 

JoelC

Active Member

• Oct 22, 2012

• #20

strange_days said:

The other restriction is that they must be spelt correctly

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Probably helps