Shouldn't they be commercial rated Tyres also?
Swapped out my return pipes as one had split twice yesterday. 
In France it would be a fail on the the CT (MOT equivalent) to have mismatched tyres on the same axle. Years ago you used to hear horror stories of people mixing cross-ply with radials.
Why?View attachment 338487sitting here
Broke down? or eyeing up the gap in the fence to the pond
.No its never going away
.J
You make one little mistake and people just don't forgetWhy?
Broke down? or eyeing up the gap in the fence to the pond
No its never going away
J
Nope, or is it yep?You make one little mistake and people just don't forget
Just thought I would get in before you did
.I just wondered if it was warm enough for a dip this time of year, our pool covers not coming off for a month so it could be a bit chilly around the knees.
J
Mark's not worried about a bit of cold water. He uses a nice hot Land Rover to warm it upNope, or is it yep?
Just thought I would get in before you did
I just wondered if it was warm enough for a dip this time of year, our pool covers not coming off for a month so it could be a bit chilly around the knees.
J
Datatek
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Tyre fitters here are now only allowed to replace tyres in axle pairs.
Datatek
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Definitely not normal car tyres, need the correct weight rating.
Why?
Broke down? or eyeing up the gap in the fence to the pond
No its never going away
J
Pair of buggersMark's not worried about a bit of cold water. He uses a nice hot Land Rover to warm it up
.. And the other one has gone off in a right huff
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
Commercial just have thicker side-walls to take the weight when fully laden. Not sure how heavy his van is but it'll be specified somewhere. Obviously the weight shifts to the outside on a turn so the tyres have to take 25% of the weight + another 10% or so.
Most çampers are 3.5t a limit, over here the ones I've dealt with all have the C rated tyres on them and are seen as a loaded van
considering that's what the chassis mostly is
considering that's what the chassis mostly is 
The camper is quite lightweight, as they go. but, they are both van tyres but the camper tyres have extra reinforcement so they can deal with not being driven regularly.
The fitter was Halfords/tyres on the drive. They agreed to do a full refund with new (correct) tyre ordered. Win!
The fitter was Halfords/tyres on the drive. They agreed to do a full refund with new (correct) tyre ordered. Win!
What no waterView attachment 338503they aren't talking
ovalandrover
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Audi driver as wellMerc drivers are even worse
RangeRoller dt
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Speaking of which, anyone heard off @stevebrookman ?
ovalandrover
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just got back from a bit over 9000 km trip around the high country and National parks in Victoria and New South Wales (Australia) in my Disco 3 . About 80% was on bitumin and the other 20 % on gravel roads and fire trails and a bit of beach driving . Was away for just over 6 weeks mostly camping in a tent and a few motels hen the weather was wet. Shredded one tyre on a rugged back road and got within 500km of home when a front wheel bearing was just about to callaspe luckily i was in a town with a repco dealer and he managed to get a spare hub assembly overnight so i fitted it in their carpark the next day.The day before Iwas in Lightning ridge (the black opal town ) and it was raining and the road i wanted to take was cut due to flooding (you may have heard that the out back of NSW and Qld has had the worst flood in history and will take months to recover ) so i had to take a 200km detour to get to where i wanted to and then had water across the road in places and 1 creek was about 2 ft deep but only about 20 yards wide.
I am now about to give it a full service and replace the 3 other wheel bearing and front rotas and pads all filters and fluid changes.
If i get a chance i will start a new thread with a more comprehesive itinery of the trip.
I am now about to give it a full service and replace the 3 other wheel bearing and front rotas and pads all filters and fluid changes.
If i get a chance i will start a new thread with a more comprehesive itinery of the trip.
