Re: New tyres

We have an S registration Ford Ka my wife uses to go to work which although
9 years old (6 with us) has done less than 30,000 miles. Last year we were
horrified when the exhaust needed replacing to have it reported to us by the
exhaust centre that the rear tyres were original and perished. The car had
of course gone through all it's MOT's and services without problems and we
had lost track of their age.We now try to check tyres more frequently! THere
must be many other users with low mileage vehicles in similar ignorance of
the age of the tyres.

Peter

"artleknock" <artleknock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 9 May 2008 10:16:24 +0100, "News"
<john.langfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I had a tyre blow out on my Avondale last year going to Scotland. I
fitted
the spare and carried on up.

I stopped at about 5 tyre fitters on the way before I could find one that
had a tyre that was compatible with the van. All of the fitters told me
that
I needed a van tyre and that they only sold car tyres.

Just a thought. Are the tyres you bought rated for a van or car. My
Avondale
van is about 1.5 ton. All sitting on 2 tyres. The side walls have to be
that
little bit thicker.

John.

You need to look for a 6 or 8 ply rating which are normally fitted to
vans and trailers. The side walls on a normal car tyre are far too
flimsy to support the weight of the van and cannot be used at the tyre
pressure recommended for the axle weight.

John
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Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternative.




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