Tyres advice sought

Greengrass said:
When I was trucking out there it was cheaper to get the wife to bring a tyre out to me if I had a blow out than get one out there
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In my day I had a spare on the back of my F88 plus one on the spread axle trailer, if on a Middle East trip same on truck plus 2 extra on trailer, if pulling a super cube trailer 3 spares plus a few inner tubes, we always carried an air gun to do the wheel nuts., no national tyres roadside service out there. Only time I ever bought a tyre was in Piraeus Greece. IIRC it was about 50% more than uk, Bering in mind Greece had 100% import duty on a lot of new transport items.
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Greengrass said:

Forget the last post crap using the phone​

These are the ones I use had good mileage out of the last ones only changing them because we are going on a long trip if I stayed in the UK I would run them out

4x 215/75R16C 10PR HIFLY SUPER2000 116/114R VAN TYRE 2157516 215/75-16c tyres C​

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£252.99

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I bought the above following the recommendation. Look great, drive great, quiet etc. Had a bit of a fight to get them on the rims and do initial inflation, had to use the air blaster. Very pleased thank you for help.
 
@Wrighpm
Is the van fwd?
If so have you weighed it properly i.e weighing each individual axle?
Is your weight distribution ok
If the rear axle if close to or over it’s plated weight then the front will be proportionally lighter.
Not good for traction with a fwd van!
 
CriftinsCampers said:
@Wrighpm
Is the van fwd?
If so have you weighed it properly i.e weighing each individual axle?
Is your weight distribution ok
If the rear axle if close to or over it’s plated weight then the front will be proportionally lighter.
Not good for traction with a fwd van!
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All good now but thanks for commenting
 
Only reaction to the spinning part, hope my post now is accepted.
Spinning will also happen with any new tyre you put on.
Wrighpm said:
Hi I have a Burstner Nexxo Family 660. Based on Ford transit mk7 (2008).
The tyres are pretty old Continental Contact 100's Size is 215/75/R16. They spin when pulling away on a slope on damp roads.
I have two questions I need help with....
1. If travelling in summer months to the continent do I still need Alpine rated all season tyres?
2. Is there a budget option that anyone can recommend to replace these tyres?

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
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To prevent that , dont use the gas when riding away.
Only clutch and footbrake.
Try it out on a flat road , a bit scary in the beginning. But modern motormanagement takes care the motor wont stop.

Also use lower ( still safe) pressure on frontwheels make gripp better.
Often front 5 bar/ 72 psi or even 5.5 bar/ 80 psi recomended, wich makes comfort and gripp bad.

Then if calculated for the lower axleload, with maximum reserve, at wich comfort and gripp is still acceptable, mayby even as low as 4 bar/ 58 psi enaugh.
 
Instead of talking to the brokers, I suggest that you read the policy, which gives the details of your insurance contract
It is very unlikely that it says you have to use camper tyres.
They are NOT made stronger to carry more weight. Like commercial tyres, they have their maximum load code written on the sidewall. It's often lower that the rating of the equivalent C tyre.
 
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