New caravan tyres

[Bullet2012]

Too OCD?
Fallout remover, polished and waxed caravan rims before refitting.

Nope, it’s your mobile chicane caravan so you give it as much love as you wish

 

[bricol]

When I did trials, I used to glue the tyres on the rims to stop them moving, regularly used to run at 5psi & never moved.

Bikes? Or cars?
Heard of people suggesting it with cars, but never successfully doing it.
I throw cars at the scenery under the guise of trialling - I gave gone down to 2psi in deep leaf mold - worked a treat, but tyres had to come off to clear it out of the bead.

 

[bricol]

Recommended interval is 5 years, maximum 7 years. Seen too many destroyed caravans caused by a sudden tyre failure. For the sake of £200 ish every 5 years its peace of mind. I've happily re used the take off tyres to fit my new build trailer. A puncture on it wouldn't be the end of the word though tbh the old tyres still look perfect.

Think my mates caravan insurance had some stipulation of 7 yrs max.

I had his last set of 7 yr old, in perfect looking condition, for my trailer.

His lad was going to borrow my trailer, I knew a tyre needed changing, suggested he take one of the spare tyres and the trailer wheel to be changed . . . which was when I noticed an important detail . . . trailer wheel - 13". Spare tyres . . 14" . . .

Trailer now has kumho one side, Hankook the other.

 

[Cobbler]

Bikes? Or cars?
Heard of people suggesting it with cars, but never successfully doing it.
I throw cars at the scenery under the guise of trialling - I gave gone down to 2psi in deep leaf mold - worked a treat, but tyres had to come off to clear it out of the bead.

Car, years ago I had a Cannon Special. A friend in the tyre game at the time fitted & glued them, I don’t know what he used though, but we never rolled off a tyre.

 

[brightspark]

When I did trials, I used to glue the tyres on the rims to stop them moving, regularly used to run at 5psi & never moved.

do they no longer have a plate with rubber on and a bolt through the rim that clamps the tire in place

 

[Cobbler]

do they no longer have a plate with rubber on and a bolt through the rim that clamps the tire in place

I didn’t on mine.

 

[James1979]

do they no longer have a plate with rubber on and a bolt through the rim that clamps the tire in place

Rimlocks

You can buy bead sealant / glue. People fit it on farm trailer tyres when they won’t seal. People like me then swear. Lots. When trying to repair a puncture

 

[DAPPH]

If low miles and you jack it up off season and cover to keep sun off surely you can get more than five years ourt of a set?

No not if you have used compressed air to inflate them it seeps through , decaying artificial rubber even the air outside oxidizes modern tyres . Decent tyre fitting places only use nitrogen to inflate tyres these days .

 

[vw-al]

2 years ago I pushed mine to 6 years and this happened

Hi
Not on a trailer but on my caravan, last week on the way home from Cornwall I had blow out on the o/s in the middle lane of the M5, Fortunately I have Tyron’s fitted and these kept the tyre on the rim and saved the alloy (and the caravan) , a few minutes after it happened the highways agency turned up and as I was happy to fit the spare they closed the inside lane for me to do it , amazingly we were up and running again in less than 30 mins , just got to get 2 new tyres now as they are both the same age and mileage
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[Greeves246]

One of the tyre suppliers at British Superbikes uses hair lacquer as an aid to fitting and an adhesive to reduce tyre movement on the rim.