Motorhome tyre safety

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  1. Donald Campbell says:

    I am told it’s a good idea to over-inflate tyres if the vehicle is going to stand around for any length of time (e.g. Winter storage) to minimise flat spots and during that time even a small amount of movement will also help put the pressure on a different area of the tyre.

  2. Mr Ivor Macnamara says:

    Excellent article. We live in Devon close to the M5 and every season the motorway is closed at least 5 or 6 times due to holiday makers having blowouts/wheel came off type accidents with their motorhomes or caravans (mostly the latter). Whilst these accidents are occassionaly due to an unfortunate collision or puncture, I am sure the majority are due to poor maintenance or loading.

  3. James Blythe says:

    Brilliant article and very interesting

  4. James Blythe says:

    Very helpful and the codes on the tyres are just what I needed as I pick up my purchase of a motor home next week

  5. Andrew Payne says:

    I’ve found that the tyre pressures in my vehicle handbook differ from those advised by the Tyresafe website. The handbook states about 2 bar above the Tyresafe recommendation for the front tyres. Also on my last two motorhomes, which had the original tyres, the tyres were 12 months older than the date the motorhome was registered so check your tyres age.

  6. Graham Bonnet says:

    My motorhome has a gross weight of 3500kg and runs on Michelin Agilis 225/75 R16 116Q tyres. There had been a lot of discussion, and arguments, about what pressures to use. So, I asked the van technical dept, at Michelin, for their advice. I did not mention to them what both the body builder and motor chassis manufacturer recommended, but both said 5.5bar ( I call this 80psi for my inflator) front and rear. Michelin gave me all the technical detail of the manufacturing, why thy are made like this and their recommendation. Their advice was very specific, that was 5.5bar (80psi) in the rear and the recommendation by the chassis builder for the front. AS it happens this is 5.5bar (80psi) as well. There was no recommendation to reduce the pressures if the loading reduced from the maximum. I know 5.5bar is actually 79.5psi!

  7. Lesley Derby says:

    Very informative

  8. Helen Bond says:

    Very useful and informative. I have a tendency to ignore my tyres and just get them checked during the annual service. Also helpful to know what all the writing means in the wall of the tyre. Thank you.


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