I've just purchased a Conway Carlton trailer tent and have had to change the wheels and tyres. The replacements came off a trailer I owned with very little use from new. The wheels fitted perfectly. I've just loaded the trailer up ready for a trip on Friday and noticed the tyres are low but he tyre pressure is 30lbs. I have not put much addition weight inside the trailer, so I'm wondering if the tyres which are on the trailer could be the wrong spec or something. Or could it be I need put more pressure in, The tt came without any instructions so I have nothing to refer to. The tyres which came off were unreadable. My new tyres has the following writing on 62M load range B, max load 265kg at 4.0 bar, 4.80/4.00-B. Could Some one tell me if I've need new tyres or more pressure in thanks, time is of the essence.
You have indicated that the tyres are marked "....max load 265kg at 4.0 bar,...."
Each tyre is of course taking half the weight of your Carlton. So as long as your Carlton weighs LESS that 530kg you should be OK.
30psi is about 2 bar.
The other thing that is often overlooked is the 'offset' of a wheel. This is how much the mounting face is over to one side of the rims as opposed to in the middle. Might also be a good idea to compare the two sets of wheels in this respect.
Just had a look at the plate by the a frame and it says max gross weight 400k, I havent got a clue what the trailer weighs itself . Does that help any? cheers for the fast reply johnjory
PS If you deem the tyres OK in all respects but doe not know the correct pressures, best to over inflate rather than under.
Under inflation will cause heat build up and failure. Wheas overinflation within limits will only result in hard ride. As nobody is riding in your tt, no problem.
We had a blowout on our TT a couple of years ago. We thought the tyres looked fine, they were less than five years old and they were at the correct pressure. We did have a spare and went and bought a new spare as soon as we got moving again...the RAC man was very helpful as to local tyre fitters! Still, we got another two new tyres fitted before our next trip. It was no fun having that blowout, none at all. The tyre disintegrated and ripped through the base of the trailer, taking out a huge section of wooden base and a wheel arch. It cost us more in time and parts to repair this than the new tyres cost.
Better safe than sorry, really.
Is your Carlton a DL (with attached kitchen)? If so it weighs 258Kg ex works and has a gross weight of 400Kg. You won't be towing it empty, one assumes, so work with the 400Kg. It doesn't take much to load up a TT fully, belive me!
Cheers Valk, it has got a kitchen. We certainly haven't put anywhere near 142kgs extra in, more like 50/60kgs, so we should be well under the 400kg. So if I inflate the tyres up to the 4 bar mark, everthing should be in order.
Johnjory the tyres are like new, done about 100 miles mate,and the spare hadn't been used,
Just want make sure our first venture out in the trailer doesn't end up as a statistic.
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Topic: Conway Carlton tyres?
