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We recently bought a new Ducato based 6m PVC campervan. Drove lovely but first couple of potholes caused such a bang we thought we'd done serious damage to the van, stopping at earliest opportunity to check. After researching we read a lot of owners had dropped from the plated 79psi down to 65psi for a better ride. We did the same & made a huge improvement.
I then read that Continental who make our tyres would provide the correct psi if provided with details of tyre & actually axle weights. Van loaded & taken to the weighbridge. With the info provided Continental advised 48psi all round. This has given an even better ride!
They told me that ETRTO aka European Tyre & Rim Technical Organisation base the recommended plated tyre pressure on Ducato campervans on the assumption they will be overloaded & unevenly loaded.
In future I'll only use tyres from manufacturers who provide this info. Sticking with the plated psi would, Im sure, shortened the life of my tyres & suspension components.
A lot of folk with same or similar van have had air suspension retrofitted. After our early experience we considered it but not now. I wonder how many folk have gone that route to a better ride because of using excessive tyre pressure?
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Topic: Type pressure experience
via mobile 19/8/2025 at 1:11pm
