My caravan tyre has a load index of 96, my local tyre shop has offered me a tyre with a load index of 99, so to me that looks to be ok as you are going higher rather than lower. Is it?
Would you still inflate the tyre to the pressure in my handbook or would the tyre need a slightly higher air pressure?
Mine are 20% higher rating than they needed to be; they were on offer from my local tyre shop friend, no detrimental effect going higher rating than required, if anything, a good piece of mind when towing.
They are 8 ply also; more than the previous tyres that they replaced were.
Keep them at book pressure or similar as recommended by Grampian; you will be fine.
So many people seem to tow them at low pressures at work; not realising that the ton and a half of their single axle caravan is spread across 2 tyres, not 4 as a car...
------------- Regards
Chris
Caravanning for 22 years
1997 Toyota Land Cruiser 3.0TD & 2004 Avondale Mayfair 510-5L
Previous towcars:
2002 Nissan Primera - sold
2002 Ford Galaxy - Died & scrapped. Good riddance.
1998 BMW 525TDS SE - PEx
1998 VW Passat SE - Crashed into & scrapped
1997 Peugeot 406 GLX - PEx
I am only.getting one as the other is fine, the one I'm changing is an original tyre as it is the same make as the spare which as far as I can see has never been used.
Im Going to put the new higher rated tyre on the side of the caravan that has all the weight, (kitchen side) my caravan is very much weighted to one side.
------------- Regards
Chris
Caravanning for 22 years
1997 Toyota Land Cruiser 3.0TD & 2004 Avondale Mayfair 510-5L
Previous towcars:
2002 Nissan Primera - sold
2002 Ford Galaxy - Died & scrapped. Good riddance.
1998 BMW 525TDS SE - PEx
1998 VW Passat SE - Crashed into & scrapped
1997 Peugeot 406 GLX - PEx
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