Good tyre prices. Anyone have experience with this crowd?

Where are they shipped from? I once bought tyres from Eire tyres at what I thought was a good price, they were shipped from Germany and after a while one developed a problem and I had to buy another locally. They were no longer cheap, if I bought locally I could have gone back for a replacement.

Kevin, Have you tried
http://www.northhantstyres.com/
I believe they deliver to the south as the lads in AMCI bought of them

Yep, the guys there are very helpful.

I've got a quote from them, but I'm just checking around to find the best deal.

Ironically, I'm also looking at options to buy new wheels from the lads at NorthHants. I've got 16.5" on the camper at the moment, and finding reasonably priced tyres for those sizes is nigh impossible.
Changing to 16" wheels opens up a lot more possibilities...

You're spot on there Pat. It's important not to alter the outer circumference of the tyre when changing wheel rim size. The wheel rim will reduce to 16" but the sidewall of the tyre needs to increase by the same amount to ensure the circumference doesn't change.

Heavier on petrol is something I definitely don't need!!

Hi, sorry for thread hijack but do you all use the Michelin Agilis camping tyres or ordinary commercial tyres?

what is the difference?

I would agree with the FC. I ran my van on Toyo HO9 tyres which were winter tyres giving better grip on grass and mud.

I have read that camping specific tyres have more ply in the walls. 8 I think. The theory is that camper vans run near to their max load most of the time, but vans are only occasionally fully loaded. The sidewalls take the brunt.

Lots of further interesting reading on websites like tyresafe and oponeo.

Davy

I heard also the heavy side walls also had to do with many Motorhomes been standing in the one position for long periods of time and it was to counteract flat spots on the tyres. Our van was fitted with Commercial tyres when we got it, but we use it all year round so I am not worried about flat spots.
One thing I would urge people to do is check the date on the new tyres. We bought our van a 2008 model last year and the new tyres were suppose to be fitted the previous year but when I checked them they were manafactured in 2011, I do believe they were fitted when I was told as no one would replace tyres after three years.

It's also note worthy to make sure your chosen tires are at the correct pressure for your running weight.

If you look up your chosen tires specifications, you should hopefully find a chart of Tire Pressure vs Weight Capacity.

You will notice that a difference of just a couple of PSI can alter your tires carrying capacity significantly.
With a motorhome nearly always close to max load you should really check your pressure before taking a trip.

When I was getting my tires the guys (Kids) at the tire place had no idea and told me they normally pump them (van tires) up to 50PSI. They actually needed to be at 63PSI to meet my needs with a little safety margin.