yeoblade
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This tyre split whilst in France last week, luck would have it that we were only going 30mph on a small side road when it went bang!
1/2 a mile down the road we pulled into a farm and a the couple running it were from Scotland
with a 5 ton bottle jack and 36"stilsons on the wheel brace we finally got it changed and on our way.
I had called Nationwide Bank breakdown but that's another story.
Now I'm home I was worried I'd overloaded it, to the weighbridge and with the scooter in the back and eBike, full diesel 1/2 water weighed in at 3,760Kg my van Maxi/chasis Ducato plated at 4,005KG.
Rear axle plated at 2,400Kg and weighed in at 2,370Kg, so JUST in !
Conti 16" tyres are only 116 load rated ie. 1,250Kg x 2 = 2,500Kg on the back, not a lot of leeway.
I have been to the tyre fitters today and got the front and rear wheels swopped over, so the Conti Vanco campers are on the front and Avon AV11 are on the back as they are rated tyre index of 121 ie, 1,450Kg x 2 = 2,850Kg a much safer margin.
Also the tyre that burst was at 5.5 bar 80psi as per Swift OE sticker on door jam, I noticed the Conti tyre is actually marked as max pressure only 69psi !
1/2 a mile down the road we pulled into a farm and a the couple running it were from Scotland
with a 5 ton bottle jack and 36"stilsons on the wheel brace we finally got it changed and on our way.
I had called Nationwide Bank breakdown but that's another story.
Now I'm home I was worried I'd overloaded it, to the weighbridge and with the scooter in the back and eBike, full diesel 1/2 water weighed in at 3,760Kg my van Maxi/chasis Ducato plated at 4,005KG.
Rear axle plated at 2,400Kg and weighed in at 2,370Kg, so JUST in !
Conti 16" tyres are only 116 load rated ie. 1,250Kg x 2 = 2,500Kg on the back, not a lot of leeway.
I have been to the tyre fitters today and got the front and rear wheels swopped over, so the Conti Vanco campers are on the front and Avon AV11 are on the back as they are rated tyre index of 121 ie, 1,450Kg x 2 = 2,850Kg a much safer margin.
Also the tyre that burst was at 5.5 bar 80psi as per Swift OE sticker on door jam, I noticed the Conti tyre is actually marked as max pressure only 69psi !