What sort of tyres I need for ordinary box trailer 750 kg ATM?
R15 205 65
Do I really need industrial $185 a piece or normal $95 should do?
Last week I blow up once fully loaded at 110km/h once on 4th fast line at maximum crazzy traffic .
In fact tyres where industrial but 10 years old already.




Did industrial means that there safer when blow up happen at motorway speed? In fact I did not experienced much turbulence beside tremendous explosion noise.
Did somebody have similar experience with sudden tyres blow up in the car or trailer?

I was recently told that the should be replaced when 5 years old. No matter how much they are used. Context was he had been sold new tyres that were already 2 years old and was complaining. Most cars you would wear them out in that time but this was caravans where some don't do a lot of km.

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hardpole said..
I was recently told that the should be replaced when 5 years old. No matter how much they are used. Context was he had been sold new tyres that were already 2 years old and was complaining. Most cars you would wear them out in that time but this was caravans where some don't do a lot of km.

I read some quote somewhere on a forum where someone insisted that it was a law to replace tyres more than 10 years old, but when I asked for details, they admitted they had none and heard it from someone else. A year or so ago, I asked Bob Jane's to swap my tyres from some rims to other rims, and they took it upon themselves to try and dispose of the tyre that was more than 10 years old. I made them replace it and they did, but it does seem its their own store policy which has no legal standing.

I have been running trailer tyres that have to be at least 20 years old and only swapped them out as they showed signs of the tread lifting a little.

The only time I have actually had a tyre blow was when I was running it (accidentally) overweight and it would have been generating more heat than it should have been because of the loading and angle it was at.

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Macroscien said..
..... at maximum crazzy traffic .

exactly how crazzy is maximum crazzy traffic ?

Had a tyre blow up on the car at 110km/hr. The car shook a bit and I just braked gently. It did pull to one side, but not as hard as you might think. Glad I was holding the steering wheel properly at the time and that it was a relatively straight section of the road.

My sister had to replace the tyres on a 1970 Corolla she bought that still had the original tyres on it with a good amount of tread, but you could pick away the side of the tyres with your fingernail.

sounds like a back wheel, not as easy on the front.

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decrepit said..
sounds like a back wheel, not as easy on the front.

Yeh, have had both back and front blow at highway speed, back was a slow down and pull over job, front was a hey, how the **** did I get in this ditch and please stop before we hit that tree!
I swear the car bucked 3m sideways before I even heard the bang, crazzy