Gin Palace
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Our 1st european trip in a MH soon to France Spain and Portugal with some long stays at certain sites. How important are tyre covers and should I buy some for all wheels?
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If you are worried about UV light affecting your tyres, then you can buy tyre dressing with UV blocking, but, most of the deterioration of tyres starts from the inside and not from the outside!
Air under pressure, when tyres are inflated, contains lots of water and oxygen, plus other chemicals, including ozone.
There is a theory that the presence of these chemicals, especially water, inside the tyre cause oxidation to occur, which speeds up the deterioration of the tyre from the inside, and this oxidation process speeds up when the temperature of the air inside the tyre rises.
The answer may not be to cover the tyres but to inflate them with nitrogen, which reduces oxidation, holds pressure better ( less risk of tyres heating up due to under inflation) and tyres tend to run cooler, so no extra heat from over inflation.
Nitrogen is best used in new tyres and could extend the life of low mileage tyres by as much as 30 or 40%.
Probably.......
Allan
Aircraft tyres are inflated with Nitrogen, not only for it's purity, but it is inert and therefore safer.Even planes don't use them and think how important and expensive their tyres are.
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View attachment 65486 This I,s the type I mean. !!
Even planes don't use them and think how important and expensive their tyres are.
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Thanks for the link! Will be following you soon@Gin Palace Debs and I are on our maiden trip around France, Spain and Portugal at the moment. We shall keep an eye out for you and say hello if we can. I have started a blog in here with costing sand sites so far if you are interested. Incidentally we have no tyre covers, but saw a few people from The AutocruiseClub Club with big tartan heavy duty shopping bags, side cut out as tyre covers, good, cheap option I thought!!
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Even planes don't use them and think how important and expensive their tyres are.
Aircraft tyres are inflated with Nitrogen, not only for it's purity, but it is inert and therefore safer.
Yes indeed particularly with some of the Lead Foot Aircrew on the toe brakes!! Flat Spot HeavenNot only that........ the tyres are worn out in the space of a few weeks/months so UV is academic