Where do you buy your Rubber? (1 Viewer)

American Dream

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Hi All.

I'm currently looking to buy 2 new tyres for the rig and was wondering.....

Who do you go to purchase your tyres?

16.5 " RIMS X 8" Load rating "D"

For a "C" Class.....
 

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I go to a local company that always do me a great deal on the Land Rovers. I don't like / trust the 'chains' and haven't used one since 1988 when they dropped my Mk4 Escort off the ramp
 

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Steve, we have used Black Circle Tyres (online) for our cars might be worth checking to see if they do rv tyres. Always been good value and spot on delivery.
Eileen

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Brian and Jo

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hi there american dream,if you give me a call on 07802 661334 i will see if i can help you:thumb:regards brian
 

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Where do you buy your Rubber?

Not much call for them nowadays, but I just went to the machine in the gents in hard times.:RollEyes::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 

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I'm currently looking to buy 2 new tyres for the rig and was wondering.....

Who do you go to purchase your tyres?
I've always used the same fitter now for the past few years as his prices are hard to beat. Just a small independent....I never bother with the 'multi's' as they are not competitive in price.

Just had two new (branded) tyres fitted on my car and surprised when he told me that brand make tyres are rarely bought now with cheaper brands selling much better. If you phone around you can also find fitters who specialise in part worn branded which come in at a very good price.

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damondunc

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We ordered one from Brian Evans ( see post above ) for a customer who had suffered a blowout , it was with us early next morning ,excellent service :thumb:

Chris
 
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Steve, we have used Black Circle Tyres (online) for our cars might be worth checking to see if they do rv tyres. Always been good value and spot on delivery.
Eileen

Cheers Eileen,

I have been looking on their site ...

Having a Problem with the imperial sizes....

Have tried converting to metric...:thumb:

Steve.

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Not having a lot of luck on Blackcircles site...

Seem to cater for car tyres....:cry:

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Try these :

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Had all six for our M/H ( Khumo's X 6 ----- size ??? ( forgot, but bigish! ) delivered next day .... £420 including the delivery via a tracked courier service! :thumb:

Excellent company & service ...... another one to 'try' in your search ..... :ROFLMAO: ::bigsmile:

Good luck!

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Try these :

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Had all six for our M/H ( Khumo's X 6 ----- size ??? ( forgot, but bigish! ) delivered next day .... £420 including the delivery via a tracked courier service! :thumb:

Excellent company & service ...... another one to 'try' in your search ..... :ROFLMAO: ::bigsmile:

Good luck!

Many Thanks..

These Imperial size tyres are almost as rare as......:RollEyes:

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Good to chat to you Brian and thanks for being so helpful.

Highly recommended for advice and supply of "Hard to get" tyres,:thumb:

Thanks for all the advice Guys.:Cool:
 
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24 Hours from order to door.

Well Chuffed here.....I thought these tyres were as rare as Ricking Horse ....

This year is looking good so far....
 
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I have just received the tyres and knew there was a really informative post on here from some time ago.

Here it is.

RV Matched Tyre Mounting

The following advice has been obtained from an American Tyre Manufacturer.
It is hoped that being American tyres going on American Vehicles their information is to be believed and recommended, for better tyre life and performance.(ride)

American Tyres are supplied with a dot marking system, in either red or yellow, or both
When a Red Dot is present it takes priority over any other colour present on the tyre,
If only a yellow Dot is seen then that of course is the one we’re working with, any white or other coloured marks can be ignored for the purpose of tyre fitting and are normally only manufacturers references

American steel wheels come with a mark (dimple) on the outside rim very much like a spot weld in appearance, sometimes covered by a little round sticker to help you locate it, to the unwary it also hides it, some wheels, alloy for instance, do not have any markings, if this should be the case the red or yellow dot should be aligned with the tyre valve when fitting a tyre the red or yellow Dot should be in aligned with this dimple after the tyre is mounted, before inflating the tyre make sure the tyre and rim are symmetrical to each other and that the bead is level (not tilted in anyway) do NOT rely on air pressure to fit the tyre correctly, RV tyres and rims differ from car tyres and wheels in as much as they have a sloping bead seat area, as opposed to a flat one as seen on European wheels, once you are satisfied that the tyre is as central as possible, then the tyre can be inflated. After which the bead/rim should be checked for an even fit, the tyre inflation pressures should be those recommended by the vehicle converter and can be found on a plate attached to the vehicle (not found on mine though) do not exceed the max load and pressures given on the tyre

Mounting the wheels.

Front wheels have four supporting lugs for the wheels, and the wheel and tyre should be mounted with the red or yellow Dot at as near to 12 o-clock as the stud pattern will allow 11 o-clock to 1.0-clock is fine, ie the centre mounting hole resting on the upper two lugs

Rear wheels and tyres usually fitted as pairs on the bigger RVs and mount on a circular platform but should be fitted so as to allow the extended valves to protrude thro the wheel and trim opposite each other, not both through the same hole, correct wheel tightening torques should be observed, over tightening is not recommended.

I hope you find this of interest, and whilst the majority of you will never fit your own tyres at least you can make sure the fitter is doing it your way,
“The right way”
Geo

Many Thanks again Geo.:thumb:

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