Tires Again (1 Viewer)

[DL42846]

I have just sold our motor home which had 4 almost brand new Michelin Agilis Camping car tires. We have now purchased a new to us Motor home which will shortly need a new set of tires, I'm reluctant to fork out a fortune again on tires. Our original MH came with Continental camper tires which were great on the road, both in the wet and in the dry. However on anything other than a tarmac road or even on gravel on tarmac they would struggle to pull the MH and loose traction.
I replaced them with the Agilis camper which I was also quiet happy with. The Michelin were rated with a M&S mark which to be honest I don't know how they qualified for it as there was a slight improvement in grip, but nothing worth getting excited about.
I have been doing a search on tires and the Michelin's have become very expensive. Almost double the cost of some ordinary van tires. My thinking is would the Michelin's last twice as long as ordinary van tires?
My other concern is would van tires without the extra strength that Camping car tires are supposed to have in there walls still perform as well on the road.
I drove a sprinter van with ordinary van tires which would sometimes be left standing on the driveway for several days/weeks which never seemed to cause any problems with the walls of the tires and I seemed to get better mileage out of the tire than I did with the MH with camping car tires.
I might also go for either 4 season tires or M&S rated to hopefully have better grip.

I did read a threads some time ago but can't find it now where a couple of MH'ers were happy with Vredestine winter tires which they used all year round.
What are your thoughts folks

 

[The Nomad]

There's nothing special about a motorhome.
It's just a van with a caravan bit stuck on the back.

Commercial van tyres have always worked perfectly for us on all of the 3 MH's we've had, and the weight loading index can be higher on some of them too.

 

[The Wino]

We had van tyres on our last one they were fine and a lot cheaper

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[CazPaul]

I like Toyo H09 winter tyres, we are getting them on our new to us motorhome. Great grip on snow, mud, grass, sites, good wear.
Decent price too.

 

[haganap]

I would do your own research and make your own choice but would say the following.

It's about weight, weight and more weight.

It's about standing still for long periods with weight weight and more weight.

In terms of winter tyres, I fitted full on snow tyres to mine a few weeks ago for a ski trip and they were amazing in the snow. I refused to believe all the hype until I used them, whilst other's reached for chains, I drove right on by. They will now come back off and be replaced by the michelin M&S tyres. which are really good in my opinion.

 

[Al-Di]

just put a set of these on van note they are 12ply

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[CazPaul]

I would do your own research and make your own choice but would say the following.

It's about weight, weight and more weight.

It's about standing still for long periods with weight weight and more weight.

In terms of winter tyres, I fitted full on snow tyres to mine a few weeks ago for a ski trip and they were amazing in the snow. I refused to believe all the hype until I used them, whilst other's reached for chains, I drove right on by. They will now come back off and be replaced by the michelin M&S tyres. which are really good in my opinion.

Which type of snow tyres though did you fit, think that's what the OP wants to know, there are loads, some better than others.

 

[DL42846]

I would do your own research and make your own choice but would say the following.

It's about weight, weight and more weight.

It's about standing still for long periods with weight weight and more weight.

In terms of winter tyres, I fitted full on snow tyres to mine a few weeks ago for a ski trip and they were amazing in the snow. I refused to believe all the hype until I used them, whilst other's reached for chains, I drove right on by. They will now come back off and be replaced by the michelin M&S tyres. which are really good in my opinion.

Where we live we switch to winter tyres in Nov and back again around April.Winter tyres are amazing in the snow. My car with winter tyres
has better grip than my Defender.

 

[haganap]

Which type of snow tyres though did you fit, think that's what the OP wants to know, there are loads, some better than others.

Nankang Winter Activas

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[DL42846]

Which type of snow tyres though did you fit, think that's what the OP wants to know, there are loads, some better than others.

Where we live we use snow tyres from Nov to April and definitely some are better than others. I had a cheap pair on the front of my car I dumped them as in my opinion they were dangerous. worst than useless. Four seasons tires are OK in snow but not as good as full blown snow tires. The postman pulled me out of a ditch, I was in my Defender. He was in his Renault kango with Michelin Alpine snow tyres. Most embarrassing.

 

[dabhand]

I have been led to believe that you can put more air in the Michelin’s which is allegedly better with heavier vans, don’t know if this is true someone will be along in a minute no doubt!

 

[bigtwin]

In terms of winter tyres, I fitted full on snow tyres to mine a few weeks ago for a ski trip and they were amazing in the snow. I refused to believe all the hype until I used them, whilst other's reached for chains, I drove right on by. They will now come back off and be replaced by the michelin M&S tyres. which are really good in my opinion.

Welcome to the club. They are amazing are they not?

The only down side to them are that the people who don’t fit them (the vast majority) think that you are driving like a lunatic when in fact it is them that are taking their lives in their hands.

I would not now consider driving in winter with ‘normal’ tyres on.

Ian

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[CazPaul]

We leave the winters on all year around, always have, great grip all year.

 

[jezport]

Tyres can make the difference between life and death.
Camper tyres are designed to take the constant load of a motorhome, few commercials are fully loaded all the time. For a couple of hundred pounds you could save your own life and other road users. Its a no brainer.

 

[Clive]

Look at the Blackcircle own brand winter tyre. £100 a tyre fitted. They are also rated for a higher load (121) than the Camping tyres (116). Having 6 fitted and they worked out £75 cheaper than the Michelin camper tyre for only 4

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[DL42846]

We leave the winters on all year around, always have, great grip all year.

Which brand do you run on and what sort of mileage do you think you will get out of them? We switch back to summer tyres around April as when the temperature averages over 9C the winter tyres start to wear out quicker I'm told.

 

[DL42846]

I have been led to believe that you can put more air in the Michelin’s which is allegedly better with heavier vans, don’t know if this is true someone will be along in a minute no doubt!

I was running my previous MH with 5 Bar, 70 psi in the front and 5.5 Bar 80 psi in the rear. I think the tyres were marked with a max of 60 psi. which I am told was to comply with USA law. I phoned Michelin in Clermont Ferrad which is there head office, I was told the recommended tyre pressures for a Motor Home were as I had been running them. 70 psi in the front and 80 psi in the rear, they suggested I could reduce the front to 65 psi if I wanted a softer ride, I did try them at 65 psi but I could feel the steering was a lot heavier and the steering felt woolly. I didn't like it.

 

[sdc77]

Quite a few of us use Michelin 4 seasons 2
If i could get Michelin winter at the next change I would and keep them on all year round.

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[EuroTrotters]

I run a Fiat motorhome and two sprinters on Michelin Agilis Winter.

I only paid £50 for the Fiats as it was summer. Good offers around

 

[Basildog]

I would do your own research and make your own choice but would say the following.

It's about weight, weight and more weight.

It's about standing still for long periods with weight weight and more weight.

In terms of winter tyres, I fitted full on snow tyres to mine a few weeks ago for a ski trip and they were amazing in the snow. I refused to believe all the hype until I used them, whilst other's reached for chains, I drove right on by. They will now come back off and be replaced by the michelin M&S tyres. which are really good in my opinion.

I was sceptical too until I put a set of snow tyres on a Renault kango van in Bulgaria the difference was amazing it turned it into a tractor almost !
I would definitely fit proper winter tyres if I was going somewhere in the mountains.

 

[DL42846]

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Think I am going to give the above a go.
They are commercial van four season tyres.

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[Jwcgas]

Just had 4 Pirelli Winter tyres delivered £79 each, having them fitted tomorrow ready for the Alps next week.

 

[DL42846]

Just had 4 Pirelli Winter tyres delivered £79 each, having them fitted tomorrow ready for the Alps next week.

Will you run on them just for the winter or all year round?

 

[Jwcgas]

No I’ll swap them over in April.

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[Hettie's Crew]

Take a look at Continental 4Season, M&S and 3peak alpine. We’ve just swapped to them in the next up size from 215/70 to 225/70 in 15inch. We can now have our rear tyre pressures at 60psi instead of the previous 80psi. Much more comfortable ride.
http://blobs.continental-tires.com/...998ef8b3/download-technical-databook-data.pdf

 

[Jagtazman]

Take a look at Continental 4Season, M&S and 3peak alpine. We’ve just swapped to them in the next up size from 215/70 to 225/70 in 15inch. We can now have our rear tyre pressures at 60psi instead of the previous 80psi. Much more comfortable ride.
http://blobs.continental-tires.com/...998ef8b3/download-technical-databook-data.pdf

How you finding these on wet grass? Thinking of these for next tyres myself

 

[Hettie's Crew]

How you finding these on wet grass? Thinking of these for next tyres myself

Can’t say about wet grass yet as we’ve only had them on a couple of months and been on hard standings when on sites.

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