Tyre recommendations

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So it's about time we changed our tyres. The continental camper tyres are now £232 each. I need 4 tyres so looking for something decent but a bit cheaper. What do you recommend?
 
I'm currently looking at the falkens, Protyre have them at £110 each for 225 70 r15 so maybe more fore r16s. They have £20 off two so £100 each!

My only problem is my local doesn't have stock. 😞
 
SVMC15 said:
I'm currently looking at the falkens, Protyre have them at £110 each for 225 70 r15 so maybe more fore r16s. They have £20 off two so £100 each!

My only problem is my local doesn't have stock. 😞
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16" were £137 when I bought them less the £20 for two.
 
Falkens here, there’s a fairly long thread about them somewhere.

Edit: this one I think…

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

Falken Euroall Season Van11 tyres

Read quite a few posts about people seriously considering these. If anyone could give me some feedback on what they think of them I'd be most grateful. I'm reluctant to go down the Michelin route having read more negative views than positive, I guess other option might be the Continental Van...
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I have Maxxis all season and I’m very happy with them, but I will probably give the falkens all seasons a try next time. Everyone seems to be happy with them….

I do a lot of research when I buy tyres and I’m not influenced by price at all as I think they are the most important aspect of the balance of vehicles safety and performance…

Expensive tyres doesn’t mean your getting better tyres unfortunately…..😏

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Same, Falken all seasons, bene on since Feb, happy with them, been on Grass pitches already with far better grip than Michelins on wet grass.

And I agree Expensive doesn't mean better, the only negative with the Falkens is we've notices 0.5-1mpg less fuel economy this season (likely down to the better grip/lower pressure). But I'm still far happier, as this season we havn't ended up stuck in March and April as we have been before in previous years, requiring a Tractor rescue.
 
Lenny HB said:
Another vote for the Falkens & £100 cheaper.
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Does anybody know what the max pressure that these Falkens can run at?
I quite fancy them to replace the CP tyres that I currently have. But I have the Fiat TPMS and just incase I can't find a way to get the system setting altered I am thinking (hoping) that maybe a Falken could run at the 4.9 bar that I can get away with on the TPMS.
 
4.9 bar 71 psi is a bit high.
I run mine quite a bit higher than Falkens recomended pressure as that seems low.. I run the front at 52 psi (3.6 bar) axle weight 1630kg and the rears at 64 psi (4.4 bar) axle weight 2240kg.
 
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Dall said:
Does anybody know what the max pressure that these Falkens can run at?
I quite fancy them to replace the CP tyres that I currently have. But I have the Fiat TPMS and just incase I can't find a way to get the system setting altered I am thinking (hoping) that maybe a Falken could run at the 4.9 bar that I can get away with on the TPMS.
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I just ignore the TPMS. It tells me the pressure on starting the engine anyhow, so I can detect a flat before driving.

I think I'll try and reprogram it though in future (Peugeot on mine). I just don't have the software or CAN adapater to do it at mo.
 
Lenny HB said:
4.9 bar 71 psi is a bit high.
I run mine quite a bit higher than Falkens recomended pressure as that seems low.. I run the front at 52 psi 93.6 bar) axle weight 1630kg and the rears at 64 psi (4.4 bar) axle weight 2240kg.
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I'm at 4.4 bar like Lenny on rear, and 4.2 on front (however the wight balance on our van is on rear (more weight on rear tyres).

It is above the Falken reccomendation but it drives, nicer on that rather than the reccomended pressures, but it still near a full 1.5 bar less than the Michelins.

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Yamas said:
Can I just ask where on the side wall is the psi and what does anyone who has the falcon tyres say please?
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According to threads I have seen, the psi marking on the side wall is either an American thing, or the maximum pressure during fitting, not the actual recommended running pressure.
 
SVMC15 said:
I'm currently looking at the falkens, Protyre have them at £110 each for 225 70 r15 so maybe more fore r16s. They have £20 off two so £100 each!

My only problem is my local doesn't have stock. 😞
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Protyres will probably recommend against the Falkens in favour of the Continental CP tyres, as Motorhomes tend to be at or near full load most of the time,and spend a lot of time standing still so the tyre walls need to be stiffer, and inflated to a higher pressure, which is a different life cycle to a van tyre.
 
steviek8 said:
Protyres will probably recommend against the Falkens in favour of the Continental CP tyres, as Motorhomes tend to be at or near full load most of the time,and spend a lot of time standing still so the tyre walls need to be stiffer, and inflated to a higher pressure, which is a different life cycle to a van tyre.
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Not in my experience. I changed from CP tyres a while ago and have tried a couple of different C tyre manufacturers.

I had the Falkens fit yesterday at the protyre garage I normally use and I paid £199.96 for the two. They didn't even question going from 215 to 225.
 
Ok just buying a motorhome which is fitter with Michelin Agilis although dated 2019 and showing cracking (mot advisory) so what replacement? Apparently the Michelin's are not approved for winter mountain use? Shame because I'm a big fan of the Cross Climates on my other vehicles, but the new MH is fully winterised and wouldn't want to rule out winter trips to the continent.
So what would be the best chooses of noise, economy and grip? I see the Falken recommendations which are interesting?
 
WanderingWibble’s said:
Ok just buying a motorhome which is fitter with Michelin Agilis although dated 2019 and showing cracking (mot advisory) so what replacement? Apparently the Michelin's are not approved for winter mountain use? Shame because I'm a big fan of the Cross Climates on my other vehicles, but the new MH is fully winterised and wouldn't want to rule out winter trips to the continent.
So what would be the best chooses of noise, economy and grip? I see the Falken recommendations which are interesting?
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You can get cross climate CP's from Micelin (all season), but they need higher pressure than the Falkens. Crucial point is the Micelin have a directional pattern, so if you have a flat, your spare may not match the tyre (50/50 luck).
I wouldn't worry about economy given Tyres are a small part of the mix of moving a 3.5t vehicle though air.

We've gone with Falkens as have many funsters, as it's all-season, better ride, better grip (noticably on latter), a non directional tread and .. half to 1/3 of the price depending on the deal you get. Many funsters have had them for longer than Micelins.
 
WanderingWibble’s said:
Ok just buying a motorhome which is fitter with Michelin Agilis although dated 2019 and showing cracking (mot advisory) so what replacement? Apparently the Michelin's are not approved for winter mountain use? Shame because I'm a big fan of the Cross Climates on my other vehicles, but the new MH is fully winterised and wouldn't want to rule out winter trips to the continent.
So what would be the best chooses of noise, economy and grip? I see the Falken recommendations which are interesting?
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Just go with the Falkens as discussed above. All season, 3PMSF rated

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I was going for the falkens but they seem to be in short supply or zero availability. Thinking of the hankook vantra st as instead. Any experience?
 

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