What happened to this technology (tyres) (1 Viewer)

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Goodyear double eagle a tyre within a tyre.



OK so I imagine you can't just get the tyre replaced easily but surely this must be a good idea to stop a catastrophic blow out and loss of control ? Or maybe not as it not used on vehicles today, to my knowledge? Gotta be better than gunk though !
 
Aug 6, 2013
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Would never work - imagine the heat generated as one tyre squirms against the other.
 

irnbru

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Jun 27, 2013
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Those tyron bands sound great. Quite expensive around £65each but you cant put a price on your life. Wonder if any funsters have them fitted?

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Teuchter

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I have been caravanning for 32 years but in 2014 I have"gone over to the dark side"
Those tyron bands sound great. Quite expensive around £65each but you cant put a price on your life. Wonder if any funsters have them fitted?

Had them fitted to my caravans for a total of 15 years - luckily I never had a blowout BUT when it came to fitting new tyres it was the tyrefitters worst nightmare!! - you need to carry fitting instructions and the special "extended allan key" supplied by Tyron when 1st fitted so that any tyre fitting garage can carry out a tyre change
 
Aug 19, 2013
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I've got some permanent anti-blowout gel in the tyres, installed by the dealer. I guess t's going to be much the same when it comes to new tyres. Don't want to think about it yet, they've only done 3k.
 
Mar 26, 2009
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I have them fitted. Bloody nightmare trying to explain to a French tyre fitter how to remove/replace them. (Hand gestures and a lot of swearing helped;) I think:D)

As a point of interest I purchased tyres from an internet retailer to be fitted at one of their recommended local tyre fitting depots. I paid online and waited for them to arrive. On arrival the fitters removed the wheels but weren't too sure how to remove/replace the tyron bands. Unfortunately they took forever to work it out. In the end I gave the manager £10 extra per tyre as it took so long and he was throwing a fit.:mad:

Yet another of life's lessons:rolleyes:

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