What sort of tire mileage do people get on there MH's (1 Viewer)

[DL42846]

I am coming to the stage where I will need to replace the two front tires on my MH. I currently have Conti Vanco Camper's all round. The back ones have loads of life left in them , but the front have only done coming up to 24,000 miles which to my mind doesn't seem very much.

What sort of mileage do other people expect to get from there tires?

On my Sprinter van with normal van tires I get over 50,000 miles
The handling on my Vanco's is quiet good. But going up a bit of an incline along a country lane which was a bit damp, the tires did loose traction. I'm not sure if Vanco's are the best option especially with what I consider to be rather little mileage.

 

[RogerThat]

Do you rotate the tyres on the Sprinter every few months?

 

[DL42846]

Do you rotate the tyres on the Sprinter every few months?

Nope. In the sprinter van I do around seventy thousand miles a year.

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[Jim]

Normally motorhome tyres run out of time and have plenty of tread depth left when they are swapped. Most agree that seven year old tyres on a motorhome are too old. Lots of people change them when they are just 5 years old.

 

[Robert Clark]

Our Vanco Campers have done 30,000 and have loads of tread left on them.
We tend to use motorways, and have Air Suspension which may make a difference.

 

[MR. FUSION]

It's not just about mileage, its also about road conditions, my tyres are just over a year old and have done 13K mainly across Europe and they are starting to look a bit knackered, due to some of the really really bad road conditions in places like Portugal. I plan to replace them all by the end of 2017, irrespective of tread depth. I wouldn't contemplate keeping them for 5 years even if the tread lasted that long, of which there is no chance.

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[dulvil]

Front tyres.11000 miles on michelins,12300 on continentals.autotrail chieftain auto even wear no tracking out just a very torquey engine

 

[haganap]

I have just ordered for fitting next Saturday 4 vanCo camper all season tyres for my merc MH.
£600 the tyres were manufactured in 07 the van is 09 (December) I'm replacing the tyres with like for like.

The van had 23k on it and the tyres look like new but normally I change on 5 years.

 

[wizzer59]

Do not believe you can get 50,000 out of your sprinter tyres you must be the most carefull white van man out there

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[MR. FUSION]

Do not believe you can get 50,000 out of your sprinter tyres you must be the most carefull white van man out there

Only used on Sundays to go to church

 

[Stealaway]

Our Vanco Campers have done 30,000 and have loads of tread left on them.

On the front (wheel drive)?

 

[Rapido924f]

Have recently changed front tyres, Michelin Agilis, having done 30,000+ on them; rear tyres have significant tread. Will change rear next year having reached 5 years.

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[Robert Clark]

On the front (wheel drive)?

They were swapped from back to front when I had the Air Suspension fitted, so wear is pretty even

 

[DL42846]

Do not believe you can get 50,000 out of your sprinter tyres you must be the most carefull white van man out there

In three years I have done over 364,000 kilometers in the sprinter van, doing trips from the Rhone Alps to Belgium, Portugal, Italy and the UK. The van came with Michelin tires which last for 110,000 Kilometers, Then changed to a set of Hankook which lasted for 90,000 Kilometers then a set of Toyo which also lasted for approximately 90,000. then replaced with another set of Toyo.
Van would be fully loaded going but empty for the return. Most of the mileage would be motorways. And not hanging about. Cruising around 75 mph with the cruise control on.

 

[Mikey RV]

Front ones changed at about 22,000 front wheel drive, rear ones changed this year due to being six years old and showing slight cracking on side walls.

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[DL42846]

They were swapped from back to front when I had the Air Suspension fitted, so wear is pretty even

When you say air suspension is that the system where the rear springs have air assistance which you pump up when carrying a heavy load?

 

[Enword]

I am coming to the stage where I will need to replace the two front tires on my MH. I currently have Conti Vanco Camper's all round. The back ones have loads of life left in them , but the front have only done coming up to 24,000 miles which to my mind doesn't seem very much.

What sort of mileage do other people expect to get from there tires?

On my Sprinter van with normal van tires I get over 50,000 miles
The handling on my Vanco's is quiet good. But going up a bit of an incline along a country lane which was a bit damp, the tires did loose traction. I'm not sure if Vanco's are the best option especially with what I consider to be rather little mileage.

You'll never get the mileage out of a front wheel drive van that you get out of a sprinter i.e. front wheels doing what they should (steering) rear's what they should (propulsion) front wheel drive doing both at the same time. Our 310D did just over 45.000 on a set, with enough tread left to sell it with, all those miles towing a trailer.(Michelin)

 

[Robert Clark]

When you say air suspension is that the system where the rear springs have air assistance which you pump up when carrying a heavy load?

No
The whole suspension is removed and replaced with air suspension that adjusts itself automatically to maintain the desired driving height
Google VB Full Air Suspension

It's a great improvement in ride quality

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[PhilG]

Driving styles make a huge difference, and the type of roads. 24000 out of FWD tyres on anything is ok IMO , unless its ragging up and down the motorway then you might get more.

Those Vanco's seem to have good press, i will try them when mine are due.

 

[magicsurfbus]

We changed our factory fitted set of tyres at around 30,000+ miles, mainly due to age (7+ years) rather than tread wear. We opted for Michelin Agilis camper tyres as the second set and there was a noticeable difference.

 

[PeteH]

Swap the rears to the front. Put the new one`s on the rear. That was the advice I was given by the tyre fitter. FWD is never good for getting decent mileage out of tyres. My old 1980 Granada Auto, did almost 100.000 MILES on a set of MX`s!. My company cars went through tyres like a knife through butter, Never better than 30k and often less, used to get them rotated, including the spare, at each service.

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[Jim]

In my experience the old Michelin Camper tyre was definitely the longest lasting tyre you'll buy. They LOOK good for years' I took some of a Hymer that were 13 years old, they had done 54k and they looked like they were less than a year old. They looked good with loads of tread left but that was about it, they were like a fossilized nylon, they were brick hard and only good for going in a straight line in the dry and only then if you did not want to stop quick. On wet grass they went nowhere.

 

[f6c]

A swap job is always best

 

[DL42846]

We changed our factory fitted set of tyres at around 30,000+ miles, mainly due to age (7+ years) rather than tread wear. We opted for Michelin Agilis camper tyres as the second set and there was a noticeable difference.

Hi,
what was your first set of tires. And was the noticeable difference for better or worst?

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[Chris]

I leased a souped up Mercedes AMG a few years back on a full maintenance contract.

I didn't half get through some tyres.

Every 6-7000 miles at about £200 a go

 

[SteveB123]

Changed my Michelin tyres on the front at about 22K miles 2 years old van.

 

[DL42846]

I'm now wandering if MH tires are changed every five to seven years or so is it worth fitting the more expensive Camper type tires. I think I read somewhere tha

I leased a souped up Mercedes AMG a few years back on a full maintenance contract.

I didn't half get through some tyres.

Every 6-7000 miles at about £200 a go

I was talking to a guy who had a Suzuki Hayabusa motor bike a couple of years back. He recon when he first got it he kept gunning it to try out the acceleration. He only got just over 600 miles out of the back tire. And that was a couple of hundred pound for the rear tire. He soon toned it down a bit.

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[TerryL]

I'm now wandering if MH tires are changed every five to seven years or so is it worth fitting the more expensive Camper type tires. I think I read somewhere tha


I was talking to a guy who had a Suzuki Hayabusa motor bike a couple of years back. He recon when he first got it he kept gunning it to try out the acceleration. He only got just over 600 miles out of the back tire. And that was a couple of hundred pound for the rear tire. He soon toned it down a bit.

So there's your answer - driving style is everything!

I'm a fairly sedate driver (well, in the M/H) and do quite a bit higher mileage than average. Fronts 30,000. Rears in excess of 50000 but changed due to being out of date.
Continental Vanco 2 Winter tyres, used all year round.

 

[Hughman]

Fiat X250150 bhp. Michelin Agilis Camping (as they were on the van when we got it new). Fronts - set 1, 2 years, 21k miles; set 2, 2 years and 22 k miles. Rears have done 43k miles and were moved to front this time - they still have 6-7 mm tread compared with about 9 mm on new ones.

We do mixed driving, well loaded, on motorways and back roads, and including plenty of Alps, Dolomites and Pyrenees. I change fronts when they hit 4mm tread (or a bit less if in summer) as that's legal minimum for driving in much of Europe in winter.

FWD, power and mountains clearly give tyres a hammering, but that said, I don't reckon 20 odd k is too bad.

 

[DanielFord]

I've never been a fan of swapping front to rear, however, that's not the question. Our 11 plate Swift recently had the fronts replaced. I sincerely believe that it was the originals that came off, and the van had done 43,000 when they were changed. The rears are going to be done this year, they aren't worn, but they are old!

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