The Campervan Thread

[Drago]

Im looking at new tyres. The old knes arent worn, but need replacing soon due to age. I dont like running them past 6 years, which the van will be in '27.

So I've been browsing, and discovered its near,y £800 for new tyres, or £1060 for fresly refurbished and powder coated "new" wheels with new tyres. I think itll be the latter.

 

[Jameshow]

Im looking at new tyres. The old knes arent worn, but need replacing soon due to age. I dont like running them past 6 years, which the van will be in '27.

So I've been browsing, and discovered its near,y £800 for new tyres, or £1060 for fresly refurbished and powder coated "new" wheels with new tyres. I think itll be the latter.

Must be massive AT tyres!🤣

 

[Drago]

Yes, they'd make even Max Rockatansky take a respectful step back!

 

[fossyant]

Im looking at new tyres. The old knes arent worn, but need replacing soon due to age. I dont like running them past 6 years, which the van will be in '27.

So I've been browsing, and discovered its near,y £800 for new tyres, or £1060 for fresly refurbished and powder coated "new" wheels with new tyres. I think itll be the latter.

Are they the wheels that were fitted when new ? - You've probably checked the tyre age anyway. My rears were five years old, and still 4mm, but they were showing age. The garage just measured the rears as 9mm for the health check, which is really good (new is usually 8mm) as some premium new tyres are coming in at 6mm - seen a few videos from tyre garages.

You could sell on the 'old' wheels for a decent amount with worn tyres.

 

[Drago]

Nah, its got huge great Wolfrace Exlplorers for the Swamper look.

They tyres are barely worn but are now 5 years old and I never let them get past 6 for safety reasons. Ive found a place that does 17" Devonports, a standard T6 alloy option, freshly powder coated black with brand new AT boots for £1059. 4 new boots in the current size, in suitable load rating, are a gnats fart under £800, so its not a lot more.

So I'll likely get through winter on these then get the new wheel and tyre option. The Wolfrace wheels look butch but weigh as much as a small moon and im sure they crop the performance and dont do the damping any favours, plus the deeper sidewall on 17s would be nice.

Ill get £300 or more on Ebay for the old wheels, which will dull the pain a little.

 

[fossyant]

The larger profiles are more comfy. I'm not going bigger than my stock 17" (which is bigger than the standard 16") for the comfort on crap roads. I get commented by passengers how comfy the van is compared to their cars on 'rubber bands'.

I think you'll get a fair bit more for the old wheels.

 

[Drago]

I may get more. Then rims alone are 200 each. They not quite mint, no kerbing or scratches but the first tiny signs of corrosion around the stupid cosmetic plastic chrome bolt heads. Call them 97% good,you'd be really anal - which I am - to even spot it.

 

[fossyant]

The only down side is my tyres are road summers. Absolutely useless on wet grass, so I always park 'carefully'. On our first camp of the year, the whole campsite was very wet and I struggled to get on one field. We picked a spot on another field which required a slight run up to crest a 'rise'. I then reversed the van into our intended 'spot' so if the weather was really wet, I just needed to roll down the slope to leave !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th

Spotted whilst walking over to my parents house, with the dog

(taken for the millennium decal)

 

[PeteXXX]

 

[fossyant]

Levelling ramps are a must. it's rare sites are actually flat.

 

[Drago]

I forgot mine last week but was fortunately able to find a levellish pitch and orientate the van so I was facing feet slightly downwards when in bed, so no problem.

 

[fossyant]

I forgot mine last week but was fortunately able to find a levellish pitch and orientate the van so I was facing feet slightly downwards when in bed, so no problem.

MrsF insists it's as level as possible. Sometimes a challenge at Shell Island

 

[tom73]

Levelling ramps are a must. it's rare sites are actually flat.

It's the one thing we don't have , as long as it's not a right incline which you avoid anyway it's never been a problem for us.

 

[Gunk]

I popped into Gaydon yesterday and thought a wedding was going on, it was in fact the The Caravan and Motorhome Club Annual General Meeting, they were all dressed up in their finery, a very formal lot.