Expected Tyre Life

[pacman]

How many miles would you expect a set of motorhome tyres to do before they requiring changing?

I have a 2018 Adria Coral (purchase June 2022) and have noticed that there is only about 1 to 2 mm of usable tread left on the front tyres. The mileage is currently 8850 and the tyres are Michelin Agilis on all four wheels. As expected the rear tyres appear in good condition.

I am traveling to France / Spain at the end of March and now feel that I have to get them changed before I leave as I would expect to travel in 3000 + miles during the trip.

This appears to be extremely heavy wear to me or is this normal? Don't fancy replacing tyres every 9000 miles.

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[Googlebot]

Cross climates on mine, 30,000 in 3 years and still 4mm all round as I swap them front to back.

If they have worn in 9000 then something is wrong.

Even the notorious Ford SMax and Mondeo I had lasted 12,000 miles on the front and nobody could get those cars to do much more with the suspension setup.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I got 40,000. miles out of my last Michelin Alpin Winters. Still legal tread but had to go. RWD SWB Sprinter.

ON a VW T5 FWD I had in 2005, I had a set of Nokian WR Winters. Wore like butter, about 9,000 miles like yours,

 

[pacman]

Just ordered 4 x Michelin Crossclimates for fitting on Monday

 

[Coolcats]

Cross climates on mine, 30,000 in 3 years and still 4mm all round as I swap them front to back.

If they have worn in 9000 then something is wrong.

Even the notorious Ford SMax and Mondeo I had lasted 12,000 miles on the front and nobody could get those cars to do much more with the suspension setup.

Lol try a Lotus Evora with Pirelli P Zeros the rears last about 7,000 miles, the original quote was around £400 per tire managed to get the price down to around £180 each for the first set

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[roadwarrior]

Haven't been able to find the date yet and assume it's on the inside wall. May have to get under the van with a torch tomorrow.

all info is on the outside wall and will be a 4 figure number - first 2 are the month of manufacture last 2 are the year

 

[Lenny HB]

all info is on the outside wall and will be a 4 figure number - first 2 are the month of manufacture last 2 are the year

Never seen it on the outside wall always on the inside wall of every van we have had.

 

[roadwarrior]

Never seen it on the outside wall always on the inside wall of every van we have had.

look harder then my tyre - far right 1216

 

[Lenny HB]

look harder then my tyre - far right 1216

Nope can't see it.

 

[roadwarrior]

they are coming off next month so i will have a look at the back then and see what i find, last time i checked it was 4 numbers - this of course is eu spec rules - some chinese ones have bugger all on i understand.

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[Steve-N]

How many miles would you expect a set of motorhome tyres to do before they requiring changing?

I have a 2018 Adria Coral (purchase June 2022) and have noticed that there is only about 1 to 2 mm of usable tread left on the front tyres. The mileage is currently 8850 and the tyres are Michelin Agilis on all four wheels. As expected the rear tyres appear in good condition.

I am traveling to France / Spain at the end of March and now feel that I have to get them changed before I leave as I would expect to travel in 3000 + miles during the trip.

This appears to be extremely heavy wear to me or is this normal? Don't fancy replacing tyres every 9000 miles.

I

I have Continental Vancontact camper (215/75/16) on my Fiat Ducato PVC, and have now clocked just over 14k, and still have 4.5mm of the front, and 5.5mm on the rears. have had no issues with grip (except on wet grass )

 

[Ex-caravantugger]

Looks like a remould.

90% of airplane tyres are remoulds

 

[triky]

Haven't been able to find the date yet and assume it's on the inside wall. May have to get under the van with a torch tomorrow.

Pacman ,,if the info ' is on the 'inside wall ' it's possible the tyre's are incorrectly mounted !! ie inside out !!

 

[SpeedyDux]

You could move the back's to front, and buy 2 matching for the rear, or 3 keeping one as a spare onboard.
That does se heavy wear, what pressure's are in the front?
Mike

That should work. Then, when the fronts need replacement due to age, I would put the new new tyres on the back once again. I don't regard the age of the spare tyre as very significant if you treat it as emergency-only and it is in reasonable condition. It won't have deteriorated due to sunlight exposure anyway.

Yes, premature wear might be caused by incorrect pressure.

 

[SpeedyDux]

all info is on the outside wall and will be a 4 figure number - first 2 are the month of manufacture last 2 are the year

View attachment 721721

You meant to say week of manufacture. My brain does that kind of thing too.

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[dulvil]

How many miles would you expect a set of motorhome tyres to do before they requiring changing?

I have a 2018 Adria Coral (purchase June 2022) and have noticed that there is only about 1 to 2 mm of usable tread left on the front tyres. The mileage is currently 8850 and the tyres are Michelin Agilis on all four wheels. As expected the rear tyres appear in good condition.

I am traveling to France / Spain at the end of March and now feel that I have to get them changed before I leave as I would expect to travel in 3000 + miles during the trip.

This appears to be extremely heavy wear to me or is this normal? Don't fancy replacing tyres every 9000 miles.

I

On my auto trail chieftain I put my third set on the front at 21000 miles.
On my Frankia (not tag axle ) fronts lasted 15000 miles.
The chieftain had lots of torque and would spin the wheel out of roundabouts( no traction control)

 

[Clive Beeza]

I change mine around after 2 years or so to even out the wear but I replace them after 5 years anyway. The last tyres that I replaced had at least 5 mm of tread left on.
I stick with the same van tyres that it came with though which are Bridgestone Duravis.

good advice,
normally M / H tyres need changing because of age (5 Years old)
not worn down by mileage covered

 

[Thornebt]

Some commercial vehicles (over 3.5T?) will fail the MOT if the tyres are over ten years old. I don't know if this applies to motorhomes though.

 

[dunnah01]

16" Agilis CP dated late 2019 on our 4.25t 3.0l Ducato have about 3mm tread left on the fronts after 25k running at 65psi, never swapped front/rear so rears are barely worn.

 

[Joethejoiner]

How many miles would you expect a set of motorhome tyres to do before they requiring changing?

I have a 2018 Adria Coral (purchase June 2022) and have noticed that there is only about 1 to 2 mm of usable tread left on the front tyres. The mileage is currently 8850 and the tyres are Michelin Agilis on all four wheels. As expected the rear tyres appear in good condition.

I am traveling to France / Spain at the end of March and now feel that I have to get them changed before I leave as I would expect to travel in 3000 + miles during the trip.

This appears to be extremely heavy wear to me or is this normal? Don't fancy replacing tyres every 9000 miles.

I

PVC (Ducato) front tyres need changed around 30k in my experience

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[KarlosX250]

Our Bursty had done 65K miles on the original tyres (Vanco's for MH) and still had loads of tread on them, they only got changed due to age. Our Renault 3.5t van at work has done a similiar mileage and is just coming up to needing front tyres from new, but that does get chucked around a LOT more than the MH does.

 

[Delboyarapaho]

I traded in my elegance with 28000 miles on and the treads were all still 5mm. I did swap the fronts over at about 20k but I think the previous owner spun the wheels rather a lot

 

[minesapint]

I change mine around after 2 years or so to even out the wear but I replace them after 5 years anyway. The last tyres that I replaced had at least 5 mm of tread left on.
I stick with the same van tyres that it came with though which are Bridgestone Duravis.

Bridgestone Duravis tyres are commercial van tyres not motorhome tyres. I believe Motorhome Tyres are built differently to allow for standing still for a long time, and commercial van tyres are designed for constant use, this may effect their wear. Do all panel van converters leave the van tyres on.

 

[BILL 875]

Just changed my Michelin tyres for toyo observe tyres 36000 mls 4mm tread left and 6 .5 years old just stating to split on one tyre. Paid £160 each Inc fitting.

 

[Mikeco]

Bridgestone Duravis tyres are commercial van tyres not motorhome tyres. I believe Motorhome Tyres are built differently to allow for standing still for a long time, and commercial van tyres are designed for constant use, this may effect their wear. Do all panel van converters leave the van tyres on.

Mine is a self conversion so it came with van tyres and I prefer to use van tyres instead of special tyres for motorhomes. I have had no problem with them and the van is used quite regularly. I have had several coachbuilt vans that came with various tyres including camper ones so I am fully aware of the different tyres available.
When I change these at 5 years old I will fit Bridgestone Winter tyres .

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[gus-lopez]

look harder then my tyre - far right 1216

Yes I can see it but usually the date code is usually on the inside. No idea why?

I'm on 50,000kms on my front tyres & reckon they have at least another 30+k life in them & yes i spin the wheels exiting roundabouts & corners.
no idea how many kms the rears have done as they were on it when I bought it ?

 

[Tude]

Just ordered 4 x Michelin Crossclimates for fitting on Monday

I’ve had same tyres fitted on mine but also got the camper cross climate 118 load 10yr life 3 peaks they are fabulous and much quieter

 

[Hugoman]

It depends on the weight on your axle. 80psi or 5.5 bar equates to 2300kg across the axle on Michelin Agilis…1150kg on each tyre based on 113 figure on side wall. Each .5 bar lower than this takes 100kg off each wheel or 200kg across the axle. So if for instance you are running at 2200 kg the minimum you should have in your rear Agilis tyre would be 5.25 bar or 76psi. If you don’t you are in danger of this. I speak from bitter experience.

 

[DandG5515]

Bridgestone Duravis tyres are commercial van tyres not motorhome tyres. I believe Motorhome Tyres are built differently to allow for standing still for a long time, and commercial van tyres are designed for constant use, this may effect their wear. Do all panel van converters leave the van tyres on.

My rollerteam came new with Bridgestone duravis, changed them after 12years and 45k. Still have 5-6mm on all 6 of them. (No cracking. Motorhome stored inside.)

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

View attachment 722032It depends on the weight on your axle. 80psi or 5.5 bar equates to 2300kg across the axle on Michelin Agilis…1150kg on each tyre based on 113 figure on side wall. Each .5 bar lower than this takes 100kg off each wheel or 200kg across the axle. So if for instance you are running at 2200 kg the minimum you should have in your rear Agilis tyre would be 5.25 bar or 76psi. If you don’t you are in danger of this. I speak from bitter experience.

Is the TOYO tyre a commercial tyre, rather than a camping tyre? Do you know what pressure you were running?
Is that a rear tyre?
Mike.

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[cyberyacht]

Just fitted Continental All Season to my Carthago replacing 7 year old Michelin Agilis which still had plenty of tread on all the tyres at 22000 miles.