Motorhome 4tonne replacement tyres

[antprice1970]

Hi all, I will be replacing front 2 tyres on my motorhome soon but would like to know which are best for a 4 tonne fiat bessacarr. I don't want cheap obviously but which mid price range would anyone suggest? I was thinking around £150 per tyre.
Thank you
Ant

 

[Speve]

Toyo Observe seem to be a popular tyre all seasons as well

 

[rb62]

Plenty to go at if you use the 'search' facility

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/search/636058/?q=Tyres&o=relevance

 

[bigtree]

Don’t knock cheaper tyres, I fitted Nexen Roadian CT8’s on my last van and found they were very good. With my new van I changed the camping tyres to Nankang AW8 which is an all season tyre, again these have proved to be better than the Michelin camping tyres. They were £100 a corner delivered.

 

[Diabalo]

I fitted Hankook RA18 Vantra's on my 4.25 T Autotrail Mohawk, better than the continentals for ride and road noise.

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[Lenny HB]

again these have proved to be better than the Michelin camping tyres.

Let's face it anything is better than those awful tyres.

 

[Lenny HB]

Hi all, I will be replacing front 2 tyres on my motorhome soon but would like to know which are best for a 4 tonne fiat bessacarr. I don't want cheap obviously but which mid price range would anyone suggest? I was thinking around £150 per tyre.
Thank you
Ant

Best tyres should be on the rear also if you have summer tyres at the moment you shouldn't fit all season or winter tyres to the other axle best to change all 4.

My van is 4.5t I fitted Toyo Observe Van very pleased with them. Changed all 4 (5 actually ) even though they weren't worn out as the Michelin Campers had such poor grip and a hard ride.

 

[Pappy]

Best tyres should be on the rear also if you have summer tyres at the moment you shouldn't fit all season or winter tyres to the other axle best to change all 4.

My van is 4.5t I fitted Toyo Observe Van very pleased with them. Changed all 4 (5 actually ) even though they weren't worn out as the Michelin Campers had such poor grip and a hard ride.

Are the Michelin crossclimate campers as bad? Thats what I was thinking of getting next. Although my tyre man has recommended maxxis al2 tyres. He says that’s what he has on his motorhome.

 

[Lenny HB]

Are the Michelin crossclimate campers as bad? Thats what I was thinking of getting next. Although my tyre man has recommended maxxis al2 tyres. He says that’s what he has on his motorhome.

They get good reports grip & ride wise but quite s few Funsters have had problems with them cracking in one to two years, there is a thread about it.

 

[VXman]

Best tyres should be on the rear also if you have summer tyres at the moment you shouldn't fit all season or winter tyres to the other axle best to change all 4.

My van is 4.5t I fitted Toyo Observe Van very pleased with them. Changed all 4 (5 actually ) even though they weren't worn out as the Michelin Campers had such poor grip and a hard ride.

I think we have had this conversation before. Personally I have my best ones on the front as I need the traction/grip there.
(Front wheel drive - lots of weight at rear.)

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[VXman]

Are the Michelin crossclimate campers as bad? Thats what I was thinking of getting next. Although my tyre man has recommended maxxis al2 tyres. He says that’s what he has on his motorhome.

I've not had any others so can't compare. All I have noticed is a lack of grip on wet or gravelly surfaces on hills. However, I imagine that could happen on all tyres with front wheel drive trying to lug all that weight up a hill. In general use I have noticed any issues. These tyres seem to be what a lot of manufacturers fit as standard when new if that has any bearing on it.

 

[tonka]

Tyres have a load rating so maybe check your current ones and also look at your axle weights.
So when you order you can ensure you get the same or higher spec ones.

 

[The Wino]

You need the axle weights to know the loading per tyre not the all up weight

 

[mohawkman]

Are the Michelin crossclimate campers as bad? Thats what I was thinking of getting next. Although my tyre man has recommended maxxis al2 tyres. He says that’s what he has on his motorhome.

My tyre man recommended Michelin Agilis 3 van which he has on his own van.
So far pleased with them.

 

[1967bowesj]

Don’t knock cheaper tyres, I fitted Nexen Roadian CT8’s on my last van and found they were very good. With my new van I changed the camping tyres to Nankang AW8 which is an all season tyre, again these have proved to be better than the Michelin camping tyres. They were £100 a corner delivered. View attachment 883540View attachment 883541View attachment 883542View attachment 883543

What pressure you running those at bigtree

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[EuroTrotters]

Let's face it anything is better than those awful tyres.

Careful, you will have the Michelin tyre huggers trolling you

 

[buzz1]

Don’t knock cheaper tyres, I fitted Nexen Roadian CT8’s on my last van and found they were very good. With my new van I changed the camping tyres to Nankang AW8 which is an all season tyre, again these have proved to be better than the Michelin camping tyres. They were £100 a corner delivered. View attachment 883540View attachment 883541View attachment 883542View attachment 883543

Don’t knock cheaper tyres, I fitted Nexen Roadian CT8’s on my last van and found they were very good. With my new van I changed the camping tyres to Nankang AW8 which is an all season tyre, again these have proved to be better than the Michelin camping tyres. They were £100 a corner delivered. View attachment 883540View attachment 883541View attachment 883542View attachment 883543

I’ve recently brought these on front , nankang all season .and was pleasantly pleased, been looking again but doesn’t seem to be many around, out stock most places? Good sign of a good tyres hopefully .

 

[dunnah01]

From all the tyre threads I've read here new tyres will self destruct and put you in a hedge on the first bend so just stick with the ones you have

 

[bigtree]

I’ve recently brought these on front , nankang all season .and was pleasantly pleased, been looking again but doesn’t seem to be many around, out stock most places? Good sign of a good tyres hopefully .

I’ve saw that too, have done over 3000 miles on them so far and can’t fault them.

 

[bigtree]

What pressure you running those at bigtree

58 front and 68 rear, I’m 4.8t.

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[bigtree]

The only reason I went with all season is because of front wheel drive just in case I’m ever on soft ground, being cautious, if not I would definitely have bought the Nexen’s again.

 

[Simonnsj]

We've had Michelin CC's for 2 years now and they were brilliant in Scandinavia coping with snow and daytime temperatures as low as minus 25 so I can't fault them however after having read many comments from far more experienced mh's I think we would opt for van tyres next time. The ride is hard with CC's although I don't and won't inflate the tyres to 80PSI especially after seeing a thread on here showing Carthago's recommended pressures for the same axle weights we have on our Hymer (4 bar and 4.5 bar front and rear respectively at 4.25t). The ride is 100% better.
Our mh also has hydraulic jacks so the weight is off the tyres when parked and it is used all the time so I won't buy in to the whole camping tyre thing anymore as it's not static for long periods of time resting on its tyres - it's no different to a commercial van that's being used every day.
Btw we have not experienced any cracking/perishing yet.....

 

[antprice1970]

We've had Michelin CC's for 2 years now and they were brilliant in Scandinavia coping with snow and daytime temperatures as low as minus 25 so I can't fault them however after having read many comments from far more experienced mh's I think we would opt for van tyres next time. The ride is hard with CC's although I don't and won't inflate the tyres to 80PSI especially after seeing a thread on here showing Carthago's recommended pressures for the same axle weights we have on our Hymer (4 bar and 4.5 bar front and rear respectively at 4.25t). The ride is 100% better.
Our mh also has hydraulic jacks so the weight is off the tyres when parked and it is used all the time so I won't buy in to the whole camping tyre thing anymore as it's not static for long periods of time resting on its tyres - it's no different to a commercial van that's being used every day.
Btw we have not experienced any cracking/perishing yet.....

Thank you