Just dropped my wheels of at a local dealer to get the tyres changed, the 
guys there said they looked like normal car tyres (Dunlop India 175/13R 86) 
no mention on them about a ply rating, it made me think.
They came with the van when it was new 7 years ago.
Any thoughts on this subject.

By the way it is an Elldis Firestorm 400/4

Cheers

On Sat, 10 May 2008 17:47:22 +0100, "Hirem Firem"
 wrote:

>Just dropped my wheels of at a local dealer to get the tyres changed, the 
>guys there said they looked like normal car tyres (Dunlop India 175/13R 86) 
>no mention on them about a ply rating, it made me think.
>They came with the van when it was new 7 years ago.
>Any thoughts on this subject.
>
>By the way it is an Elldis Firestorm 400/4
>
>Cheers 
>
Depends on the weight of the van, tyres have a  weight code on the
sidewall. a couple of sites that will give you the info.
Bear in mind a car speads the tyre load over 4 wheels on a caravan
it's only 2 so you often need to fit commercial van tyres to achive
the max gross weight rating of the caravan,


http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/techinfo/sidewall.asp

http://www.dashdriving.com/tutorials/tyre-markings.htm 

Lenny

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Lenny wrote:

> On Sat, 10 May 2008 17:47:22 +0100, "Hirem Firem"
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>>Just dropped my wheels of at a local dealer to get the tyres changed, the 
>>guys there said they looked like normal car tyres (Dunlop India 175/13R 86) 
>>no mention on them about a ply rating, it made me think.
>>They came with the van when it was new 7 years ago.
>>Any thoughts on this subject.
>>
>>By the way it is an Elldis Firestorm 400/4
>>
>>Cheers 
>>
> 
> Depends on the weight of the van, tyres have a  weight code on the
> sidewall. a couple of sites that will give you the info.
> Bear in mind a car speads the tyre load over 4 wheels on a caravan
> it's only 2 so you often need to fit commercial van tyres to achive
> the max gross weight rating of the caravan,
> 
> 
> http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/techinfo/sidewall.asp
> 
> http://www.dashdriving.com/tutorials/tyre-markings.htm 
> 
> Lenny

If the '86' is the load index that's good for 530 kg per tyre - 1060 per 
axle. I suspect that you won't have much in hand!

As others have hinted get a van tyre that will physically fit and which 
has as much of a margin on load capability as you can find.

Go to a 'proper' tyre dealer - it might be that the solution to your 
problem is not another 175R13 which could be a 'car only' size. To get 
the extra load margin you may need a different size but one which fits 
the same physical envelope.

"Hirem Firem"  wrote in message 
news:zkkVj.37079$6a2.26580@newsfe17.ams2...
> Just dropped my wheels of at a local dealer to get the tyres changed, the 
> guys there said they looked like normal car tyres (Dunlop India 175/13R 
> 86) no mention on them about a ply rating, it made me think.
> They came with the van when it was new 7 years ago.
> Any thoughts on this subject.
>
> By the way it is an Elldis Firestorm 400/4
>

Well in the other post you will see my post about car tyres on a caravan.
If you got caravan new you should have handbook/paperwork to tell you which 
tyres you need.

-- 
Regards,
David

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Thanks for all the feedback folks
"Hirem Firem"  wrote in message 
news:zkkVj.37079$6a2.26580@newsfe17.ams2...
> Just dropped my wheels of at a local dealer to get the tyres changed, the 
> guys there said they looked like normal car tyres (Dunlop India 175/13R 
> 86) no mention on them about a ply rating, it made me think.
> They came with the van when it was new 7 years ago.
> Any thoughts on this subject.
>
> By the way it is an Elldis Firestorm 400/4
>
> Cheers
>