caravan tyres

thanks for the advice. I will check them out. Cheers

Thank you Axle, you make perfect sense, my thinking was that all of the 40.000 km was on sealed roads and I thought that perhaps there was a tyre more appropriate for gravel roads. the answer may be to stay with light truck tyres and carry an extra spare.
Thanks again,
GL

Thanks Charlie,

The Caravan is a 2 year old 18'6" Regal twin axle and the weight is 2.2 ton fully loaded. The original tyres (still fitted) are Dunlop SP LT5. As mentioned above, they have travelled 40.000 km right around Australia on the bitumen without a single blow-out. The spare is still brand new. Having gone all the way around, we now are now preparing to go through the middle. The tyres still have a little life left but I do not wish to tackle gravel roads with them. The recommended tyre pressure by Regal is 50 PSI and I have kept it at that all along. I agree that 22 PSI sounds a bit low given the weight of the van. B/stone 633 may be the option is they are better than the Dunlop on the gravel.

Cheers,
GL

Gday GL
Re your question? personal pref is all the differance between the two to do the job.
Re preisure for your tyres at that weight is about for the following size 185R14C 45psi. 195R14C 40psi
Cheers
Charlie

should be pressure
charlie

Thanks, that answers my question re pressures for my camper-trailer which has 215/60/R16's. (all up weight approx 550-600kgs) I run them at 34psi on the seal and 30 on dirt. Putting new Goodyear G26 LT cargo's on for the winter.
cheers
T-Rib