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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wukkers on May 23, 2016, 06:52:31 PM
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What do you think is a reasonable expectation for tyre wear when towing? I towed a CUB Drover about 15k , mostly on bitumen, and needed to replace the rear tyres when I returned. I estimated they had done around 50k at that time. (towing with a 2010 Colorado) The fronts were still good and I did another 15k with them. So, the wear on the rears was around 30% greater. I would like to know if that would be considered reasonable or if I should look at some suspension upgrade.
Thanks
Wukkers
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The rears will nearly always wear faster.
Does your car sag in the ring?? Suspension may not be the only issue.. theres about 500 variables that can cause it... some cars worse than others.
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How were they wearing? Unless its on the edges (and you have IRS), suspension won't make any difference.
If they are wearing evenly then your tyre pressures are correct, and there's not much you can do, except rotate them accordingly
Aaron
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lt happens , but to stop/slow this don't drive anymore , or buy new bags when they ware out .
Or walk :cheers:
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I'd say 50k is pretty good as the lad's sparky Hiace AWD only gets 30k but don't stick it on the weighbridge. When I enquired with the tyre shop if that was reasonable I was informed excellent for a van as he has paper deliverers turning in and out of driveways and chopping front tyres in under 10k. Ouch! Bear in mind they're light truck tyres (Kumho Portran KC53 at $195 each) I've had around 80k out of 13" original Yokohama radial tyres on runabout shopping trolleys but that would be max so you're doing well.
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Thanks to those who helped. As the wear was even I will rotate more frequently.
Speewa - I did try for new bags, but the current one wanted half the house and the car. SFI.
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Wukkers, It's usually heat and sun damage that ruin trailer tyres.
Possibly a bit of overloading may become an influence.
Just removed 2 Coopers off my 105r Cruiser after a decent run of 180,000Klm.
They were the last of a set from 2012, and had 3mm of tread left, mostly used on bitumen, so I think that was the key.
Rotating them front to back every 10,000 seems to be the trick, provided you have them at the right pressure to wear evenly.
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If I get 50 000 out of a set of tyres I’m stoked. 80% of my driving is inner-city driving with lots of turning into car parks etc which kill front tyres. 10% highway who is good and another 10% beach driving, but this also includes driving into and around the local town on low pressure also really kills your tyres.
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There are 3 basic actions (apart from rolling) in driving that will increase wear in tyres.
Acceleration will wear the drive wheels. And to a lesser extent maintaining the same speed
Braking will wear mostly the front wheels
Cornering will also mostly wear the front.
So a front wheel drive will wear the front. A rear wheel will be a combination of both.
The harder you drive the faster they wear.