[H2GoKent]

Bought a cheap second hand van, looked alright, tyres ok etc.

One of the tyres was a car tyre! Not rated for commercial use so has a smaller load rating, had it blown out and caused a crash I would be liable, possibly for manslaughter. The tyre looked identical to the others. The way to tell is look for the telltale letter C it should have. IE 185/65/R14C
Lugging 500litres of water around I was asking for trouble.

[wpclean]

The tyre walls are thicker I think, I always go for Continentals.

[Perfect Windows]

Bought a cheap second hand van, looked alright, tyres ok etc.

One of the tyres was a car tyre! Not rated for commercial use so has a smaller load rating, had it blown out and caused a crash I would be liable, possibly for manslaughter. The tyre looked identical to the others. The way to tell is look for the telltale letter C it should have. IE 185/65/R14C
Lugging 500litres of water around I was asking for trouble.

I bet loads of windies are running vans on car tyres.  Many years ago, I was a courier and I was always being told I was wasting my cash having van tyres on.  I'm sure some on here will be the same.

Vin

[stuart mc]

I have checked on lots of tyre websites with my van reg, it always comes up with peug expert panel van and the tyres required, and they are not c rated, I have been stopped and checked by traffic police and they have never mentioned the c rating and they were pretty severe on their checks

are you sure it doesn't only apply to larger vans

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Don't know anything about the "c" but I always put reinforced tyres on the van.

[AuRavelling79]

When I ran my Doblo with 400L I always bought reinforced tyres. But if I was delivering crisps or flowers then I see no need.

My current - bigger - van is so obviously a "commercial van" that there is (quite rightly) little choice in the matter.

[H2GoKent]

I have checked on lots of tyre websites with my van reg, it always comes up with peug expert panel van and the tyres required, and they are not c rated, I have been stopped and checked by traffic police and they have never mentioned the c rating and they were pretty severe on their checks

are you sure it doesn't only apply to larger vans

Well this was at National Tyres.
I would imagine it depends on your load. With a full tank and all my gear I must be carting 650-700kg around, and then theres me. I'm a few kilos. My van is a scudo 815kg max load, that of course includes driver
I think it's one of those cases that if you had a crash cos of your tyre blowing they would look a lot closer...
the idea of being prosecuted bothers me less than the idea of wiping out someone's family on the motorway.

[stuart mc]

from the national tyres website after in putting my reg


 Your vehicle (registration SM53***) has been identified as a 2003 PEUGEOT DIESEL PANEL VAN (EXPERT DIESEL).

The following tyre specifications are associated with your vehicle:  195/14/70T/91



T rated not C

[Scrimble]

had it blown out and caused a crash I would be liable, possibly for manslaughter.

lol

[H2GoKent]

had it blown out and caused a crash I would be liable, possibly for manslaughter.

lol

At the risk of feeding a troll I will respond

If you fail to maintain your vehicle and you cause a fatal accident they will throw the book at you.

[H2GoKent]

from the national tyres website after in putting my reg


 Your vehicle (registration SM53***) has been identified as a 2003 PEUGEOT DIESEL PANEL VAN (EXPERT DIESEL).

The following tyre specifications are associated with your vehicle:  195/14/70T/91



T rated not C

Pass, all I know is car tyres are a lower weight rating are not suitable for a van with half of ton water in. Maybe I got the c bit wrong.

[stuart mc]

from the national tyres website after in putting my reg


 Your vehicle (registration SM53***) has been identified as a 2003 PEUGEOT DIESEL PANEL VAN (EXPERT DIESEL).

The following tyre specifications are associated with your vehicle:  195/14/70T/91



T rated not C

Pass, all I know is car tyres are a lower weight rating are not suitable for a van with half of ton water in. Maybe I got the c bit wrong.

no you got the C bit correct, c of commercial use, but a vehicle has a payload and the tyre recommended has to be able to take that payload, c is better but nothing wrong with a lower rating unless someone can tell me otherwise, and you can have a blowout with a C rated tyre just the same as a T rated tyre, just slow down stick on hazards and go to hard shoulder

my brother agrees with you totally and I hope someone can prove me wrong and prove it, then I will replace all my tyres but until then T will do for me

I am sure though that C is for larger vans like transits and bigger

[rosskesava]

About 2 or 3 years back I had a blow out and put the spare on. I got a replacement tyre at a garage as the one that had blown was almost shredded in places. What ever it was I gone over on the motorway done the tyre in completely.

My van failed the mot about a month later because the tyre was the wrong type for my transit connect. The bloke said I needed a 'van' tyre, what ever that is.

£30 later, it passed the mot next day.

[scud]

  It is entirely conceivable that I could easily carry 5 people in my car that would weigh in the same as my van loaded up.

  Do I need to change my tyres on the car for this eventuality?

  I run car tyres on my Berlingo, not only that I go down the scrappy and buy them at a tenner a piece, the ones on the front are a different profile height to the rear, it passed the MOT with no problems and drives/steers and stops just fine.

  Some people are just the ticket for spending more money at these places.

[Rob Knapman]

Your van will have an axle weight plate somewhere, you should use the correct weight rated tyre accordingly, have a look here...http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/load-and-speed-indexes-advice.html
Click on the load index button...

[steve m]

well if your van has an average payload of 600kg, minus your weight I bet the amount left wouldnt be the weight of four large aduldts, which is wht a normal car would carry. Once you get into the realm of 1000kg and over thats different, but below that I wouldnt bother