Qbgrey 4,114 Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Can anyone help.i have a crewcab transit tipper,ive seen somewere that you have to put on the tyre size stated in the cab.(assuming its on sticker somewere) or vosa will fine you.i wsnted to put 2 new front tyres on a bit wider than 185,s.thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizlauk 1,568 Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 As I believe, As long as both tyres on the axle are the same size & correct rating, you can put whatever size you want on, my transit is fitted with 215/75/16 alround! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,114 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Cheers ,i know for a car thats correct,but because of carrying wieght thought you may have to stick to correct size.that vosa gang can cost you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,582 Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, Qbgrey said: Cheers ,i know for a car thats correct,but because of carrying wieght thought you may have to stick to correct size.that vosa gang can cost you. You can't put smaller size tyres on but you can put bigger ones on is/was the rules when I worked in commercial motors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,114 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Thanks gents Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil82 1,080 Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 there will be a load index number on the sidewall of the original tyres, as long as you don`t go below that and they are fitted in pairs or axle sets I can`t see any reason for them to have a problem, the test manuals are available on line if you want to check on test standards but some of it is a bit vague Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,772 Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 10 hours ago, Qbgrey said: Thanks gents I,ve had transits from mark 1 onwards and they have gone 14” 15” 16 so pretty much all sizes if you have a twin wheeler on the back axle you will need to keep the skinny front tyres for if you have a puncture and need to swap a front and back over the tyres are a bit thinner on the twin wheelers to stop them touching when you have a load on and they spread a little on the bottom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,114 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Cheers greyman,was only going to widen front 2 from 185s to 205s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stoney100 1,179 Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Greyman said: I,ve had transits from mark 1 onwards and they have gone 14” 15” 16 so pretty much all sizes if you have a twin wheeler on the back axle you will need to keep the skinny front tyres for if you have a puncture and need to swap a front and back over the tyres are a bit thinner on the twin wheelers to stop them touching when you have a load on and they spread a little on the bottom I jumped on at mk5 and had a mk6 to.......must admit I loved my original mk5 smiley.....graft all day and cheap to run but the mk6 was wank and I don’t miss it one one bit lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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