First puncture in caravan tyre and hopefully the last !!
Arrived at storage site this afternoon to remove cover and get ready for trip tomorrow to Norfolk and one of tyres completely flat !!
Took to Kwik Fit and it has a massive screw in the tyre near the edge so can't be repaired
Not good when we are supposed to be leaving tomorrow morning
Currently has Hankook 175/65 R14 86T and the closest they had was a Michelin at £91
Have looked online and can get the Hankook for just over £32 delivered but not until next week
Have decided to swap the new spare onto the alloy and have a budget tyre with a lower load rating fitted as the spareD4 2010 HSE Santorini Black
D3 2005 SE Java Black - p/x to D4
D2 2001 GS - p/x to D3
D1 1998 - p/x to D2
18th Jul 2015 9:41 pm
trev 1
Member Since: 09 Sep 2014
Location: Seaton, Hull
Posts: 212
Know the feeling, had the same problem a couple of years ago on the morning we where setting off, tried all over to get a tyre, no one stocked them, local caravan dealer helped us out in the end lent me a wheel until we got back, by this time my local tyre firm got me a new tyre.
18th Jul 2015 10:38 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
cant believe your worried about small beer money...just do it and go
19th Jul 2015 1:53 am
mcsimmo
Member Since: 08 Aug 2011
Location: North of the south
Posts: 1795
Spooky, I just had a similar experience.
Got my first ever puncture just 4 miles short of the CL site we were going to. It was the front tyre on the nearside. Big gouge in the sidewall. I lifted the suspension and took it very steady to the site as we were on narrow lanes and stopping to change would be dangerous.
Got to the site, couldn't get the wheel off, so good job I didn't try on the road. Got the spare out, and it was 7 years old, despite the van being only 5.
So I rung Kwik Fit and ordered 2 tyres, (2 or more and onsite fitting and disposal is free!) 3 days later, as the tyres had to be ordered, and on the dot, their guy arrived on site. 2 new Goodyears for £107. Great service.Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
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