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I believe you’re referring to the change of load rating which led to replacement of tyres across the fleet (2013?) after a number of failures. I gather the issue was that the load rating specified at commissioning proved insufficient in op use (/abuse?). Switch was made to higher load rated version, pity the poor buggers that had to change all those tyres. Such is the story I heard. Not a BFG fanboy btw, I‘ve been running Coopers and before that Goodyear Wranglers (Jeep).
The tires were stored stacked horizontally (I’m no tire expert but apparently that causes delamination). And this wasn’t when they were first released. They’d been rolled out under Land 121 with the vehicles themselves at least a few years earlier.
Oh, interesting. To the heart of the discussion though - anything to learn from ADF use (other than how NOT to store them?) @CheJ ?The tires were stored stacked horizontally (I’m no tire expert but apparently that causes delamination). And this wasn’t when they were first released. They’d been rolled out under Land 121 with the vehicles themselves at least a few years earlier.
So I think in this case we can let BFG of the hook
Not that I’m aware of. They are a fairly proven tire and were a big improvement over what was on the land rovers (they weren’t even all terrains and to be honest I’ve forgotten which tire that was). Others may have more experience to share but my experience was that it was a capable off road tire, not great but not awful in wet weather and fairly quiet and subdued on the highway considering it’s off-road capability. Oh and the tire life was excellent.
Yes and as per my comment above the tires were stacked horizontally with plywood in between the “layers”. This goes against the storage advice for unmounted tires from Michelin. That would be the something else.
~ every tyre manufacturer seems to have a slightly different view on it however:
Ha! I wonder if we can find 20 different recommendationsThat's good stuff
Storing tyres | Continental tyres
Whether you're switching to winter tires or to summer tires, it's important to think about how you store your off-season set. Here's a step-by-step guide.www.continental-tyres.co.uk
I've always stored mine standing up (vertically), and in the middle of the season I give them all a little rotation so they aren't standing on the same spot for six months. Since everyone's got a different idea, I'll just keep doing that!
Ha! I wonder if we can find 20 different recommendations
You habe to distinguish between diagonal tyres and radial tyres. On series 2a I have cross ply ones. After a few weeks they run out of round in the first few miles. This does not happen with radial tyres.
It's not that it can't stand its own weight - it's that it will cause uneven stress leading to indentations at the point of contact relative tot he rest of the tire. That indentation will exacerbate and compound as the tire is used, particularly at higher speeds eventually causing component failure. The failure might not even be the tire. I foolishly drove for 5000km (a long time ago - I'm hopefully less foolish today) on a mud terrain with an impact break and can attest to the fact that not only will the tire fail but you will probably destroy the shock too.
Sorry I should have said I was veering slightly off the main topic - was just sharing something I thought was interesting about how sensitive tires are to poor maintenance and how you can see the impact in a real world scenario.
