so this video is all about my badass wheels and tires because a lot of you keep asking
questions john what are those badass wheels and tires so you know what i did i put a post out
on our instagram account i'll put the link down there for you now and said i'm making a video
about our badass wheels and tires so if you've got any questions for the video put them on the post
instagram by the way is like our what's coming soon to youtube or behind the scenes so if you
don't follow us on instagram then you should do because you get involved a little bit more with
our videos anyway back to the badass wheels and tires what exactly are they well as you can see
the badass tires are bf goodridge ko2s and they're all terrain tyres rated for mud and
snow but apparently according to the manufacturers they're made for extreme snow which probably means
they really did help out as we know as we're coming through the snow in spain a few weeks
back um and the wheels are msw wrc number fours apparently that's the best code i can find for the
suru number and the data numbers on the wheels but yeah brilliant wheels and specifically this
set combined works because as we know motor homes they're heavy so the wheels have a rating of 1500
kilograms each that's per wheel so across an axle that is 3 000 kilograms of weight that
those wheels can handle the tires their load rating is 115 and i have to look this one up
because i don't know exactly which is 2430 so just over 2400 kilograms across an axle so the wheels
far exceed the load rate of the uh the actual tires which is good in that sense but what it
means in real terms is uh you'll have a little plate on your campervan motorhome and it'll tell
you what the maximum weight of your rear axle and front axle obviously if you've got more than one
rear axle that'll be stated there as well and in this case if you've got dual axles at the back
the load rating decreases just bear in mind that anything over 2 430 kilograms across the axle and
you'll need a different load rating tire but for us that's far in excess of our load rate
tire so we're fine with that one let's crack on them with the questions that people asked what
tire pressures do you run on your new wheels and tires john no no no no let's rephrase that john
what tire pressures do you run on your badass wheels and tires thank you that's a better
question i run 50 psi at the front and 53 psi at the back and that is a really really really
really really sweet spot between wallowing like it's too soft and not having a filling shuttle
shattered out my teeth getting the feedback on the road that i want it handles fine and it still cuts
through the majority of mud and snow and all that kind of stuff so yeah sweet spot for us
you may well adjust them and to be more what you consider to be you know the the correct pressures
for you but that is something to bear in mind as well because you're probably thinking right now
that's extremely low in comparison to what you've got on your motorhome or campervan because those
tires normally say you need 70 psi or something equivalent and that's because their side wall
this bit isn't as strong as these tyres so these tyres are meant for rugged terrain and their side
wall is absolutely strong gas whereas the one on the normal tyres are not as good therefore they
need more pressure inside to retain the shape of the tire this doesn't need as much pressure inside
it to keep that shape because the side wall is doing it which means you get a more comfortable
ride it also means that in situations where you might get stuck you can really reduce that tire
pressure we've done it a couple of times we've got stuck in gravel coming out of a beach park up i
think we spotted that in a video so we reduced that on the third attempt to getting up there
and reduced them to 25 psi and that got us over the stumbling block and got us out the situation
and then as soon as i was back on the tarmac i then pumped them back up to 50 at the front
and that's it a quick tip on that one as well is if you still can't get yourself out going forwards
reverse out i've done that once in our old one um you've got to remember it's a fat ass van most of
them are most the weights in the back when you've built a motor home or camper van and stuff like
that it's not really a lot of weight in front so by reversing backwards you're getting the
benefits of rear-wheel drive car which means more control and more traction so essentially
by going backwards up a hill or something like that or across a field and you may well get better
traction you know we'll get out of a situation you otherwise couldn't get out of so a little top tip
there right back to the questions do you have any issues going from 15 inch to 16 inch no none at
all everything has been perfectly okay and there was a question somebody have related to this one
which is did your speedo need recalibrating and no strangely enough on 15-inch wheels and tires
the speedo was out say for example going down a motorway at 70 miles an hour the speedo was
actually reading 70. our gps and satnav and all that was telling us we're only doing about 65
to 66 so this was interesting when we got the 16 inch wheels and tires the speedo the gps and sat
nav and everything are all spot on now and we're doing 70 69 70 kind of things so yeah much better
next question have you noticed any difference with road noise
i really wouldn't say we have in all fairness but we didn't notice them from the
continental van contacts i think they were called or something like that or van campers
to the bfg ko2 was about the same uh a related question as well has the fuel economy changed
no but i have to have a bit of a caveat here i don't sit down i've got not got it
on a spreadsheet or anything and it's just the onboard computer on the van that i look at that
tells me my average my average didn't change it's still about 29. if i go down the motorway
we get about 38-39 we're going up mountains or you know urban areas and stuff like that
and it can drop below to 19 or something like that but i've not noticed any major i'm not chucking in
an extra you know 20 quid or something to do the same miles as they used to nothing like that so
if it is different it could be you know that it's not even a mile per gallon or two mile per gallon
something like that so the next question is a bit of a combined question is it's about
the longevity of the tyre and the cost of the tyre and they're a bit of a combined one there's a bit
of a maths involved i'll go for the cost first they're about 40 pounds cheaper in today's money
i've just looked now about 40 pounds cheaper than the michelin agilis cross climate and the
good gear cross climate and the continental van contact whatever it's called so they're cheaper
already so bear that in mind the second thing is these come with a warranty of 50 000 miles
so anything that goes wrong with the manufacturing side under 50 000 miles you get a free tire
so what can you expect to get out of it in real terms a lot of people are saying it's not uncommon
to get 60 thousand miles out of them on average though people are saying between thirty and forty
thousand miles i've done ten thousand and my tread depth has dropped one millimeter and that's on
the front and it's a front wheel drive on the back it's just under one millimeter i can't really tell
but it's not exactly as much as the front so given that there's that much tread depth still in there
of a good 10 millimeters i'm easily going to get 40 000 out of them so the michelins and
the the you know continental tires etc they are probably going to get you about 20 000 miles so
you're going to replace two lots of their tires for one of these that makes these less than half
price of the other tyres available if you work it out that way just saying their ace badass
next one is uh how have they performed in mud snow sand ice tarmac gravel etc now they perform
brilliant um ice well it's rubber it's not going to be any better it's not studded or anything
like that they don't really stop any better than a normal tyre in ice um but you know that's just
saying that in snow they were brilliant but you'd expect that because they are actually
extreme snow really rated in soft sand or hard sand they were completely okay no issues there
gravel like say we did have to drop the tire pressures once to get out other than that
no issues mud you will tear up a field you will create your own tracks going down a field because
they grip so well so probably if you do get stuck in a field drop the tire pressures again and
that'll sort you out or try and go backwards like i said that'll sort you out as far as tarmac road
handling on tarmac brilliant no problem you don't get aquaplaning or anything like that it just cuts
straight through any water on the road so whether it's dry or wet they've been absolutely brilliant
next question is do they fit straight onto the motorhome or did you have to modify anything
no no modification needed they don't touch any of the bodywork and even full travel of suspension
or full travel left to right lock at the front nothing catches anywhere on the back it was a bit
tighter but nothing catches there's not as much gap around on the back but that's pretty much
what it's like on most wheels and tires anyway on the back but yeah nothing catches or rubs
here's a really good one and recently we went for an mlt it's going to be in this week's blog um but
yeah it went for an mot the mot was due soon and i asked him about recording it and he said
unfortunately he can't record an mot legal reasons so i paid a little bit extra to have a pre mot
check so i could chat with him and record stuff so while i was doing that i said um wheels and
tires the the mot you know no problems and he went you're joking he says they're way overrated for
what's needed so that's a winner as far as an mrt is concerned very safe wheels and tires the tires
obviously still got tons of tread depth on them he actually says they're scrubbed in now aren't they
just about scrubbed in so yeah this is obviously not catching anywhere so no problems whatsoever
they are definitely road legal and we'll pass a number t they don't protrude from the body work
they're you know they're not going to catch anyone pedestrians coming past or anything like that
this one i can't answer because our van doesn't have this feature the question was has anything
to do with the new wheels and tires affected your tpms system uh tire pressure monitoring
system like i said we don't have it on our van so i can't comment on that unfortunately
if you've got tpms and you've got these wheels and tires then obviously you can comment and
let people know them um has it affected the ride and comfort of the van obviously we've
spoken about that i've adjusted the tire pressures so that i'm very happy now with
the ride and comfort of the van so i would say yes it's affected it it's much better
um and the last question is have you got stuck anywhere obviously i've mentioned about we didn't
really get stuck stuck we'd not have been towed out but you know you can reverse backwards or
drop the tire pressures and stuff like that but in any place that we've been over the last nine
months we've been totally okay even um you know muddy grass and like saying gravel embankments and
all that kind of stuff been fine if you do want to go and buy them they are linked on our website
so if you go to our website which has changed just to bear that in mind we have gone through
the rebranding of everything so we are now john and mandy and the website is john and mandy.uk
but they are listed on the motor home page so john and mandy dot uk motor home and you can just buy
them they'll get delivered next day they're on ebay if you do need to speak to elite wheels and
tires in reading which is where i bought them from and just mention about john and mandy's video and
they'll know exactly what you're talking about i'm not being facetious or anything like that
i've been cheeky but please if you have got a question and there was a chance that you didn't
pay full attention to the video please go back and watch it again and if your question is still there
and you're not called louise because if you called louise and you're watching this video
about wheels and tires you've got more important things to worry about but if yeah if you're not
called louise and if you've got a question that is valid and it isn't already answered in the video
then by all means ask down below and i'll do my best to answer them
and uh thanks very much for watching i'll go back inside now because it is freezing
and my hands i can't feel my fingers take care i'll see you on the next one
bye
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