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Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby moley551 » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:38 pm

The lad turned up for work this morning giggling like a school girl when he came in, that we weren't going anywhere for a while..WTF perfect start to a sh*t day. Flat tyre!
Blew the bugger up, drive to tyre place, big nail and damage inside the tyre so it looks like low pressure damage and possibly age cracks. Can't get a Vanco 2 to match the new spare tyre to give a new pair on the front so opted for two new Vanco 200. When they removed the 2nd tyre it's also got big splits and lots of cracks and that one has never run on low pressure or had any impacts, the last two pictures are from the second tyre, both tyres had 3mm + of tread so could have done another few months at least...-£240 start to the day. "Bloody tyres"
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby jinx » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:04 am

That looks terrible . sorry cant give any advice on the tyres but i can recommend Bilberry wheel cleaner :wink:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby bigjohnthomas » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:14 am

what was the date on them :?:
i have a tyre dating fetish atm :oops:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby moley551 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:21 am

jinx wrote:That looks terrible . sorry cant give any advice on the tyres but i can recommend Bilberry wheel cleaner :wink:

Ha ha it's a tramps chariot!, it's got supaguard or some sh*t on the wheels so just a sponge gets the crap off, might treat it to a summer wash.
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby moley551 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:00 am

bigjohnthomas wrote:what was the date on them :?:
i have a tyre dating fetish atm :oops:

I didn't think of looking at the manufacture date untill after we left the tyre fitters, I normally put new on the front and the fronts get moved to the rear but it can't of worked out like that because this tyre had been repaired and I've only had one done in 2014/15 which makes me think this tyre is possibly the original, factory fitted in Mid 2013 can a van tyre do 88k miles fitted to the rear of a fully loaded van?
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby moley551 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:43 pm

Spoke to my tyre chap today, the tyres are indeed the original tyres made in 2013 and have done 88,000 miles.
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby richbee » Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:10 pm

moley551 wrote:Spoke to my tyre chap today, the tyres are indeed the original tyres made in 2013 and have done 88,000 miles.


Doesn't sound quite so bad when you look at it like that :D
Hope mine last that long
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby S60r » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:33 am

I think that’s great mileage from a van tyre!

Bad start to the day as you say but at least you are safe again... that looks like they were ready to fail....could have been bad :shock:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby bigjohnthomas » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:42 am

Yeah good mileage, mines on 75k and what must be it's second set of tyres :? (as I don't think they come with landsails's from ford :lol: ) are a tad illegal now :oops:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby loot » Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:02 pm

Mines on 13000 miles with the second set of tyres on it :mrgreen:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby bigjohnthomas » Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:51 pm

One of your sets lives in a hotel though :lol:
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby loot » Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:48 pm

bigjohnthomas wrote:One of your sets lives in a hotel though :lol:

:lol: yes :? Can't get them back either
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby richbee » Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:18 pm

loot wrote:Mines on 13000 miles with the second set of tyres on it :mrgreen:

Is that on 18" wheels?
That's a bit scary
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Re: Vanco 2 tyre caution

Postby loot » Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:30 pm

Nah custom ones, they took off the conti ones and poor Michelin's on, I think it was located in Scotland so a good set of snow tyres fitted.
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