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muddyweb:
I've added a few bits of information as an article, just so it doesn't get lost :

http://members.mud-club.com/library/?articleid=22

Tony F:
All good stuff and I was quite aware that my BFG MT's are Q rated (100mph) but to be honest I have no idea what the rated top speed of my Disco is? (3.9 V8i Auto) from previous comments, am I to believe the old lump can top the ton? I once took it to 90 and that was plenty fast enough thank you (I must get new springs and shocks)!

However before fitting them, I wrote to my insurers (rather than rely on a phone conversation) telling them the size and type of tyre I was intending to fit, what wheels they would be fitted to (I was changing these too) and of course, they know what vehicle I have. They had no problem with my final choice of 245/75R16 MT's on steel modulars.

Dave:
Tim if i had an accidents at say 30 mph in a disco and had some tyre that were rated less to the car. The insurance could and most likely would not pay out.
 How would that work with a sankey trailer. Is the trailer graded by the car pulling it

muddyweb:
That's an interestign question Dave...

I'll have a dig around and see if I can find out.   A Sankey might be a bad example though, since a lot of them aren't legal to be towed by a civvy vehicle... some of them fall foul of not having auto-reversing brakes, and the like.  Thankfully, things are a bit fuzzy in terms of identifying when a Sankey was built and most police officers don't know the ins and outs ;-)

muddyweb:
Just thinking about it....  the maximum speed for a trailer is 60mph...  so I would guess that a tyre needs to have the correct speed rating for this.  To tow a trailer faster is breaking the law anyway ;-)

One of the main issues with trailer tyres can be load ratings.  The tyres should have a suitable load rating to match the trailer / axle weights.

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