Tyre pradicament.

[muddyjames]

This weekend I will be towing my caravan to a canal festival to help set it up and run it. ot a normal holiday I know! However, I have been told the site was spongy last weekend so after all thie rain I am going to uess it will be a bit boggy. Maybe time to play the towing in vehicles game!  :D

So due to this and mpg being poor anyway I have some options of tyres.

I generally run on bfg at's. they worked well last year but struggled sometimes when you put a 6 wheel campervan on a tow rope!

I have a set of grizzly claws too. These arent very good on road and th caravan doesnt handle very well with the bfg's on so towing with all the grizzlys onis a no no.

what if I were to put the grizzlys on the back and keep the bfg's on the front? Is that a, an allowed combination and b; be ok to tow with?

Only other option I have is change all 4 tyres when I get there and again change back for journey home. In a muddy field that wont be fun. I could just leave the bfg's on.

I am coming home after the weekend and going back again next wednesday so Imay tow caravan to site on friday with bfg's on, sus out site and then change the rear tyres and just tow home on the grizzly / bfg combo.

anyone any thoughts?

[J B]

dont mix and match, thats asking for trouble, i's stick with the bfg's and use diff lock when needed

[muddyjames]

I know a council that has landies and has mud tyres on the rear and road on the front.

I was using diff lock alot last year. I did 80 miles driving around a field towing various combinations of things in and out and through the mud! 1 tow was 2 disco's together to get a uton transit out the mud!! :lol:

[mike142sl]

Take the grizzlies and change them when you're there - but find somewhere suitable to change them i.e. not on the muddy field.

[bilge rat]

hi james , cant help on the tyre thing got one on a/t's and blue on muds . but as you say it sups the juice and dont tow too well . what show is it  ?. is it a good un might take a run iff its close ..alan...

[muddyjames]

It is the Inland Waterways assoc' (IWA) national waterways festival. It is over in Wolverhampton.

There is WOW (wild over waterways) which is loads of kids activities to do, hundreds of narrow boats on the canal, narrow boats are being craned in on land to look around and loads of other stuff going on too and an arena. Not sure who they have doing stuff but usualy there is stuff for kids to take part in at some point too. I believe it is the biggest voluntary run festival in the UK. Everyone in a IWA blue t shirt or red WRG (waterway recovery group) t shirt are all volunteers. I am in charge of the main car park which is a free park and ride over the bank holiday in 2 weekends time. so if you come I will probably end up parking you!!

For opening times and prices etc go to here.

If you come along come and say hi to me. I will have my disco obviously and have a orange beacon flashing too!!  :roll: ooh the power you feel with that on but really you have none!

Sorry mods if this is classed as advertising. Not sure if I am allowed to post this. He did ask! It is all for my hobby too andnot commercial to a company of my own.  :-k

[clbarclay]

I would take both sets if you think your likely to get stuck on just the ATs.

Take a suitable board if you don't already have one to go under the jack to stop it sinking into the ground, a short length of scaffold batton works well, and a good sheet (awning ground sheet) to cover up dirty tyres so you don't get the inside of the caravan filthy when you take them off to go home.

[muddyjames]

would 2 grizzlys on the back be ol for pottering around the field so I only take 2 tyres instead of 4?

[Range Rover Blues]

Possibly, mix and match in low box only :-k but in no way would I advise towing on grizzliles, the rearoverhang means it's the back one that's working hard and you know how I feel about remoulds at the best of times.

Snow chains are another solution to mud tyres :?

[muddyjames]

So really a no all round to any grizzly idea except for off road but certainly no towing on them.  :?

[Range Rover Blues]

That would be my advice.

[jjsaul]

If it's where I think then its about 5-10 mins from my house...

Any MC-ers around on saturday (im busy on sunday) drop me a PM / email or phone me 07711 279499 and come say hello  :)