Thanks Skidpan. Your point about flat spots is important for us especially when we have a 1 tonne+ horse in the back and we'll watch the driving characteristics loaded & unloaded. The date code on the tyres shows that they are the same year as the vehicle.

Thanks for coming back...good example to some posters who ask then vanish.

Inner wheels are difficult to examine properly, it's a case of getting down and dirty and in a typical busy stables isn't going to be a priority which it should, maintaining tyre pressures are doubly important on double tyred hubs as a visual check isn't good enough, too easy for a tyre to be low on pressure for months on end and it's partner is doing all the work, then when one goes it takes the other (which was nearly flat anyway) out too.

Most important to check the inner walls on all tyres single or double, sometimes they can start to crack up on the inside bead before showing deterioration anywhere else...sun damage isn't conrtibuting there but arguably the rubber never gets cleaned of contaminats either.

Make sure you know the correct tyres pressures for the expected load range, higher than some people think, if you want some advice call at a tyre shop that caters for lorries not just cars, the lads there will be able to advise you correctly and they'll check them for you too.

Edited by gordonbennet on 18/05/2015 at 10:26