9.00-13 Tyres

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by FV623
The problem Richard, as given to me from a UK supplier, is that they understand the adopted EU law requires every tyre they sell, as a commercial outlet, be approved to the exhaustively documented EU standards and so marked with the E mark and the spec approval number.

If a tyre is unapproved, which is likely unless the market is tens of thousands minimum owing to the horrendous cost of submitting to EU approval, then the only option to sell legally is to mark these "implement" no matter what they really are, whereupon it is up to the user to ensure the application is commensurate with the limits of this requirement, i.e. the supplier is off the hook.

Richard,
Yes, I am aware of the E mark business. Point I was making was that these are not agricultural or implement tyres. Having been involved in agricultural engineering many years ago, I am aware that some tyres of this size are made for that purpose, for trailed machinery. There was one on a stall at the last Beltring, I would definetly not fit it on anything going over 20mph. They usually have a wide, wavy grooved tread.

There is a rule, details not to hand, that states that vehicles made before a certain date, and I think it is 1949, that require special tyres unavailable in EU, can import non-E mark tyres for their use.

Richard