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DOE Test - Tyre tread depth

Bitten & Hisses · 2010-05-13 10:33:27

(I guess Slidey is the right man to answer this one) Just wondering, when testing a LGV, does the 1.6mm tread depth rule apply, or is a stricter limit enforced? i.e. can a tester reasonably fail a vehicle with 1.8 or 2.0 or 2.5 mm tread depth, or is 1.6mm the limit?

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13-05-2010 11:33am

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Bitten & Hisses

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(I guess Slidey is the right man to answer this one)
Just wondering, when testing a LGV, does the 1.6mm tread depth rule apply, or is a stricter limit enforced? i.e. can a tester reasonably fail a vehicle with 1.8 or 2.0 or 2.5 mm tread depth, or is 1.6mm the limit?

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#2 13-05-2010 8:15pm
Cmar-Ireland

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The DOE manual states less than 1.6mm will result in a fail.

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#3 13-05-2010 8:47pm
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1.6 is the limit across 75% of the central thread pattern of the tyre.

HGV test now has an option of a fail advisory, can't think what that limit is at the mo, could be 3mm.

Hope that helps

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#4 14-05-2010 9:05am
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Exactly what I wanted to know, thanks a mill.

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