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Is this tyre safe?

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    #32
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,618 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Might be due up soon for its service. Semi states should have an operation based on mileage of run hours. Maybe ask him if its coming up?


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    #33
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    I’d never replace one tyre


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    #34
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    what's your spare like? If it's better, I'd stick it on and keep this for an emergency .


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    #35
    Dirty Nails
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭Dirty Nails


    Rockfish wrote: »
    Company van, wanted to get anew tire, Boss said no, its fine. Thread depth is juts below 3mm so legally ok but it looks very worn along the edges. is he being unreasonable?

    NZKSFVR

    https://ibb.co/NZKSFVR


    If it's a company van & especially semi state,do you not have to fill the daily walk -around sheet?
    Mark it as a defect & report it to your fleet manager. If you're the only driver,it's your responsibility & not your bosses opinion that counts.
    Cover your own back first.
    Tyre looks like it was underpressured.


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    #36
    landcrzr
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭landcrzr


    If you're driving a commercial vehicle for work, you're probably completing a daily vehicle checklist. Note your concern on that and tell your boss. Keep noting the issue until it's sorted. If you're stopped by a garda, show them your checklist history, likewise in the event of an accident.


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    #37
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,953 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    I’d never replace one tyre
    So if you put four new tyres on your vehicle and then one suffers catastrophic damage the following day, you'd replace all four tyres again?


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    #38
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,505 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    waste of time reporting anything. boss alread showed you they dont care.

    i would find an quiete road somewhere on your normal route and let the air out then drive for a bit the inside of the tire will be ruined and the tire fitters will condem it.put a nail in it and put on the spare . then tell your boss you got a puncture on the motorway and couldnt pull in for a few hundred yards due to the road being narrow and unsafe.


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    #39
    1874
    Registered Users Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭1874


    Seve OB wrote: »
    Heaven forbid someone spills a few nails and you accidentally drive over them


    I wouldnt bother, it will look intentional
    Too late now, but Id have discreetly recorded that conversation, and put it in writing too.
    for someone pottering around locally,Id say it could be ok,
    Id replace that on my car, and for a work vehicle, definitely.


    But I would not pay for it myself, report it in writing, make note of highlighting it, keep records. drive with consideration of the tyre.
    Putting the spare on sounds like a good idea, if its ok.

    I dont know how a business can take the risk


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    #40
    delboythedub
    Registered Users Posts: 331 ✭✭delboythedub


    Rockfish wrote: »
    Company van, wanted to get anew tire, Boss said no, its fine. Thread depth is juts below 3mm so legally ok but it looks very worn along the edges. is he being unreasonable?

    NZKSFVR

    https://ibb.co/NZKSFVR
    Bring your van to a tyre centre and seek their advice. If tyre is bad and van is in an accident Gardai will hold on to van.


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    #41
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Get two tyres , hate mismatched tyres


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    #42
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,260 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    So if you put four new tyres on your vehicle and then one suffers catastrophic damage the following day, you'd replace all four tyres again?

    Clearly they meant replace at least 2 at a time.
    In your example, if the tyres are brand new, obviously it would be perfectly fine to replace a damaged one with an identical one but in the ops case, the tyre in question is nearing end of life and so surely both tyres should be replaced.


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    #43
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,953 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    mickdw wrote: »
    Clearly they meant replace at least 2 at a time.
    In your example, if the tyres are brand new, obviously it would be perfectly fine to replace a damaged one with an identical one but in the ops case, the tyre in question is nearing end of life and so surely both tyres should be replaced.
    Relax - it was tongue in cheek as they used the word 'never'.


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    #44
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Get two tyres , hate mismatched tyres

    his Boss won't let him buy one, how will he get two?


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    #45
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Isambard wrote: »
    his Boss won't let him buy one, how will he get two?

    His boss needs to do what he’s told , health and safety polices trump gob****e tight boss relics from the past

    Get a report from a tyre fitter in the tyre


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    #46
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    His boss needs to do what he’s told , health and safety polices trump gob****e tight boss relics from the past

    Get a report from a tyre fitter in the tyre

    I think the idea of a boss is that you do what he tells you not the other way around. Faux outrage aside the most the op can do is record it on his driver's sheet.


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    #47
    Banana Republic 1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭Banana Republic 1


    Rockfish wrote: »
    Company van, wanted to get anew tire, Boss said no, its fine. Thread depth is juts below 3mm so legally ok but it looks very worn along the edges. is he being unreasonable?

    NZKSFVR

    https://ibb.co/NZKSFVR

    No it’s not safe, the tyres are the only thing holding you on the road.


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    #48
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Banana Republic 1 wrote: »
    No it’s not safe, the tyres are the only thing holding you on the road.

    Health and safety tells the boss what to do


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    #49
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Health and safety tells the boss what to do

    Which, by the letter of the law, this tyre passes. I wouldn't use it myself but I've been lucky with work vehicle owners, unfortunately the op hasn't.


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