The numbers on a tire's sidewall provide information about its size, manufacture date, load rating, speed rating, and maximum ...

To find the optimal tyre for your vehicle, tyre specialist Les Richardson, vice chairperson of the Tyre, Equipment and Parts Association (Tepa), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry ...

Tyres include a lot of information on their sidewalls. Those markings indicate a variety of different aspects of a tyre’s design, structure and age – among other things – and can help you learn a ...

The sidewall of a modern car tyre is at first sight a confusing mixture of numbers, letters, codes and symbols that means absolutely nothing to the man in the street! And yet cracking the code reveals ...

Your average 4x4 dual cab ute has a one tonne payload rating and can tow up to 3.5 tonnes of braked trailer. Many mid-sized commercial vans can also carry at least one tonne and large vans and their ...

It is not illegal to use tyres of different load ratings on the same vehicle as long as they are within the minimum threshold specified by the vehicle manufacturer. In terms of safety, it is more ...