Tony Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Why not fit them on caravans and trailers?....... At the moment they use reinforced, 6ply, 8ply or even 10ply tyres... Some have internal run-on bands which are expensive and very hard to remove and install. The reason they don't use RFT tyres is simply because there not made in 13", 14" sizes but i believe there's a huge wanting untapped market there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Fair question - although one that could be applied to why not fit RFTs to everything when the safety angle is unquestionable. To answer the original question though, probably cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 6 - 8 - 10ply tyres are far from cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 6 - 8 - 10ply tyres are far from cheap. Meant to produce than to buy (although is that the case also?). To develop RFTs for such a limited market would make them expensive. Although are RFTs still being mandatory at some point? So the range of available sizes should grow at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Mandatory in the states for cars build after a certain year. Optional in the UK but sold as a safety feature, oddly enough though safer or not the insurance fee remains the same RFT'S for caravans and trailers would have a huge market because they cannot downgrade the tyre rating meaning and RFT could cover all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 RFT'S for caravans and trailers would have a huge market because they cannot downgrade the tyre rating meaning and RFT could cover all. In that case you may have found yourself a little business opportunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hmm maybe so, maybe so indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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