Neil
Observer
Toby
I think you should consider the Sound advice given by Geo.Lander and Joe917. Nearly every traveller I have met on the road has had huge issues with sourcing 20 Inch tyres. They simply dont exist in many countries.
I am aware of a traveller in a 1017 like mine that drove over 300 km from within Aregentina to a supplier in Chile who claimed he had two. Upon arrival they only had one and I could have bought three 22.5 tyres for the price of that one .
Getting them shipped out is relatively easy. Getting them out of customs would probably be an absolute nightmare. You could easily ( and this is common ) find that you have to leave the country because your visa has run out having paid huge amounts of money and the items still haven't cleared customs.
Items such as tyres will have to arrive with loads of paperwork showing that they comply with the local laws and customs .
My experience is that these departments wont try too hard to help you out. If there is a problem, maybe one form missing or incorrect , then they will simply put it in the too difficult box and deal with the next customer.
An example of how awkward and tough it can be would be , I shipped one credit card from the UK via DHL to a hotel in Ecuador. I paid £75 in the UK for a door to door service that guaranteed no extra charges and a no problem customs clearance. It arrived in Ecuador on day 4. On day 86 ( 4 days before my visa ran out ) after literally dozens of Phone calls and another $120 USD in extra charges I got it. Ecuador is a very civilised country . I cannot imagine the grief of trying to get a set of tyres through customs. I would imagine the charges would be far in excess of the cost of the tyres.
There is a lot said for buying the common sizes .
I fear you might be making you decision based on less that 0.5 % of your journey , when you need to air down. As Joe says you can air down 22.5 . I have successfully run mine at 1.5 bar. I doubt you can get much lower on the 20 inch rims, although I do accept that the tyre bede and rim on the 20 inch ones lend themselves better to airing down.
Buying 6 tyres and rims is a very expensive outlay, make sure you have considered all your options .
Good luck and can we have a few photos of you truck .
Cheers
Neil
I think you should consider the Sound advice given by Geo.Lander and Joe917. Nearly every traveller I have met on the road has had huge issues with sourcing 20 Inch tyres. They simply dont exist in many countries.
I am aware of a traveller in a 1017 like mine that drove over 300 km from within Aregentina to a supplier in Chile who claimed he had two. Upon arrival they only had one and I could have bought three 22.5 tyres for the price of that one .
Getting them shipped out is relatively easy. Getting them out of customs would probably be an absolute nightmare. You could easily ( and this is common ) find that you have to leave the country because your visa has run out having paid huge amounts of money and the items still haven't cleared customs.
Items such as tyres will have to arrive with loads of paperwork showing that they comply with the local laws and customs .
My experience is that these departments wont try too hard to help you out. If there is a problem, maybe one form missing or incorrect , then they will simply put it in the too difficult box and deal with the next customer.
An example of how awkward and tough it can be would be , I shipped one credit card from the UK via DHL to a hotel in Ecuador. I paid £75 in the UK for a door to door service that guaranteed no extra charges and a no problem customs clearance. It arrived in Ecuador on day 4. On day 86 ( 4 days before my visa ran out ) after literally dozens of Phone calls and another $120 USD in extra charges I got it. Ecuador is a very civilised country . I cannot imagine the grief of trying to get a set of tyres through customs. I would imagine the charges would be far in excess of the cost of the tyres.
There is a lot said for buying the common sizes .
I fear you might be making you decision based on less that 0.5 % of your journey , when you need to air down. As Joe says you can air down 22.5 . I have successfully run mine at 1.5 bar. I doubt you can get much lower on the 20 inch rims, although I do accept that the tyre bede and rim on the 20 inch ones lend themselves better to airing down.
Buying 6 tyres and rims is a very expensive outlay, make sure you have considered all your options .
Good luck and can we have a few photos of you truck .
Cheers
Neil
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