Does anyone know of a link to something that confirms whether or not all new tyres supplied in this country have to be E marked?
The reason I ask is that I had a trailer this morning which had a pair of very cheap looking Chinese made 11R22.5 tyres that I couldn’t find an E mark on anywhere (made by a company called Austone if I remember right).
It also had two (that were E marked) made by the “Shandong Ling Long Rubber Company” which made me laugh a bit too.
Paul
not sure about an E mark Paul but they are being recalled in the USA due to dangerous disintigration already blamed for at least 2 deaths CLICK HERE
repton:
Does anyone know of a link to something that confirms whether or not all new tyres supplied in this country have to be E marked?Paul
Hi Paul,
This LINK might help. It’s primarily about re-treads, but it does mention new tyres part way down the page as well.
I hope this helps, if not it might be a start. 
Well I spoke to the fitter and the trailer is due in for service in a week or so and so he’s going to take the wheel off and see if there’s an E marking on the other side of the tyre as it seems they’re only obliged by law to put the E marking on one face so it could be on the inside.
If it turns out it isn’t E marked then the tyre company that supplied it is going to get their arse kicked as the company I’m working for spend about 25k a year with them and so they should know better than to supply dodgy tyres…
Paul
please post the out come of what happens i have been asking questions to tyre fitters about this they do,nt know i have a tyre on my lift axle with no e mark
although it passed an mot ! the make of the tyre is long march
repton:
Well I spoke to the fitter and the trailer is due in for service in a week or so and so he’s going to take the wheel off and see if there’s an E marking on the other side of the tyre as it seems they’re only obliged by law to put the E marking on one face so it could be on the inside.Paul
Thats quite funny as today. I received notification from Michelin that a small batch of front motorcycle tyres were affected by delamination at speed. I was looking for the numbers concerned and they were all printed on the low side. The side that the stand is on so it makes it very difficult to read.
I only managed to read the numbers when I used a paddock stand
Mine are ok as they were made in Spain and the numbers I was looking for designated
repton:
Well I spoke to the fitter and the trailer is due in for service in a week or so and so he’s going to take the wheel off and see if there’s an E marking on the other side of the tyre as it seems they’re only obliged by law to put the E marking on one face so it could be on the inside.If it turns out it isn’t E marked then the tyre company that supplied it is going to get their arse kicked as the company I’m working for spend about 25k a year with them and so they should know better than to supply dodgy tyres…
Paul
this is correct…the cheap chinese tyres will have the english writing on 1 side and chinese on the other.the E mark is on the english side or it should be.