50 Tyron Bands Installed onto Land Rover Defenders Heading to Africa in North London

Once every few years, we do work for a local fabrication company that specialises in building armoured Land Rover Defenders that transport cash around Africa.

Their recent consignment consisted of building and fitting out ten new Defenders with a set of Tyron safety bands.

Tyron bands are fitted inside the wheel so if the tyre is shoot out in an attempted robbery the vehicle can still be driven to a safe location before the tyre is replaced or the spare is fitted, they were originally created for the army to fit to their Land Rovers in Northern Ireland during the troubles.

This also makes them very popular in the UK for caravan owners. If the caravan has a blow out the car and caravan can be pulled over to the side of the road in safety.

As we don't have enough space on the van to carry 50 sets of bands, these were sent via pallet directly to the fabricator's warehouse where we would spend an estimated 8-10 hours demounting, installing the bands and then remounting the tyres.

Arriving at the address, eight vehicles were parked outside with another two in the workshop being finished off – talk about cutting it close! Although it's a relatively 'simple' process, it takes time, patience and practice to work with these tyres bands. The job involves removing the wheels from the vehicle, breaking the top bead and then compressing the tyre down so the Tyron Band can be fitted in the wheel well. Once the Tyron Band has been installed the tyre is inflated and balanced. Then you just fit them back on the vehicle with a sticker that shows the wheel has had a Tyron Band fitted. This alerts the next person who is going to change the tyre so they can remove the Tyron Band before trying to take the tyre off.

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If you have a Caravan, Motor Home (or maybe an armoured Land Rover) and would like to have Tyron Bands fitted to keep your tyre on the wheel if you have a blow-out call Hometyre on 0333 444 5454 and we will come to you and fit them.