Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:49:31 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Hoop Humbug----
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Why is it that you think all foreign manufactures are tryting to kill
you.
You're going to have to face the facts they just think their tires are
better than Coopers.
See if this helps any. Good info even if it doesn't help this time.
----------- FYI ---------------------
here's what "The Pocket Ref"* has to say..."the code is XXYY MMM999. The
XX is the manufacturer, the YY is the tire size. MMM is the optional
tire code and the 999 is the date of manufacture. For more details
request a copy of "Part 574 - Tire Code" from the U.S. Departmant of
Transportation."
* an absolutely indispensible book from Sequoia Press. Don't leave home
without it!
Jim Arnott
List Admin
WetWesties
Union, OR
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If the last group in the serial number is a total of 3, then the tire was
made
in 99 and back. Of the 3, the 1st 2 are the week, the last is the year.
i.e. 269
= last week of June 1999.
If the last group is 4 numbers, 1st 2 are week, 2nd 2 are year. Should be
00 or
01.
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I'm sure that I've done this before, but I can't find it in the archives
so...
Alliance Tire and Rubber (Israel) - CD
Armstrong Rubber - CE, CF, CH, CV
Avon Rubber (England) - AT
BF Goodrich - BA to BP
Bridgestone Tire - EH to EP
Carlisle Tire and Rubber - UU
CEAT (Italy) - HT, HU, HV
Continental Gummiwerke - CM to CU
Cooper tire and Rubber - UP, UT
Dayton Tire and Rubber - HX, HY
Denman Rubber - DY
Dunlop Tyre and Rubber - DA to DU
Firestone Tire and Rubber - VA to VY, WA to WJ
Gates Rubber - BW, BX, BY
General Tire - AA to AH
Goodyear Tire and Rubber - MA to MY, NA to NY, PA to PF
Hung Ah Tire (Korea) - EF
Inoue Rubber (Japan) - CJ
IRI Intl Rubber - BV
Kelly-Springfield Rubber - PH to PY, TA to TY, UA to UN
Kleber-Colombes - EV to EY
Kyowa Rubber Industry (Japan) - UV
Lee Tire and Rubber - JA to JY, KA to KY, LA to LF
Madras Rubber (India) - WT
Mansfield-Denman (Canada) - LV, WL
McCreary Tire and Rubber - CY
Metzeler AG - EA, EB, EC
Michelin - FF to FY, HA to HP
Mitsuboshi Belting - LX, LY
Mohawk Rubber - CA, CB, CC
Nitto Tire (Japan) - EE
Okamoto-Riken (Japan) - ED
Olympic Tire and Rubber (Australia) - WM, WN
Phoenix Gummiwerke AG - AX, AY
Pirelli Tire - XA to XP
Sampson Tire and Rubber - AW
Semperit Gummiwerke AG - BT, BU
Sieberling Tire and Rubber - AV
Sumitomo Rubber Industries - ET, EU
Toyo Rubber Industry - CW, CX
Trelleborg Rubber (Sweden) - LW
Uniroyal Inc - AJ to AP, LH to LU, AU
Veith-Pirelli AG - XT
Vredestine (Netherlands) - DV, DW, DX
Yokohama Rubber FA to FE
Now don't lose it this time!
Jim
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Let me add this list.
http://www.harriger.com/tires.htm
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:27:35 -0600 "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
writes:
> Ok list tire guru's of doom-----
>
> I have a question on this HD truck tire fairy tale's---
>
> I'm under my 87 Westy today, changing the ATF, and cleaning the
> screen--
>
> I'm all done, roll out from under on my creeper, and for some
> unknown
> reason stop at the R/H rear tire, and start reading the
> sidewall----
>
> Yokomamma, 205x 75x14 Van Special.
>
> Hmmmm--Van special-----must have something here----
>
> Load range D
>
> 1840lbs.@ 65 psi----
>
> 2 plys rayon
> 2 plys steel
> 2 ply sidewall----
>
> Hey this is the same crap my "cheap Cooper's" are !!!
> ( except the Cooper's are rated at 1540 lbs. @ 36 psi.)
>
> And they ain't no "Van Specials'"
>
> So tell me O guru's of doom----what give's?
>
> These tire's that are rated for vans, ain't no better than the car
> tire's I have on my 85 GL !!!
>
> How can they be rated at a higher load at a higher psi, when they
> are
> constructed the same way?
>
> NUT'S------
>
>
> Later,
>
> ______________
> |[ ] [ ] [ ]\
> | | | |
> ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
>
> Terry--
>
> "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom"
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> http://community.webtv.net/CTONLINE/TerrysHighOnLife
>
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