Date:         Sat, 7 May 2005 11:16:32 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Joker owner in SD this summer?
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Not sure about in your state or area, but most heavy trailer tires I have
been around are bias ply and not radial.  Same on most of the smaller
trailers I have used.
jimt


On 5/6/05 11:30 PM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:

> Marshall wrote:
>
>> This is why the VW Iltis trailers that we have in stock from time to
> time
>> sell so well - some bolt pattern as the Vanagon!
>
> I can't speak of Canadian rules, but the same bolt pattern wouldn't
> matter in Virginia (if not other places in the US). The TIRES on a
> trailer can not be passenger/truck tires, they must be TRAILER tires to
> be legal (as I said, at least in Virginia).
>
> Curiously the load rating on trailer tires (I was looking at
> 205/75R14's) is quite sufficient for vanagons (1800 pounds, C load
> rating). But if you are pulled over with those tires on your car or
> truck you'll likely get a ticket from Virginia Troopers for a safety
> violation. (and vice versa for car/truck tires on a trailer.)
>
> I don't know if trailers have different rules for WHEELS in addition to
> tires.
>
>
> Kim Brennan
> 86 Syncro. 91 Westy Syncro. 90 Tristar
> Vienna VA. Sugar Grove WV.
>
>