> While load rating is an important factor in tire safety it > is not the only factor. There are plenty of our vans running > around with very heavy duty tires that handle and brake > poorly in some situations because of their tread design > and compound. Are they safer tires just because they are > index 99 or 102? Not really.
Agreed. Not all tires of the same load rating are the same. Rated load capacity is merely a starting point. It simply eliminates from your field of choices those tires that (as per Volkswagen and/or the D.O.T.) are unsafe for use on Vanagons, and therefore should be ruled out entirely. (Some of them may be great tires, but not for a Vanagon.) Among what's left, there are still good tires and lousy tires. So once the insufficiently rated tires have been eliminated, you must still choose wisely among the remaining options. See www.busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp for more on this. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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