I was extremely pleased with the service from Meadow Creek Tire Co. in Denver. Decent price, fast shipping and excellent stock. I bought a set of 185R14 and a set of 205/65R15 from them. Good folks. Love the tires. Expen$ive and worth it. http://www.meadowcreektire.com/hakkaCS.html Jim On Nov 4, 2008, at 2:06 PM, neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm doing a bunch of reading on tires, and learning, but am confusing > myself with the choices. > > First point of confusion. > > A Nokian Hakkapeliitta CS, has a L.I. rating of 106. Seems fine for a > Westy(Vanagon). But there is no "LT" prefix in the tire sizing > description. So.... > > With a higher load rating, does one assume it has a 6 or 8 ply > sidewall (C/D load rating)? i.e. stiff like an LT tire? > > Yet another question. > > I know there's trade-offs, but I'm considering running the same tires > year round. I have read that some do this with the CS: > > http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=11889&group=3.01&name=Nokian > +Hakkapeliitta+CS > > How are other year-round users finding tread wear and hot weather use? > (I think it has a softer rubber compound) > > Or would I be better off running these year round (though they seem to > be geared to harsher snow conditions): > > Hak C2: > > http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=11877&group=3.01&name=Nokian > +Hakkapeliitta+C2 > > Or, if I move up to a 15" wheel (there don't appear to be any 15" CS > or C2's) I would consider these: > > WR C (Van): > > http://www.nokiantires.com/tyre?id=11900&group=3.01&name=Nokian+WR+C > +Van > > Anyone using these? I figure if I make my Westy my DD, I'll have to > carry chains anyways..... > > I understand a big part of choosing a tire, is getting one that would > work well in the worst driving conditions one might see themselves in. > I won't likely be driving this into snow conditions, but it sure would > be nice to "have my cake and eat it too". > > Sorry for such a long post! > > Neil. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder- > gas-engines > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
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