The 195 is a good in between size..... I have 195 hankook RA08s and i'm very happy with them. The taller sidewall gives the vehicle a more robust stance and i feel more confident off road with them, and as i just found out.... they work pretty well in the snow. I made it home past a ton of cars spun off in ditches, if that's any testiment to their snow ability. The Hankook is a really nicely handling tire that's pretty quiet and stable (i've driven in 80mph cross winds. It wasn't a good idea, but i lived to tell about it). Furthermore, the price is really nice for these tires, and i have been told they last well. Everyone is going to have their own preference and i think if you don't have power steering in particular, stick to the 185. All other things aside, i'm a big fan of the 195 tire size. -Craig '85GL turned WESTY On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The load index minimum is dependent on a couple of factors. Tires come > in LT Light Truck models as well as P Passenger models. An LT tire of > index 93 is much stronger than a Passenger tire of 93. An LT 93 is > considered equal to a Passenger 96 when in light truck use. A tire of LT > 93 is often also labeled Load C, a designation that means the tire is no > ordinary tire but one meant for constant higher weight load > applications. A P passenger tire is allowed to be loaded to near max > only rarely. > > Another factor is the GVWR of your van and how loaded down you ever > intend to run it. > > These 2 links explain how to adjust P tire ratings down for use in light > truck applications like our vans and give the index/weight associations. > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=70 > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35 > > Mark > > > > > Matt Drew wrote: > >> Is the minimum load index that I should be considering 95? >> >> Current tires are 93 (1,433 lb / tire), but that seems low to me - not >> that >> I ever have anything of particular weight in there . . . >> >> Still, the current tires have performed relatively well . . . >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >> + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >> + in the body of the message. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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