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Date:         Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:44:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reinforced tires - what about other vans?
Comments: To: Tony Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <aeea9b480903160958q53192ebftca739eeadd57d1fc@mail.gmail.com>
              (Tony Collins's message of "Mon\, 16 Mar 2009 12\:58\:27 -0400")
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Tony Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> writes:


> I think I learned something and that was the application of degradingthe
> rating of tires....I read the article previously, but kept getting hung up
> on that. I just could not make up the 9% on my visial sceme of
> learning.


My understanding is that when you use passenger tires in a light truck
application (which includes the Vanagon) you need to reduce the rated
load limit by 9% to get the effective load limit for LT use.


I never knew this either before I read the Bus Depot web site pages.


Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL
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