On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > RE: 'Ply Ratings' > > I haven't bothered to look but is anyone aware of any modern (current > production) tires that even have a "Ply" number on the side? > Maybe answering my own question here. A little more online snooping seems to show that in fact there is a 'PLY' number still on current production tires but buried with some other info. But again, Ply Rating is still an old (and not very accurate) method of rating bias ply tires that does not translate well for radials, there fore the Load Range or Load Index numbers. |
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