I used mine about 1995. Got up to hiway speed and brittle chunks started flying off it. Bright side was that I was able to make to Amarillo (60 miles @ 30 mph) on about 3/4 of a tire!

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes |Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:30 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: New tires | |I recently came across one dated from 1986. Never touched the |road. I wouldn't want to have to use especially being cooked |behind the radiator all those years. | |Dennis | | |-----Original Message----- |From: mcneely4@cox.net [mailto:mcneely4@cox.net] |Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:31 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; Dennis Haynes |Subject: RE: New tires | |---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: |> Many Vanagons came with load range "C". My 84 had the |Continental TS771 and I have seen this tires used on many |years. I still see some of these "originals" in the spare tire trays. | |Wow! The newest of these would then be 20 years old. What is |the industry recommendation -- no older than 6 years? | |mcneely | |> |> Dennis |> |> -----Original Message----- |> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On |> Behalf Of Dave Mcneely |> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:56 AM |> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |> Subject: Re: New tires |> |> The stock tire with steel wheels was 185R14 D. The stock tire with |> alloy wheels was 20570R14 XL. The latter is "reinforced," |the former |> is a truck tire. Pressure specification is lower for the |latter tire |> than for the former. I have never driven a vanagon with the |XL tire, |> only the D. The ride is great for me, but I have always preferred |> stiff over floating. Really don't like the floating feel of big |> sedans like my brother drives. mcneely |> |> ---- Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: |> > The stock tire was a REINFORCED tire. It's not about the |size, its about the load rating. |> > |> > On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Karl Wolz wrote: |> > |> > > Dennis, |> > > |> > > Do I understand correctly that you're saying the stock tire size |> > > for the Vanagon is not adequate for the standard load? |Something |> > > doesn't sound right there. |> > > |> > > Karl Wolz |> > > |> > > |> > > |> > > |-----Original Message----- |> > > |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |> > > |On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes |> > > |Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:12 AM |> > > |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |> > > |Subject: Re: New tires |> > > | |> > > |I wasn't able to locate the load-inflation table for that |> > > |specific tire but that size regardless of the C or D rating is |> > > |only good for about 1,200 pounds at 40 psi. |> |> -- |> David McNeely |> | |-- |David McNeely |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 2012.0.1831 / Virus Database: 2090/4548 - Release |Date: 10/12/11