I'm running Yokohama YK520 225/60r15 on the front of my 90Westy & my Speedo' & Odo' are right on according to GPS & RoadsideRadar & MileMarker TestRanges ORR ~ DeanB On 15 Mar , 2012, at 10:26 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Fantastic! > > You have what you need. > > > > Dennis > > > > From: Loren Busch [mailto:starwagen@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:27 PM > To: Dennis Haynes > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Subject: Re: Tire size > > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com > > wrote: > > A 205/65-15 is really the same diameter as the 185R14s. You have to > be real careful in this size for adequate capacity. Even an extra > load (XL) tire in this size only has a load index of 95, (1521 lbs.) > before de-rating. You should have the LT load range "C" in this or > "D" in this size. A 215/70-14 would be slightly better as the > standard tire has a 96 (1554 lbs.) in that size. > > > Dennis, the ones I'm running have a Load Index of 102, way above the > 96-97 required for our Vanagons. |
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