I was referring to the Hankook, or any smooth ribbed low traction type tire for that matter. The 215/75-15 is a nice large tire. Keep in mind when off roading that as you lift your foot off the clutch one of three things has to happen. The tires or the clutch slip, the engine stalls, or something breaks. The breaks are typically CV joints or the drive shafts, the stub shafts in the tranny, or when using low or reverse the low gear housing on the trans. Those big tires make great levers for that stuff to happen. Be gentle. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Richard A Jones [mailto:Jones@Colorado.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 12:03 AM To: Dennis Haynes Subject: Re: 14" Alloy and 195R14 Hankooks and Altimax tires On 1/7/2013 5:49 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Somehow those tires on a Syncro seem a bit self-defeating. I don't understand what you are saying. Which are "those tires." The Hankooks on a Syncro? The Nokians? The Altimaxes are on my 7-passenger '81. My Syncro now has 215/75-15 BFG A/T KOs. I needed to look muy macho in Moab like all the other Syncros....
Yes the Altimax is 205/70-14, not 205/75-14, a size they don't make. My tire shop didn't want to mount them since its load rating is 98. They said I should have 99 or better. I had to insist. I'll be driving them 2000 miles next week to Buses by the Bridge and back. That should give me a good test of them. Richard |
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