Now the RA10 looks like it would be a much better tire for all season use. How about one of the 75 series such as 195/75-14 or even 205/75-14? How about someone offering some of those? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:34 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: I hate to get a tire discussion At 08:23 PM 4/23/2013, Dave Mcneely wrote: >the U.S. call for an LT tire on a 14" wheel, and so trailers are where >the market is, but that the tire is sold elsewhere for use on vans. Is >the same thing true of the Hankook RA08? On the Hankook-Europe site they're listed under light truck. Description thus: ><http://www.hankooktire-eu.com/uk/tyres/tyre-presenter-single-view/view >/singleView.html?aoetirepresenter%5Boffset%5D=0&aoetirepresenter%5Btire >%5D=30&aoetirepresenter%5Bback%5D=214&cHash=62ee97d7c4043177940da8a2250 >e0afc>http://www.hankooktire-eu.com/uk/tyres/tyre-presenter-single-view >/view/singleView.html?aoetirepresenter%5Boffset%5D=0&aoetirepresenter%5 >Btire%5D=30&aoetirepresenter%5Bback%5D=214&cHash=62ee97d7c4043177940da8 >a2250e0afc > After learning the hard way about passenger-car tires, and experiencing the better handling and greatly reduced sway from shifting to Michelin MX tires (and then successively MXL and Agilis 80 as the others became obsolete) -- the Hankook RA08 behave just fine in ordinary use, and are a good deal better than the Michelins in snow. I don't carry 300# of sand in the back any more, because the RA08 are better without it than the Michelins were with. Yrs, d |
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