Date:         Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:34:27 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: I hate to get a tire discussion
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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=62ee97d7c4043177940da8a2250e0afc>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=62ee97d7c4043177940da8a2250e0afc
>

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