Date:         Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:45:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I hate to get a tire discussion
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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