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Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:35:45 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men.....
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Dennis, my new Altimax tires are marked 205-70/14 RT 98C. Would the 98-C be the load rating??

John

On 3/18/2014 8:10 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > As other have mentioned this tire is not suitable for the Vanagon. Tire Rack > will probably decline the sale. They are familiar with the Vanagon > application. For a non XL or LT tire they have allowed me to use 215/70-14 > with an acknowledgment to maintain pressure at 42 psi. The original > 205/70-14 tire was load index 97, 1,580 pounds @ 40 psi. The General > Altimax and the tires I mentioned last week meet those specs at even better > pricing. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jack R > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:54 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men..... > > Tires are good for about 10 years... give or take, depending on storage. > > I'd opt for fresh tires. My current 185/R14 D Yoko's are not very smooth on > the road, and 7 years old. > > Tossup between going to the GW 16" or just replacing the 14" with the tires > below. > > Anyone try these from the Tire Rack... after rebate, seems like a great > deal. > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Defender > &partnum=07TR4DEF > > Load rating should be enough, pressure good to 44 psi. > > Jack R. > 84 Westy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > JRodgers > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:41 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men..... > > Well, I've been planning an upgrade to 15 or 16 inch wheels and tires for my > Carat restoration - but my main priority is getting the thing on the road - > not so much having the bigger wheels ad tires - but I was going to go for it > - in part because it's getting to be a hassle to get the 14 inch tires in my > area without having to ship them in, paying freight in addittion the tires, > and ultimately having to pay someone $20 or so to mount each one. > > Well - yesterday I learned I could still get my fav tire - the General > Altimax RT 98C in a 205-70/R14. So, I opted to get one more set and wait > until the next round of tires to upgrade to a larger size. Given I'm > dropping a bundle to get the engine and tranny working, plus some other > stuff, I ordered the tires. I just picked them up. Installed, mounted and > balanced -total cost of a set of 5 (4 on the road and one spare) included - > taxes and all - $430.00. or $81/ea, I could not beat that with a stick > anywhere. > > Hip! Hip! Huzzah!! Dennis Haynes for putting me onto the General > Altimax in the first place!! > > And one more thing about Dennis! > > I have a Dennis Haynes receiver hitch on my '88 GL - and that thing makes > one heck of a fine jacking point for getting the rear end up off the ground > with one Jack. > > Careful there Dennis - let;s not get the bighead over this. > > But seriously - it worked great for that purpose. > > Happy Motoring Everyone, > > John >


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