I had the nexen sv 820's seemed to perform fine for me. I recently went with the bfg all terrain t/a KO on the go westy 15" wheels. Smoother ride than the D rated nexens

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy On Jun 12, 2014 11:02 AM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I, too, liked my Kumhos, but for the money they did not last very long as > you say. The main reason I went to Hankooks, though, was that I was told my > my local Pep Boys that the Hankooks were NLA in this country. This was in > 2012, I think. > > Obviously that is not true from reading your post. > > Jim > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > Dennis, your reply confuses me. The 205/70-14XL that came on the vans > was > > the > > General Alti-Max, iirc. That tire was barely within spec, and lots of > > people > > reported problems with it deforming and not having good handling > > characteristics, at least according to threads on the Samba and the > Vanagon > > mailing list. > > > > Do you have any specific recommendation of 205/70-XL tires? > > > > The Kumho 857 tires that I have now have shown excellent handling > > characteristics, and are well within spec. Like the Hankook RA08, they > are > > listed on web sites in other countries as being for vans and transporters > > but in > > this country they are marketed for trailers (same as the Hankook), > probably > > because the size has such limited application otherwise. I would buy > > another > > set of Kumhos, except they are quite pricey, and only ran for about 35k > > miles. > > I have run them on back country roads, very rocky, muddy, sandy, steep. > No > > traction problems. Though I would not consider them suitable for snow or > > ice > > conditions, I did drive from Dallas to Edmond, OK (OKC area) via a > > roundabout > > route following the Christmas blizzard of 2009 with no problems. > > ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > That Nexen is a horrible tire, probably best suited to trailer use. > > Either > > choice is still a low performance tire. I would still go with one of the > > 205/70-14XL alternatives just as the factory did 87 and later. > > > > > ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > That Nexen is a horrible tire, probably best suited to trailer use. > > Either choice is still a low performance tire. I would still go with one > of > > the 205/70-14XL alternatives just as the factory did 87 and later. > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf > > Of Dave Mcneely > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:49 PM > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > Subject: ok, now a tire question > > > > > > Any reasons to choose one over the other: Nexen SV820 or Hankook RA08? > > Nexen is a little less expensive, but not dramatically so. BTW, both > are > > available at WalMart, if ordered online. Only Nexen if you go to the > > store. Hankook but not Nexen is available at Discount Tire. I do prefer > > to do business with Discount over WalMart. Thanks, mcneely > > > > -- > > David McNeely > > >