Date:         Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:29:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: New tires and wheels
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Dennis,

That link to the inflation table doesn't work for me. Wants me to sign in and I don't have the required Msoft account.

Alistair





> On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I like this tire. I agree this size is one of the best compromises. Tire
> Rack has refused to sell me this tire for the Vanagon. 
> The load inflation table for this tire can be found here. 
> 
> https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9B02084A888884A6!85970&authkey=!AHqov5
> CsFcvf6sE&ithint=file%2cpdf
> 
> Note that this tire reaches its full load rating at only 36 psi. This makes
> it a good candidate for the Syncro as you can run as low as the factory
> recommendations for the original 205/70-14XL. 
> 38-42 front and 48 rear should work well. 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of

> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:57 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: New tires and wheels
> 
> Just recently put on new tires and wheels. I haven't had much road time on

> them so I can't say too much about them. Oh, yes, they are 215/70-15
> Yokohama Geloander ATS. I dithered for a long time over tire choice for my

> 15" alloys, I ended up with a load rating (98) lower than I would like but

> the choices in all terrain tires are very limited here in the over all wheel
> size I wanted ( ie I didn't want to go as large as 215/75).
> 
> Anyhow, the limited driving I have done on them has me happy. Much, much
> nicer than my stalwart old Michelin Agilis 81 185/80-14 that I haven been
> using as a summer tire. We all know the pros and cons of the Agilis, but boy
> they wore like iron and recently really felt like they were made from iron.
> 
> The most recent two entries on my blog has the story.
> 
> https://shufti.wordpress.com
> 
> Alistair