Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:24:14 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
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195 r 14 are the size I run. About 25k miles on mine since last December.
Equal to the Hakka tires...and better wear so far. I'll be getting a
second pair and rotating the older ones to my front wheels to replace the
older GoForm I have there now.
Les Schwab, a Northwest icon when it comes to tires... They no longer
have my business. Their products are mediocre Chinese and while they do
warranty... that's no matter when a tread blows off your horse trailer
repeatedly, or your "Wrangler" tires go maybe 20k miles and show cord...
On Oct 12, 2017 7:54 AM, "David McNeely" <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
So far I am very pleased with the Vredestein's on my 1991 Volkswagen
Vanagon GL Campmobile, 2WD, silver-tan. I've had them one year, only a
couple thousand miles, but drove it some in the very snowy winter last
year, with no difficulty at all. I did drive it on a really rough (and in
places muddy with creek crossings) forest service road in Oregon this
summer, also. Tires were fine.
However, I bought them from Les Schwabb, and they stated up front that they
will not honor the mileage stated by Vredestein. The store manager said
something like: "We've never handled Vredestein tires, and we have no
experience with them." I just figure that if they don't run the 50K miles
Vredestein claims (if I have the van that long, I only put 4-5K miles on it
in a good camping year), that I will deal directly with the importer
shoujld Schwabb continue to balk.
mcneely
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> If you really want to stay with the truck tire approach consider this
> Vredestein. This tire rides well and has all season capability. It should
> also be a 50K mile tire. There are also a few 205/70-14XL (98 load index)
> tires available. These are becoming scarce again. These would be equal to
> the tires supplied by VW on the later Vanagons usually with the alloy
> wheels.
> When getting on line from some suppliers you need to check the production
> date as soon as they arrive. For the last pair of tires I purchased for my
> wife's Jetta the new one were older than the ones that were installed a
> year earlier! Some sellers sell off older stock and you need to be mindful
> with the specialty stuff.
> Dennis
>
>
> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/popup.aspx?src=/images/
> Product/large/Comtrac-All-Season.jpg
>
>
> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/p-12276-vredestein-comtrac-all-
> season-tires.aspx
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Karl Ploessl
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
>
> either a Michelin Agilis 195R14C or a Hankook RA18 185R14
>
> https://simpletire.com/hankook-185-r14-2001939-tires
> https://simpletire.com/michelin-195-r14c-14307-tires
>
> It is for an AC '81 Vanagon Westfalia.
>
> Karl.
>
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