VANAGON archives -- March 1998 (#1566)

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:02:38 EST Reply-To: Thing Guy <ThingGuy@AOL.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Thing Guy <ThingGuy@AOL.COM> Subject: Tire Size? Comments: To: deandrew@somtel.com, type2@type2.com, vanagon@vanagon.com Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

I got my new tires from The Tire Rack delivered today. UPS left them on the front porch. Here is what they say on them: YOKOHAMA RADIAL 370 STEEL BELTED M+S PLIES: SIDEWALL POLYESTER 2 TREAD POLYESTER 2 + STEEL 2 LT19575R14 LOAD RANGE D MAX LOAD SINGLE 775KG (1710 LBS) AT 450 KPA (65 PSI) COLD MADE IN JAPAN Y370B

The sticker also says 8PR LT on it, although the tires don't say 8PR. I'm not sure how they get the 8 ply from the above description.

The tread is much more aggressive than the Y356 tires I have now. These really look like mud and snow radials. I expect to have a little rougher an noisier ride once they are installed.

I'll report back when I get a chance to use them.

Steve '74 Campmobile New Side Tents at http://members.aol.com/tentinfo/index.html

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