Date:         Thu, 7 May 1998 14:07:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Katherine Lee <katherine@DNA.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Katherine Lee <katherine@DNA.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: tires!?
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Just forwarding some of these to the list ...

K.
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Date:         Wed, 06 May 98 19:50:09 CDT
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: tires!?

as long as the Light Truck tires have at least 2-plies in the sidewalls. :)
the problem with buses is the amount of weight up high ... it's a tall
vehicle. so when you go round corners or when the chilly winds doth blow,
it pushes a LOT on the sidewalls of the tires (which is, after all, what's
holding the tires together). a single ply sidewall flexes and the tire
squishes out of shape ... but a 2-ply sidewall is much stronger and holds
its shape, so YOU don't feel anything odd while you are driving. the flexing
sidewalls of the passenger-car rated (1-ply sidewalls) tires makes the car
feel "odd" and handle kinda wierd.

and some LT tires are NOT the "strong" type, but just bigger versions of the
passenger car tires. so you still have to be careful what you pick.

and it's still a compromise between stiffness (how much sidewall strength
is TOO much?), money, and availability.

joel
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:04:10 -0300
From: smitht@unb.ca (Tim Smith)
Subject: tires

Hi,

the stiff sidewall helps out, but it's usually the line used by tire sales
folks to get you to buy the unsuitable 4 ply passenger tires they're
flogging that week.  You are right, LT/C/6ply is only proper tire.  Having
said that I ran a set of Pirelli W190 (winter) 4 plys with very stiff
sidewalls that did work fine in my empty '85 panel vanagon. bye, Tim

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From: "Backus, Brian G" <Brian.Backus@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: RE: Fwd: tires!?
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 11:15:10 -0700

I thought that is what stiffer side walls were.   Light Truck
tires...(LT195/75R14)  Maybe there is a higher rated sidewall such as an
8 ply but it seems to me that 6 ply should be enough...

Any tire experts out there go some advise?


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