Stuart Redford wrote: > > At 11:57 PM 4/18/99 -0700, you wrote: > > >It would be nice if it was that simple. The list members who have been > >sold the wrong (and unsafe) tires by "professionals who do nothing but sell > >and install tires all day" are legion. > > Yup > > > > >Vanagons require either Reinforced Sidewall or Load Range C or better (like > >D) tires. If the tires don't say that right on them, they are unsafe no > >matter what a misinformed or morally flexible tire salesman tells you. > > Yup > > The Vanagon is not a minivan. It's a truck. It's heavy (I don't know what > the curb weight is, but my '91 Camper Van weighed 5250 lbs. loaded with one > human and a mean stereo on an Idaho State scale) with weight tilted towards > the rear. It's top heavy especially with that Yakima rack and stuff on top > of that poptop. Figure 1500 lbs. per wheel, minimum. If you go to > Michelin's tire load chart at > http://www.michelin.com/us/eng/tire/guide/load.html you will see that's a > load rating of 95. Go out to your wagen and read the load rating on your > rubber. > And remember to reduce this figure by 10% for passenger ('P') tires used on a truck. |
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