Hi All, My neighboor is offering me a set of 4 of almost new studded radial snow tires on clean steel vanagon rims with no obvious blemishes that I can see, and studs totally in tact. They would be for an 86 vanagon They are: 195/75 R14's Hercules Polar trax M/S tread: 2 ply steel, 2 ply poly and 2 ply poly on sidewalls 1400 lbs max 35 psi. max As there is no where to go in the winter in Juneau, I will be driving them very little with almost no load. Must have studded tires to get up to my house in even a light snowfall. I know that this runs against the grain of the recomendations for a light truck tire, but I wonder if I can get by with them? I am also confused about why they are not rated as a light truck tire? My existing LT 195/75 R14's (a MS tire) have exactly the same steel/poly ply construction stated on the tire, but are rated at 50 psi. I thought that once you got into this 6 ply configuration it was a given that the tire would be a "light truck" type? Oh, and given the description (if I am not completely off base on going for what sounds like a passenger tire) what do you suggest I offer for them? Thanks again, Jeff Hartman Juneau, AK jeffndeb@gci.net |
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