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Re: Simple tire qurestion
Historical mailing list - JonR
Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:48:40 -0500
...185R14. > > > > > I think "real" six-ply tires went out with bias-ply tires. Radials use > a different construction, that's why a "six ply...
Re: Simple tire qurestion
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:01:30 -0500
...185R14. > > I think "real" six-ply tires went out with bias-ply tires. Radials use a different construction, that's why a "six ply...
Re: Tire Size?
Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 08:27:07 -0500
...cotton canvas belts run on a bias (at an angle) across the tread area (hence "Bias Ply" tire).. The more canvas belts, the stronger...
Re: lug nuts torque-
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:33:08 -0400
...Same with older bias plys. It may be that the recommendation is based on the required higher load range commercial (or reinforced) tires often...
Re: understanding tire sizes
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:25:13 -0700
...Ply ratings are a throwback to bias ply tires and were replaced or supplemented with 'Load Range' like A, B etc (we want C...
Re: Simple tire qurestion (boring details)
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:24:49 +0000
...The 4-ply, 6-ply, 8, ply, 10-ply etc. ratings came from bias ply tires that had that many layers of cotton (later...
Re: understanding tire sizes
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:14:33 -0700
...But again, Ply Rating is still an old (and not very accurate) method of rating bias ply tires that does not translate well for...
Re: Driving a splittie... NVC
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:42:49 -0500
...When I went from bias plys to radials on my '65 the old tires were bald and the new ones were new, shiny and...
Re: understanding tire sizes
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:44:05 -0700
...It was a throwback to the old bias ply tires but was not a good or accurate way to describe radial tires that can...
Re: Simple tire qurestion
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:53:48 -0500
...185R14. > > I think "real" six-ply tires went out with bias-ply tires. Radials use a different construction, that's why a "six ply...
Re: lug nuts torque-
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:04:16 -0500
...Same with > older bias plys. It may be that the recommendation is based on the > required higher load range commercial (or reinforced) tires often...
Re: Another tire/ Bias ply
Historical mailing list
Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:07:15 -0300
...I used to run retread bias plys (o-my-god-no!) on a '71 in the winters. Worked fine. They (Kellys) sound great for...
Re: understanding tire sizes
Historical mailing list - Mike
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:23:00 -0400
...It was a throwback to the old bias ply tires but was not a good or accurate way to describe radial tires that can...
Another tire alternative?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 11 Jun 95 17:37:43 EDT
...Our store carries a (I know this is an evil 60's word) 7.00-14LT BIAS PLY tire that sure looks like it...
Re: Tire Quandry
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:24:05 -0700
...My 1982 Westfalia sticker lists 185R14C 6PR 185SR14 reinforced 6PR is six ply rated, a reference to older, bias-ply tire designs that existed...
Re: hankook ra-08 copies
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 May 2016 21:23:34 -0400
...There are other tires with that name and that series was once available in both bias ply and radial. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: Yokohama Y370 vs. Y356
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 17:43:46 +0000
...tread to channel out water, sort of like a 70's bias ply tread design. Unless you live in the desert, largely to be...
Radial tire size for '70 Bus?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:37:31 -0500 (EST)
...The factory recommendation was only for bias ply--7.00 x 14. Does anyone know the right radial size for this bus? Thanks Rob...
Re: understanding tire sizes
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:07:08 -0400
...It was a throwback to the old bias ply tires but was not a good or accurate way to describe radial tires that can...
Re: Tire Quandry
Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:50:06 -0500
...My 1982 > Westfalia sticker lists > > 185R14C 6PR > 185SR14 reinforced > > 6PR is six ply rated, a reference to older, bias-ply tire designs that > existed...
window tint
Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
Sun, 14 Apr 2002 09:23:06 -0700
...Do you still run bias ply tires on your old vehicles because they were original equipment? Some improvements just make sense. Think about it...
window tint
Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
Sun, 14 Apr 2002 09:26:40 -0700
...Do you still run bias ply tires on your old vehicles because they were original equipment? Some improvements just make sense. Think about it...
Re: hankook ra-08 copies
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 May 2016 17:55:10 -0400
Those are bias ply (non radial) trailer tires. BTDT! Dennis > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 11:52:14 -0600 > From: OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET > Subject...
Re: Yokohama Y370 vs. Y356
Historical mailing list - Scott Durrant
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:00:48 -0600
...tread to channel out water, sort of like a 70's bias ply tread > design. Unless you live in the desert, largely to be...
Re: Oh no, not tires again!
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:12:22 GMT
...When radial-ply tires replaced bias-ply, that changed. The old methods of rating tires (6-ply, 8-ply, load range C, etc.) are...
Continental 185R14 Back in US
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Tue, 21 Nov 95 22:10:53 EST
...Of course these darn 7.00 x 14 bias ply C rated Kelleys are still calling me to Sams for $44 each, with an...
Re: reinforced t-i-r-e-s
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 04:31:55 +0000
Chris - Tires used to have 4,6 or 8-ply sidewalls, as well as tread (bias-ply tires, many moons ago). I believe (but...
Re: Agilis 61 - Ply Rating
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Fri, 26 Nov 1999 06:15:10 GMT
...There were no belts under the tread, and the plys of fiber were at an angle to one another, (bias-ply). As artificial fibers...
Re: Tire Questions re: Steve's response
Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
Fri, 28 Jul 1995 07:34:52 -0600 (MDT)
...7.00x14 8 PR (bias ply--?) 2 Campmobile from August 1971; Delivery Van and Station Wagon...thru 1972: 185 SR 14 Reinforced ("correct replacement...
Re: Another tire/ Bias ply
Historical mailing list
Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:12:16 +0600
>Guy I gave my '72 woodshed to has a Thing and many busses (aircooled). He >says the Thing is useless in slippery stuff compared...
Re: hankook ra-08 copies
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 9 May 2016 16:14:27 -0600
...May , 2016, at 3:55 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Those are bias ply (non radial) trailer tires. BTDT! > > Dennis > > > > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016...
Re: Driving a splittie... NVC
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:49:40 +1300
...What they call "bias-ply" is just a crossply. it is NOT, despite what some might say, an intermediate between a radial and a...
Single Cab in Junkyard
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:11:33 -0700 (PDT)
...I also got a smoothie wheel with a bias ply tire. I paid $8 for the tire and got the rest of the goodies...
Re: reinforced t-i-r-e-s
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 01:24:16 EST
...Tires used to have 4,6 or 8-ply sidewalls, as well as tread (bias-ply tires, many moons ago). I believe (but have...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:38:04 -0500
...Those tires were bias ply, too. David
Re: Oh no, not tires again!
Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:22:57 EDT
...When radial-ply tires replaced bias-ply, that changed. The old methods of rating tires (6-ply, 8-ply, load range C, etc.) are...
Re: Yokohama Y370 vs. Y356
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 18:00:09 +0000
...Scott confuses the treadwear rating system with the load rating system, a C load rater is a 6 ply (bias throughback) tire, a D...
Re: hankook ra-08 copies
Historical mailing list - Jon VO
Mon, 9 May 2016 17:25:35 -0600
...May , 2016, at 3:55 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> Those are bias ply (non radial) trailer tires. BTDT! >> >> Dennis >> >> >>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016...
Early Bug Possibility Spotted
Historical mailing list
Sun, 25 Jun 1995 11:28:48 -0700 (PDT)
...It had bias ply tires, one was getting low. The interior is all there, orginal radio, hass all the white knobs. Kinda greyish/green...
Re: Go with the door sticker.....
Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:35:44 -0800
...Pretty primitive tread design, almost like a bias ply summer tire. But I think it is an "LT" tire, as it says 6 ply...
Re: reinforced t-i-r-e-s
Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 10:58:59 -0500
...Tires used to have 4,6 or 8-ply sidewalls, as well as tread (bias-ply tires, > many moons ago). I believe (but have...
RE: Another Tire Q
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:32:00 -0700 (PDT)
...This Yoko is likely the Y356 available in 6 and >8 ply rated, a very suitable tire EXCEPT it is a "highway ribbed" design...
Re: CHAT: VW Safety
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 07:57:26 -0400
...The thing did handle great though even with bias ply tires. Oh, well. Enough for the Chevrolet, back to the Volkswagens! :-) SSG Brad Spear...
Re: Hoop Humbug----
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:47:14 +0000
...based on the number of layers of fabric in the rubber, laid diagonally across each other (Bias-ply). Radial tires have a belt of...
Re: Small gear trailer for vanagon- any ideas?
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 27 May 2008 00:45:29 -0400
...In fact, many trailers actually have bias ply tires, not radial tires. Yes, there are tires that are SPECIFICALLY rated for use ONLY on...
Re: Correct tire pressure
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 00:37:15 -0500
...Well designed radials do not show abnormal tread wear patterns from normal pressur variations as bias ply and cord tires did. Dennis.
Re: Joker owner in SD this summer?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 7 May 2005 11:16:32 -0600
Not sure about in your state or area, but most heavy trailer tires I have been around are bias ply and not radial. Same...
Re: reinforced t-i-r-e-s
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:23:48 -0500
...Tires used to have 4,6 or 8-ply sidewalls, as well as tread (bias-ply tires, > many moons ago). I believe (but have...
Re: Hankook tires - fits the bill?
Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:19:30 -0400
...I was surprised and disappointed with what I perceived as a ridiculously short life expectancy of the bias-ply trailer tires. They were also...
RE: Another Tire Q
Historical mailing list
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 00:05:30 -0500
...This Yoko is likely the Y356 available in 6 and 8 ply rated, a very suitable tire EXCEPT it is a "highway ribbed" design...
Re: hankook ra-08 copies
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 May 2016 21:10:33 -0400
...May , 2016, at 3:55 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> Those are bias ply (non radial) trailer tires. BTDT! >> >> Dennis >> >> >>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016...
Re: vanagon on wheel trolleys
Historical mailing list - TODD P.
Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:28:07 -0700
...winter/ IMHO, I thought flat-spotting was a relic from the bias-ply tire days. Todd Sent from Xfinity Connect App ------ Original Message ------ From...
Re: Tire Pressure - what's on the sidewall or what's on the van?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:57:16 -0400
...The effect probably isn't as bad on radial tires as on bias-ply ones. Yours, David
Re: 82 Westy tire question
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:41:14 -0700
...mostly likely, your current tires are 4-ply: 3 plies in the tread, and 1-ply in the sidewall. they are 'ok' as long...
RE: more on tires/pressures
Historical mailing list - mdstockr
Tue, 25 Feb 97 16:22:17
...about, does that mean passenger car tires? 7.00-14 8PR - Biased ply construction - 7 in. at widest point (varies with rim width) - 14...
A nice one becomes available...
Historical mailing list - Bill Bowman
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:25:00 -0500
...Grey, 6 Volt electrical , 40 HP engine (runs well), good set bias-ply tires. Interior wood is in overall good condition--some stains. Has...
'56 kombi update: shox, dmv
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:16:02 -0800 (PST)
...Strangely enough, those old bias ply tires have a lot of good tread on them! (I kept the old tires to avoid the $5...
Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Apr 95 16:16:46 EDT
...no rear weight bias from hanging the engine out behind the rear wheels, why does it still require 6 ply rated tires? Load Rating...
Re: Why don't we have these kinds of Pop top here in the USA "Atlantic "
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:44:57 -0700
...I went low tech with fairly thin plywood, supported underneath, and put insulation in there too. I put some of those bracket thingeys on...
Re: Just curious
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:51:14 -0700
...This is my very biased opinion. Keep that in mind. Almost certainly it will be worth more to others. EVERYTIHNG in proper order with...