>Driving down the Bedford highway yesterday, one of my 1997 Continental
>Contact tires disintegrated!  The kind folks at Continetal Canada have
>informed me that they no longer produce a tire suitable for the Vanagon.
>I say they are kind because they will pay for two new Michelin tires
>instead.
>
>So, I checked the tire pages at vanagon.com.  I checked the sticker on the
>driver's door jam.  Coincidently, I was asking about the old Continental
>tires last week (At that time I thought they were as old as the Vanagon).
>
>I checked michelin.com.  The only tire they seem to produce now that meets
>OEM in the Rainforce MX4.  Two sizes are available, 185R14 91T or 205/70R14
>95T
>
> >From my readings, I see that  the load rating the 205s should be 97.  I
>cannot understand the the 185 tire size (205/70R14 97R and 185R14C 6 PR are
>on the tag on the van).
>

        95T will carry 1521 lbs at 118 mph MAX.

        Do you EVER load your camper such that you exceed its GVW? Or do you
        intend to load ANY single tire with more than 1521 lbs?

        The Rainforce MX4 is a good replacement for the Michelin MXT (which
        in turn replaced the OEM MXL...)

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