--- "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> wrote:
> Ok list tire guru's of doom-----
>
> I have a question on this HD truck tire fairy
> tale's---
>
> I'm under my 87 Westy today, changing the ATF, and
> cleaning the screen--
>
> I'm all done, roll out from under on my creeper, and
> for some unknown
> reason stop at the R/H rear tire, and start reading
> the sidewall----
>
> Yokomamma, 205x 75x14 Van Special.
>
> Hmmmm--Van special-----must have something here----
>
> Load range D
>
> 1840lbs.@ 65 psi----
>
> 2 plys rayon
> 2 plys steel
> 2 ply sidewall----
>
> Hey this is the same crap my "cheap Cooper's" are
> !!!
> ( except the Cooper's are rated at 1540 lbs. @ 36
> psi.)
>
> And they ain't no "Van Specials'"
>
> So tell me O guru's of doom----what give's?
>
> These tire's that are rated for vans, ain't no
> better than the car
> tire's I have on my 85 GL !!!
>
> How can they be rated at a higher load at a higher
> psi, when they are
> constructed the same way?
>
> NUT'S------

Thanks for the encouragement Terry! i just bought a
set of 5 of those!And they are not mounted yet. But I
KNOW Yokohamas are one of the best after years of
using them. Apon inspection The side walls "feel"
stiff
and I think that Yokohama would be in a heap of
trouble if preople started blowing tires becouse they
filled them up to 65PSI, which is their recomended
rating

The model is called "356"

After reading the Archives i concluded most ALL of
vanagon owners who use them like them, If THAT counts
for anything

Phil
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