To bad the list is not reverse indexed.  We have the code, we need the
manufacturer.

> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:49:31 -0600
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Hoop Humbug----
>
> Why is it that you think all foreign manufactures are tryting to kill
> you.
> You're going to have to face the facts they just think their tires are
> better than Coopers.
> See if this helps any. Good info even if it doesn't help this time.
>
> ----------- FYI ---------------------
> here's what "The Pocket Ref"* has to say..."the code is XXYY MMM999. The
> XX is the manufacturer, the YY is the tire size. MMM is the optional
> tire code and the 999 is the date of manufacture. For more details
> request a copy of "Part 574 - Tire Code" from the U.S. Departmant of
> Transportation."
>
> * an absolutely indispensible book from Sequoia Press. Don't leave home
> without it!
>
> Jim Arnott
> List Admin
> WetWesties
> Union, OR
> -------------------------------------------
> If the last group in the serial number is a total of 3, then the tire was
> made
> in 99 and back. Of the 3, the 1st 2 are the week, the last is the year.
> i.e. 269
> = last week of June 1999.
> If the last group is 4 numbers, 1st 2 are week, 2nd 2 are year. Should be
> 00 or
> 01.
> -----------------------------------------
> I'm sure that I've done this before, but I can't find it in the archives
> so...
>
> Alliance Tire and Rubber (Israel) - CD
> Armstrong Rubber - CE, CF, CH, CV
> Avon Rubber (England) - AT
> BF Goodrich - BA to BP
> Bridgestone Tire - EH to EP
> Carlisle Tire and Rubber - UU
> CEAT (Italy) - HT, HU, HV
> Continental Gummiwerke - CM to CU
> Cooper tire and Rubber - UP, UT
> Dayton Tire and Rubber - HX, HY
> Denman Rubber - DY
> Dunlop Tyre and Rubber - DA to DU
> Firestone Tire and Rubber - VA to VY, WA to WJ
> Gates Rubber - BW, BX, BY
> General Tire - AA to AH
> Goodyear Tire and Rubber - MA to MY, NA to NY, PA to PF
> Hung Ah Tire (Korea) - EF
> Inoue Rubber (Japan) - CJ
> IRI Intl Rubber - BV
> Kelly-Springfield Rubber - PH to PY, TA to TY, UA to UN
> Kleber-Colombes - EV to EY
> Kyowa Rubber Industry (Japan) - UV
> Lee Tire and Rubber - JA to JY, KA to KY, LA to LF
> Madras Rubber (India) - WT
> Mansfield-Denman (Canada) - LV, WL
> McCreary Tire and Rubber - CY
> Metzeler AG - EA, EB, EC
> Michelin - FF to FY, HA to HP
> Mitsuboshi Belting - LX, LY
> Mohawk Rubber - CA, CB, CC
> Nitto Tire (Japan) - EE
> Okamoto-Riken (Japan) - ED
> Olympic Tire and Rubber (Australia) - WM, WN
> Phoenix Gummiwerke AG - AX, AY
> Pirelli Tire - XA to XP
> Sampson Tire and Rubber - AW
> Semperit Gummiwerke AG - BT, BU
> Sieberling Tire and Rubber - AV
> Sumitomo Rubber Industries - ET, EU
> Toyo Rubber Industry - CW, CX
> Trelleborg Rubber (Sweden) - LW
> Uniroyal Inc - AJ to AP, LH to LU, AU
> Veith-Pirelli AG - XT
> Vredestine (Netherlands) - DV, DW, DX
> Yokohama Rubber FA to FE
>
> Now don't lose it this time!
>
> Jim
> -----------------------------
> Let me add this list.
> http://www.harriger.com/tires.htm
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:27:35 -0600 "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> writes:
>> 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------
>>
>>
>> Later,
>>
>>             ______________
>>            |[  ] [  ] [ ]\
>>            |    |    |    |
>>      ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
>>
>> Terry--
>>
>>        "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom"
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> http://community.webtv.net/CTONLINE/TerrysHighOnLife
>>
>
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