FYI: Another good 14" tire for the Vanagon that is easily had is:

Dunlop RV - Radial Rover - 27x8.50 R14LT

This tire can be ordered if not in stock from any Sears.

This tire is great off-road, yet very quiet on HWY. Excellent wear and
handling characteristics.
Load capacity is 1500Lbs/ each, just covers max (recommended) loaded weight
of Syncro.

-Steven Dodson
Kneeland, CA
"Inga" the 87 Syncro

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Kenneth Wilford
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: My positive experience with 14" Vredestein tires

I wanted to get some new 14" tires for my '85 Westy.  I came up against the
same brick wall that most of you folks do about getting some decently high
load rated tires for the van.  I used the info on the Vanagon.com site and
saw that Vredestein made a tire that should fit my bill.  After an internet
search I found a supplier in Colorado.  When I called him he said that there
were many suppliers of these tires in different parts of the US.  He was
nice enough to refer me to a supplier that was much closer to me here in New
Jersey.  The place is called Jim Breault Tires and it is in Kearny, NJ.  I
spoke with one of the guys there and he recommended a new tire they have
which is called the Comtrac.  They are 185NR14 load rated at 102N (higher
than the Michelin MXTs that were on the van).  I bought them for around $80
each plus shipping.  Since they were in NJ and they had the tires in stock I
got my four the next day.  When I took them to the local tire shop to have
them mounted and balanced the tire guys commented on how heavy duty they
were.  The ride seems very nice.  I am pleased and I just thought I would
pass this on to the list.
The phone number at Jim Breault Tires is 201-997-0400.

After all of the problems people post on the list about finding tires, I
hope this will be a help.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
Phone: (856)-327-4936
Fax: (856)-327-2242