--- Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> CAUTION ..... PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING BEFORE
> PURCHASING THE MICHELIN
> X-One OR MX4 TIRES THAT GOWESTY SELLS
>
> 1. Look at the tire specs at Tirerack or Michelin on
> these tires. They
> are LOAD Rated around 1510 lbs.
>
> If you look at Vanagon.Com load rating
> RECOMMENDATIONS you will see that
> a minimum of 1609 lbs is recommended.

The spec on Vanagon.com is correct for a passenger car
tire, but not a light truck or commercial type tire. A
a minimum load of 1,433 lbs. (or a '93' or 'C' rating)
is required for a Vanagon when using a commercial or
light truck tire. A 10% safety factor is required in
the P-Metric standards when using a passenger car tire
on a light truck or van. (www.tiresafety.com) That
works out to a '97' (or 1,609 lb) load rating.

The MX-4's will meet the load requirement but without
enough of a safety factor, so Michelin, TireRack.com
or any other decent tire manufacturer or distributor
won't recommend them.

=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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