--- George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/6/03 12:36:51 PM,
> tjhannink@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << . . . The ply-rating of a particular tire is not
> commonly available at a
> tire dealer . . .>>
>
> It is so uncommon that the ply rating is molded into
> the sidewall of any tire
> made.

The ply construction of the sidewall and tread are
molded into the side of the tire, not the ply rating.
The ply rating "might not" have any direct
relationship to the actual number of plys used in the
construction of the sidewall. Current six or eight ply
rated sidewalls (C or D) might use 2-3 plys of actual
material in the sidewall. The P-metric system doesn't
use a "ply-rating" at all, so that info "might not" be
available from dealers and distributors, only from the
manufacturer.

=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
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