Doug,

I assume we are talking 14" sizes on these tires.

If so .. IMHO .. Comparing the Agilis to the other tires is a apples to
oranges comparison.

The Michelin Agilis among others is a "Properly Load Rated Tire for a
Vanagon.

The 195/75 RR14 LTX M&S and the 14" Uniroyal Laredo AWP are not.

They both have a Max Load Capacity of only ... 1435 lbs

I believe the minimum acceptable specs for a Vanagon are:

Light Truck (LT) Tire
- Load Index 97
- Max Load 1580
- Load Range C
- Max Inflation 44 psi

Although its not finished yet ... Here's a rough draft of a page I'm working
on that
 details why I believe the above recommendation is valid.

http://www.roadhaus.com/Tires/Tire%20Guidelines.html

Hopefully ... Food for thought.

 
good road,
good adventure,
good life,
 
larry chase
 
www.roadhaus.com
www.roadhaus.com/shops.html
www.roadhaus.com/tires.html

Date:    Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:46:51 -0400
From:    Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cdn source for Michelin Agilis

Hi gang --- Thank you to all who replied.
 Michelin Canada only sold the Agilis through Sears. Sears in Canada no=20
longer carries Michelin tires --- so they sent me to Green and Ross/Active=
=20 Tire. They don't have them either -- they show as unavailable. So I
looked= =20 at Jeff Palmer's suggestion of LTX M&S --- they are on freaking
back order= =20 for 6 weeks. Along the way I found that Michelin rates the
LTX M&S higher= =20 than the Agilis. Follow this link to see the ratings:
http://www.michelinman.ca/catalog/comparison_6.html?tire=3D7
 The tire guy suggested Uniroyal Laredo AWP ---- saying that they're the=20
same tire, out of the same factory, as the LXT -- just a slightly different=
=20 tread pattern. I went to check them out and found they use exactly the
same= =20 rating system as Michelin (makes sense sorta, same company same
webdesign= =20
etc.) and they rated even higher then the LTX's. While this is not=20
conclusive it is interesting to see:
http://www.uniroyal.com/catalog/comparison_laredo.html?tire=3D2
 Anyway I'm getting the Laredo's mounted on Thursday -- $130 Cdn each.
Cheers and thanks for all the help, Doug