In an emergency braking situation, most of the weight of the vehicle
is carried by the FRONT tires. The Vanagons weigh from 3600 to 4100
pounds unladen. Add in passengers, fuel and cargo and you can
approach 5000 pounds. Now, in an emergency throw a significant
portion of that on to your front two tires. Swerve in that emergency
and throw a high proportion on to one tire.

 >THAT< is when you want your tire to be able to survive. If it blows
out at that point, you have a good chance of rolling.

But, hey. Do what you want. Think of it as evolution in action.

On Oct 20, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Buffalo 66 wrote:

however, as far as a load capacity, our vans don't
weigh 5 tons, and will never see that amount of
weight, unless you are towing a huge boat, which we
all is just  plain silly.