Mostly because I'm heading into the bush in two days. I've never bought
tires for a vanagon before and a few phone calls, info in hand told me it's
a job you do before you have to. I'm gonna get five: when I head out next
summer I don't want to blow a sidewall in Elphantsbreath Saskatchewan and
have to wait 2 weeks to get a tire...

On 1/21/07 8:39 AM, "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:

> Just get these!
>
> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=Vanco
> Winter&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=8QR4VWC&fromCompare1=yes&place=0
>
> The price is right, it is rated for the van, and it is a snow tire. What
> more do you want?
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Nathaniel Poole
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:40 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Canadian tires
>
> So far all I have been able to dig up are General Grabber AT2s That the
> dealer assures me will work on my van. Nokias, Michelins, BFGs, none around
> locally in the correct size. Anyone have experience with these all terrain
> tires?
>
> I don't know why I haven't checked before but went out and had a look at
> what the PO had put on my van. It made my blood run cold. Max load, 535 kgs
>
> Pretty much same with the parts van. WTF, I am amazed that any tire shop
> would put such dangerous tires on a vehicle. You gotta think they would be
> held liable if an overloaded tire blew out and caused an accident.
>
> And that front-end looseness I've been feeling? Turns out the DPO forgot to
> tighten the nut holding on the steering wheel. Loose wheel bearing nut,
> loose steering wheel nut. It's like the guy wants to kill me. Maybe I should
> be checking the brake lines.
>
> Nathaniel
>
>
> On 1/19/07 6:35 PM, "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote:
>
>> At 07:52 PM 1/19/2007, Nathaniel Poole wrote...
>>> I know the subject has been debated endlessly, and yet when I do a
>>> search
>>> with the above terms, nada. And my brain is fried, besides. But I need
>>> some
>>> new, good snows before heading up the Coq next week. Local Canucks
>>> will know
>>> what I'm talking about. Can anyone point me to a source for good
>>> available
>>> snows that won't break the bank?
>>
>> Nokian Hakka CQ 185R14, load rating 102 (1874 lbs, 850Kg), "D" ply (8
>> ply rating), 65 psi max pressure. About US$140 each, don't know how big
>> your bank is, but these are probably the best studless snow tire you'll
>> find which suits the Vanagon.
>

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