Goodness!  Meant no harm by simply stating that the tires had been
panned.  I apologize for any offense.  DMc

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Karl Mullendore wrote:

> That's just a little unfair Dave. TIRE RACK is where I got the info
> regarding them being 'only' trailer tires. THEN I retracted it when I
> talked
> to the actual tire engineer from KUMHO who verified that they were in
> fact
> designed for trailer AND van use.
>
> Karl
>
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:10:23 -0500, Dave Mcneely  wrote:
>
>> Drove my '91 GL Campmobile (Westy to most folks) to Texas and back to
>> Edmond, Oklahoma, 23 December - 26 December.  I have Kumho 857 tires
>> (the ones someone on the list ridiculed as "trailer tires," though
>> they
>> are in fact not, but are heavy duty tires intended for both drive and
>> steering wheels on trucks and buses).