---- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote:
> My vanagon has a sticker that shows both sets of tires:
>
> According to the sticker 185r14 should be 43/53 front/rear
>
> and 30/40 for 205/70r14

Same as my "91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile.  I run 185R14 truck tires, so I go with the 43/53 .

mcneely
> Harry
>
> On 08/01/2011 08:21 AM, T Collins wrote:
> > So just as a devils advocate, my vanagon only has the placard describing
> > 185/70/14's on that spot, do other vanagons have the number for 205/70/14's
> > on that placard too and if so what is that numbers of PSI front and back for
> > a 2wd 1985 7 seater?
> >
> > Oh and by the way: I did see a range in the European Haynes of 30/36 for the
> > PSI front/back. I found that to be a little hard to believe, but they did
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> the pressure required according to VW is unequivocal, and is stated on the
> >> placard inside the driver's door.  For the given tire sizes, the pressure is
> >> there.  I recommend using it.  mcneely
> >>
> >> ---- ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>> I also think the pressure needs to be adjusted for ride and total carried
> >>> weight.
> >>>
> >>> On Jul 26, 2011 11:26 AM, "David Vickery" <david_vickery@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> --- On Mon, 7/25/11, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>>> looking at those altimax bu...
> >>> I could be wrong but I think it is a misconception about minimum load
> >>> rating.  You want a tire that supports the Gross Axle Weights.  When VW
> >>> selected a tire that could be inflated well above the GAWR, they chose
> >> lower
> >>> inflation pressures that brought load capacity down to the GAWR for a
> >>> smoother ride.  That is how they came up with 30/40 psi on the 97R
> >> Michelin
> >>> MXT.  And same thing for the 185R commercial tires.  They did not inflate
> >>> them to the max, but where they set them, was at or close to the gross
> >> axle
> >>> weight.
> >>>
> >>> So if your tires are capable of carrying the max axle weeights and you
> >> set
> >>> the pressure of your new tires to a point where it supports the gross
> >> axle
> >>> weight, you are at the correct load.
> >>
> >> --
> >> David McNeely
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> >

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David McNeely