My point was that at 38 PSI that tire is underinflated for a Vanagon load.
Especially the rear. The only way these tires can carry the rated load is
the increased air pressure reduces the flexing and resulting heat
generation. At a given rim size and inflation pressure a larger with or
diameter tire can carry more weight.

There is a difference between XL or reinforced tires and LT tires with the
"C" or "D" load ratings. Standard tires are known as load range "B". I do
not know of any "A"s.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Wolz [mailto:wolzphoto@q.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:06 AM
To: 'Dennis Haynes'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: New tires

Dennis,

Do I understand correctly that you're saying the stock tire size for the
Vanagon is not adequate for the standard load?  Something doesn't sound
right there.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes
|Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:12 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: New tires
|
|I wasn't able to locate the load-inflation table for that specific tire
|but that size regardless of the C or D rating is only good for about
|1,200 pounds at 40 psi.