Fantastic!

You have what you need. 

 

Dennis

 

From: Loren Busch [mailto:starwagen@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:27 PM
To: Dennis Haynes
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Tire size

 

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

A 205/65-15 is really the same diameter as the 185R14s. You have to be real careful in this size for adequate capacity. Even an extra load (XL) tire in this size only has a load index of 95, (1521 lbs.) before de-rating. You should have the LT load range "C" in this or "D" in this size. A 215/70-14 would be slightly better as the standard tire has a 96 (1554 lbs.) in that size.

Dennis, the ones I'm running have a Load Index of 102, way above the 96-97 required for our Vanagons.