I was going to post a link to VC's Nokian tires too.

lately, I never hear of 'snow tires' ..
rather, studless winter tires.... and generally, studless winter tires
work just excellently.

I would also ask what are the max tire pressures and max load rating of
the proposed tires. in the original post.
'ore' in those dimensions,  in the rear, relative to the fronts,  is
desirable in terms of straight line tracking, turn-in, and cornering
stability.

if people don't believe me, ask VW why this factory 1.6 TD Syncro I'm
working on here specifies 6PR front tires, and 8PR rear tires on the
tire sticker on the van.  ( 205 R14 C )

On 6/8/2012 12:20 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Here are some 14" snow tires:
>
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1172_1408/nokian_tire_185r_14_hakkapel
> iitta_c.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rick Koller
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:52 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Safety opinion tires
>
> In the List's infinite wisdom, is it nonsense to run BFG AT;s 195 75
> 14 rear tires and Hankook 195R14 front tires at the same time? This is on a
> 2WD van,  BFG AT's rear as snow tires. Diameter for the Hankook is 26.3
> inches revs/mile 790, the BFG is 25.5inch diameter and 815 revs/mile. Just
> wondering since there don't seem to be any snow tires available for our rigs
> in 14inch.
> Thanks
> Rick
>