

| Subject: | Re: New tires and wheels |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:29:27 -0700 |
Dennis, That link to the inflation table doesn't work for me. Wants me to sign in and I don't have the required Msoft account. Alistair > On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I like this tire. I agree this size is one of the best compromises. Tire > Rack has refused to sell me this tire for the Vanagon. > The load inflation table for this tire can be found here. > > https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9B02084A888884A6!85970&authkey=!AHqov5 > CsFcvf6sE&ithint=file%2cpdf > > Note that this tire reaches its full load rating at only 36 psi. This makes > it a good candidate for the Syncro as you can run as low as the factory > recommendations for the original 205/70-14XL. > 38-42 front and 48 rear should work well. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Alistair Bell > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:57 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: New tires and wheels > > Just recently put on new tires and wheels. I haven't had much road time on > them so I can't say too much about them. Oh, yes, they are 215/70-15 > Yokohama Geloander ATS. I dithered for a long time over tire choice for my > 15" alloys, I ended up with a load rating (98) lower than I would like but > the choices in all terrain tires are very limited here in the over all wheel > size I wanted ( ie I didn't want to go as large as 215/75). > > Anyhow, the limited driving I have done on them has me happy. Much, much > nicer than my stalwart old Michelin Agilis 81 185/80-14 that I haven been > using as a summer tire. We all know the pros and cons of the Agilis, but boy > they wore like iron and recently really felt like they were made from iron. > > The most recent two entries on my blog has the story. > > https://shufti.wordpress.com > > Alistair
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