That's one of the web places I found them, $140, free shipping.  But I got
a better deal from Les Swchabb, locally.  $103 per tire, plus $20 shipping,
plus $13.95 mounting, lifetime balance, lifetime rotation, includes road
hazard protection.  If I bought them online I would have to pay $20 for
mounting and balancing, no lifetime, no road hazard protection.  For me,
$147 package including road hazard protection, with a go between to handle
warranty adjustments if needed, beats $160, no lifetime, no road hazard, no
one local to handle anything.

mcneely

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:37 AM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> try Tiresbyweb.com. it is where I got mine.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Nov 15, 2016, at 1:58 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > So, I found that tires-easy no longer has the Vredestein Comtrac (all
> > season) tire.  It is listed now as "out of stock."  My inquiry as to when
> > it might be available got an answer of "Not known."  I think that
> > tires-easy's business is finding odd lots from dealers and shippers, so
> > they may never have the tire again, or any given tire.
> >
> > I found two other web dealers who offered the tire, one for $140 no
> > shipping charge, one for $130 plus $20 shipping.  I called the latter and
> > got them down to $138, no shipping charge, but really wanted to buy
> locally
> > from someone who would handle any warranty needs and who would keep the
> > tires balanced and rotated.
> >
> > Discount Tire, my preferred tire dealer, said they could not get the
> tire,
> > something about not having a "relationship" with Vredestein USA.  I
> didn't
> > inquire as to what "relationships" two tire companies might have ;-}.  A
> > manager at Discount did say that Vredestein USA offers a lot of
> commercial
> > tires (this is one), and that Discount does not handle commercial tires.
> > I've seen a lot of delivery vehicles at their shops getting tires,
> however.
> >
> > I found a very helpful young man at my local Les Schwabb dealer, who said
> > he didn't know the tire or even the company, but he spent a lot of time
> > looking for it.  He then quoted me $103 per tire, $20 shipping, and
> $13.95
> > lifetime rotation and balance for the 195R14C.  The load index is 106 (D
> > rating), and the tire bears the mountain peak and snowflake symbol.  I
> told
> > him to order five of them for me.  I will replace my Hankook RA08s with
> > them, and he will credit me $125 for the five of them, bringing my out of
> > pocket down that amount.  One has less than 1K miles, the other four have
> > just over 5K (rotated).
> >
> > If anyone wanted to come to Spokane to get them and would give me $250
> for
> > all 5, and be here next week for sure (meet me at Les Schwabb for my
> > appointment, not set yet, or come to house after), I would sell them to a
> > list member.  Otherwise I'll just take his credit, as I don't want to
> have
> > them laying around while I try to sell them.  Email me privately and
> we'll
> > talk.  I won't ship them.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> This is a regular problem with these special tires (Nokian/Vredesteins)
> >> especially in our oddball sizes. I guess the winter tire production and
> >> then allocation to the US occurs late summer and when these tires are
> gone
> >> that is it until next year. This makes some additional benefit to go to
> a
> >> wheel upgrade to get onto normal size tires with the need load capacity.
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> >> Of David McNeely
> >> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 11:41 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: Vredestein Comtrac Winter tire
> >>
> >> tires-easy.com no longer lists the Comtrac M&S.  I have looked for it
> >> from another source, but so far no luck in our sizes.  mcneely
> >>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:08 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The "C" in 195R14C does NOT stand for Load C.
> >>> That C stands for Commercial.
> >>> That C means the tire is meant for Commercial use.
> >>> Commercial tires can have various load letter ratings.
> >>> The letter load rating will be elsewhere on the tire.
> >>>
> >>> I see that various websites show the wrong load rating for the
> Comtracs.
> >>> The correct load letter rating is on the tires.
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dennis Jowell wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> David,
> >>>> I purchased my Vredestein Comtrac All Season 195R14C C/6PR from
> >>>> Tires-easy.com. Free delivery. Thanks Dennis for the suggestion.!
> >>>>  Even though the m&s tires say " 195R14C "on the tire they are also
> >>>> rated "D" as per the sidewall for the extra weight our campers carry.
> >>>> Dennis J
> >>
>