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Subject:Re: YES:6-ply tires
From:Ted Zateslo
Date:Thu, 6 Oct 94 09:05:00 -0400

Gerry writes:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, Ted Zateslo wrote:
> 
> > Jim Macklow asks:
> > > Does anyone have comments or favorites to add to this list:
> > > 
> > > 					Plies/
> > > 					Load Range/
> > > Tire			Size		Max psi		Comments
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   Bridgestone RD-603    LT 185 R 14     6/D/65          Nice and stable; 
> >                                         (marked "8 PR") Too early to know abt
> >                                                         wearing qualities 
> They sound nice. Where and when did you get them and how much were they?
> What vehicle do you have?
> 

Ours is an `88 Westfalia.  We got the Bridgestones from Big 10 Tires
in Tallahassee.  I am told they were designed for the Toyota 1-ton
pickup (not the new T-100, but a heavy-duty version of the small
pickup).  They were about $80 each, which is about what we paid for
reinforced XZXs before.  They're really beefy (as the specs would
imply), but they're not too noisy, work pretty well in the wet,
and are the same size as the originals.  

Ted Zateslo