Uniroyal is also a sourse.  That's what I have on mine anyway and they
are LTs.

> ----------
> From:         Felix D. Bello[SMTP:felix.bello@RSIC.COM]
> Reply To:     Felix D. Bello
> Sent:         Thursday, May 07, 1998 4:18 PM
> To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: Fwd: tires!?
>
> After an exhaustive search for affordable tires, I gave up and bought
> a set of
> Michelins MXT 205/70/14 for my '91 carat.  It seemingly is the only
> tire
> available in the U.S. in that size that is suitable for a vanagon.
> During my
> search, I found that there are several recommended choices in the 15",
> 185 and
> 195 sizes. They are made by several companies, including michelin
> (MXT),
> yokohama (y376, y378), and other generic makers of such as Kelly.
>
> I was told that the LTX was the predecessor to the MXT, which will
> also be
> discontinued soon and replaced by the Agilis 41 and 51 already
> circulating in
> Europe.
>
> I was also told by several dealers that failing to use the  proper
> tires would
> reduce the lives of the tires and may even void the warranty!
>
> I believe that the bottom line is that for heavy vehicles like
> vanagons, tires
> should have a C rating or 6-ply walls.
>
> Felix
> '91 Carat
>
> Katherine Lee wrote:
>
> > Just forwarding some of these to the list ...
> >
> > K.
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > Date:         Wed, 06 May 98 19:50:09 CDT
> > From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
> > Subject:      Re: Fwd: tires!?
> >
> > as long as the Light Truck tires have at least 2-plies in the
> sidewalls. :)
> > the problem with buses is the amount of weight up high ... it's a
> tall
> > vehicle. so when you go round corners or when the chilly winds doth
> blow,
> > it pushes a LOT on the sidewalls of the tires (which is, after all,
> what's
> > holding the tires together). a single ply sidewall flexes and the
> tire
> > squishes out of shape ... but a 2-ply sidewall is much stronger and
> holds
> > its shape, so YOU don't feel anything odd while you are driving. the
> flexing
> > sidewalls of the passenger-car rated (1-ply sidewalls) tires makes
> the car
> > feel "odd" and handle kinda wierd.
> >
> > and some LT tires are NOT the "strong" type, but just bigger
> versions of the
> > passenger car tires. so you still have to be careful what you pick.
> >
> > and it's still a compromise between stiffness (how much sidewall
> strength
> > is TOO much?), money, and availability.
> >
> > joel
> > _____________________________________________
> >
> > Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:04:10 -0300
> > From: smitht@unb.ca (Tim Smith)
> > Subject: tires
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > the stiff sidewall helps out, but it's usually the line used by tire
> sales
> > folks to get you to buy the unsuitable 4 ply passenger tires they're
> > flogging that week.  You are right, LT/C/6ply is only proper tire.
> Having
> > said that I ran a set of Pirelli W190 (winter) 4 plys with very
> stiff
> > sidewalls that did work fine in my empty '85 panel vanagon. bye, Tim
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > From: "Backus, Brian G" <Brian.Backus@PSS.Boeing.com>
> > Subject: RE: Fwd: tires!?
> > Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 11:15:10 -0700
> >
> > I thought that is what stiffer side walls were.   Light Truck
> > tires...(LT195/75R14)  Maybe there is a higher rated sidewall such
> as an
> > 8 ply but it seems to me that 6 ply should be enough...
> >
> > Any tire experts out there go some advise?
> >
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