DO NOT USE TRAILER TIRES on your Bus.
For 15" wide 5's
your options are:
general grabber AT2 205-75-15
Hankook Vantra RA18 205-75-15
for 14" wide 5's
general grabber AT2 27x8.5x14
Hankook Vantra RA18 185r-14
On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
OK now that my post has been hijacked,
the original question was,
Has anyone heard of using trailer tires on a vehicle instead of regular
car or truck tires?
The salesperson at NTB insisted it was perfectly legal.
*From:* Ed Dhayer <edhayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 10:45 AM
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: Looking for New Tires
10 minute install. Bought tie wraps to match looks pretty
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-------- Original message --------
From: Gary Alexander <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2017/01/08 10:11 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Looking for New Tires
I put a Blazecut in before we headed out on the Big Bend Bus Bash. Took
longer to get it out of the box than it did to install it in my Bus.
Damn cheap insurance if you ask me.
gary
On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Shirley Clark <txvwbuslady@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
something we all need to install for fire suppression.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1482463
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
What?!
*From:* Steve Chamberlain
*Sent:* Saturday, January 7, 2017 7:30 PM
*To:* Tcb
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: Looking for New Tires
I keep *BOTH* of mine behind the drivers seat.
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 7:16 PM, sammie smith <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I keep mine just behind the drivers seat.
On Saturday, January 7, 2017 4:27 PM, Fred McDonald <
texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I mounted the fire extinguisher just behind the drivers side door about
shoulders height.
I thought this would be an easy access spot in a hurry.
*From:* Denis
*Sent:* Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:02 PM
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: Looking for New Tires
I was always told to run truck tires.Stiffer sidewalls?
Hey, Fred where do you keep your fire extinguisher?
*From:* Fred McDonald
*Sent:* Saturday, January 7, 2017 3:16 PM
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [tcb] Looking for New Tires
I have never had the correct tires on my 67 Westie, instead I’ve had
standard car tires.
I have 15” American Eagle five spoke wide five aluminum wheels.
Reading on The Samba it seams the most common recommendation is 205 75
R15 with a C load rating. (lite truck tire)
This seems to be a difficult tire to find.
I happen to be at an NTB store and asked the salesman if they carry
anything in this size. Strangely enough he says yes,
I have a PowerKing Towmax STRII and I have four in stock. My reply,
that’s a trailer tire, you can put that on a vehicle? He then goes on to
explain that this is a great tire for a vehicle that isn't driven very
often because they don’t get flat spots from sitting long periods of time.
Question to the forum,
Has anyone heard of doing this?
If you have 15” wheels on a Split bus, what tires are you using?
