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Manfred58sc · Samba Member Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3382

Ignore the rust..

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cdennisg · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:09 pm Post subject:

^^^ Source?
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Manfred58sc · Samba Member Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3382

buyitnowtire on evil bay. This tire is fairly new to the states. Rides great,very "quiet tire". I will update as miles are added. I got away with car tires for years but they won't cut it anymore (I started blowing belts as soon as got hot out). I'm sure tire are engineered to the edge of what they can get away with. Over engineered anything is long gone in the modern age.....
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gintaras · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:47 am Post subject:

I really like the look of the BFG AT's, but since my bus will see mostly 70-75mph interstate miles, would it be better to go with the RA's?

Anyone with BFG's spend the majority of the time on the freeway/highway? Would you rather have more of a street/touring tire?
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cdennisg · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:31 pm Post subject:

Kirk · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:05 pm Post subject:

BFGs are heavier than my old Vancos, but look better. Seem fine to me, but I am not always on the highway either. Your call.
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Brian · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:

for mpg and the loud factor I'd stick to some road tires.

Yokohamo Y356 would be an interesting choice.
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beatles4 · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:37 pm Post subject:

Would the BFG AT really be that loud? I was planning on getting them for my camper and it would be doing quite a bit of highway driving and hopefully some light off road to get to camp sites.

cdennisg · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:49 pm Post subject:

I have BFG's on my 70 camper. Wind and engine noise are more noticeable than tire noise. I don't have much for sound deadening, though. In fact, no rear interior panels or floor covering right now, just a Westy bed and a Riv pop top. But when I have it packed with gear or piled high with swap stuff that dampens the engine noise, I still don't really notice the tire noise. BFG's aren't known as a noisy tire, even with the off-road-ish tread.
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beatles4 · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:08 am Post subject:

Thanks. I know what my next tire will be then. Now I need to get original stock 14 inch wheels.

Alan Brase · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:

I decided it is time to get a new set of tires. I have 3 driveable Vanagons and the 1971 Dormobile that I can put them on.
My first intent was just put a brand new set on the Dormobile, because it is for sale and it is much nicer driving with brand new CORRECT tires. Currently I have one set of Agillis 81 which I bought new on my 1991. they are exactly 10 years old and have about 50k miles and are just fine.
But another set of Agillis on my 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver have about 85k miles on them and now in the last year 2 of the 4 have broken belts. (not that they owe me much, my friend Max gave me these about 8 years ago and I think they had 60,000 on them then!)
So I guess I really need MORE THAN 4!
I bought the cheapest ones I could find and they are the Chinese GOFORM (Dumb Name) tires from Tires Easy on the Ebay site. (Tires-Easy is owned by Delticom, which is a big German company, I think.)
Price was $282.80 with free freight! It took 6 days and:
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL! LOAD RATED AT 1865LB AT 65PSI.
The tread is more open than an Agillis, sorta like the Hankooks but a bit more siping.
We will see! Whoever buys this Dormie is gonna like them. And I'll have to buy more.
I've bought about 12 Hankooks from Ron (Bus Depot) over the years and really been very happy with them (AND BUS DEPOT) but these are ALMOST 1/2 PRICE! $282 VS $480!
Al
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cdennisg · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:00 pm Post subject:

All of that ^^^ and no link, or even a size?
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Alan Brase · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:07 pm Post subject:

Brian · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:55 pm Post subject:

These? http://www.tires-easy.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details...;ranzahl=4
Hope they work out for you.

I should be picking up my General AT2s tomorrow. Going 31x10.5-15. They might be a little small though Wink

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Alan Brase · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject:

Brian · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject:

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gintaras · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:32 am Post subject:

Well I took the plunge on the BFG's, just under 600 out the door, including mounting and balancing.
I did this mainly for the looks of them, and the fact that the PO installed 2 passenger tires on the rear.

I will post pics once they are installed, I hope they aren't too hard on my engine or MPG, or top speed, I have been consistently driving in the 70-75 mpg range.
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Manfred58sc · Samba Member Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3382

I put the Road Claws to the test over the weekend. Lots of sharp rocks,mud,hail,rain. 1200 miles so far so good...(I guess we will learn to deal with Chinese parts!)
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Tcash · Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:01 pm Post subject: Tires

Goodyear Wrangler AT, Size LT195/75R14, Product Code 740036515

BFGoodrich All- Terrain T/A, LT195/75R14, Product Code 34557

Hankook Radial RA08 Tires 185/R14 102Q, Product Code 2000179

cdennisg · Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: Tires


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