That muddies the waters even more, then!!!  Although, it confirms my suspicion.  So what about the Yokohama Y356's I've been looking at???  185/0R14 or 195/75R14 shows a load range of "D", but what is their numerical load rating (same thing as load index?????)  I can't find it's load index...does anybody have that info???? 

Thanks again!!!
Rod Woten
'87 Westy
Des Moines, Iowa

-----Original Message-----
From: MIME :tjhannink@yahoo.com [mailto:MIME :tjhannink@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 1:12 PM
To: Woten, Rodney
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Max Load Rating Calculation

> How do the 93-102 load rating numbers, shown below, > correspond to the A,B,C,D,E load ranges?????

From:
<http://www.tiresafety.com/size_class/size_nav4b.htm#def>

Ply Rating/Load Range While there is no industry-wide definition of ply
rating, truck tires are frequently marked with ply
rating and equivalent Load Range. These markings are
used to identify the load and inflation limits of that
particular tire, when used in a specific type of
service. The table shows the conversion of tire
markings.

 PLY   LOAD   RATING RANGE    2      A   4      B
  6      C
  8      D
 10      E
 12      F
 14      G  16      H  18      J  20      L  22      M  24      N All "C" (or "D") rated tires don't necessarily have
the same load rating. Michelin shows 7 "C" rated LTX
M/S tires in various sizes, each with a different load
rating (from 93 to 113).
<http://www.michelinman.com/assets/pdfs/doc_ltxms.pdf>

Looks to me like the alpha load range designations
have more to do with sidewall ratings than the actual
numerical load rating of the tire.

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Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
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