Steel Wheel 16.5

Rick not what I am finding. the 16.5 inch tires in load range e are getting
difficult to find.

>
>> Will stay with
>> 16.5 till tires are no longer available then switch to Alcoas.
>Frank,
> I wouldn't worry. Considering the tens of thousands of light trucks out
>there with 16.5" wheels, the 16.5" tires will be around for many years.
>Finding tires rated for 120 mph may require going to 16" Alcoas however.....
>;-)
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louisville, CO
>
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Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
 
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>0000,0000,8000"Thomas G. Warner" not what I am finding. the 16.5 inch tires in load range e are
>getting difficult to find.
>

I think that this is a regional issue. Here on the Central Coast of Calfornia several of the larger school districts run 16.5s
on the school busses. I found that as a result if I selected the same tires as used on the busses, I could get a very good
tire pretty inexpensively. The issue for me was the relatively long waits that I might be in for in some parts of the country
that I checked. Admittedly the chances of losing a tire while traveling are not that great (if they're new etc). But since we
often have client obligations that require me to be at a particular place at a specific time, I wanted the added perceived
flexibility that 16" rims gave us.

Henry

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