Re: [FWDLK] Need new Wide Whites

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's really no such thing as Diamondback tires...  they take tires of 
their choice of manufacture [or possibly your choice] and glue [vulcanize] 
the WWW onto the inside of the tire.

That could be good, or bad, or indifferent, depending upon the rating of the 
particular tire used.

A plus is that they can make your WWW most any width you want.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Need new Wide Whites


> I Pm'ed Nick a copy of Jim Hoekemdijk's omnibus evaluation, of
> Diamondback tires, from earlier this year.
>
> Jim did an amazing job of interpreting the info contained on the DB
> radial.
>
> In a nutshell, the tires are 8-ply(IIRC) , light TRAILER-rated and can
> be inflated to 50 PSI--I ran mine @ 42-ish, for the  3.8K trip to/from
> Tulsa, without incident.
>
> Biggest problem may be that they're speed rated only to 85 mph.
>
> I clean mine with a Brillo pad (& hose-water).
>
> Goodyear makes a WWW radial, now, and the tread pattern appears to be an
> all-weather pattern, which may be better, for straight-line stability,
> than the 'road-pattern'  (concentric-grooves) tread, on DB's & Cokers.
>
> DB's cost almost $200.00 each.
>
> Dunno anything about the Goodyears.....
>
> Neil Vedder 

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