Oh no another tyre thread on KB. But this time for vans. Real ones like HiAces not Mini trucks, good honest bike haulers used in every weather. Several hundred thousand km have passed.
I used up the commercial tyres the Van had originally which were pants & not suitable for NZ driving imo.
So I’ve used Dunlops back in the 90s on another Van & they were pretty so-so. I inherited some ex Jap tyres & they were lethal & double lethal in the wet.
I then got onto Firestones & had the erm F4000 I think followed by the F6000 & they were damn fine tyres. But both went obsolete.
These were replaced by Firestone Supercats. Which were dreadful in the wet.
I got some Firestone TZ100s which have been great, but are now, . . .of course obsolete. And they wore the corners off them as they are a bit soft for a van being punted up & down a windy road every day. Heaps of tread, maybe the softer carcass just makes them roll too much with heavy van despite recommended 40psi.
These have been superseded by TZ700s which are reputed to be softer still so I won’t try them. (Put some on missus car & they are good on that). Bridgestones are softer still I am told by Firestone guy. (best service I’ve had so sad to take business elsewhere).
So the question is: What other brands are decent for Vans? And offer some wet weather grip? And ideally don’t wear out the corners super quick (yes all vans do cut front tyres out when you drive them like cars, but some are much worse than others).
I’d like those F4000s I ran 15 years ago.
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