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"Tire Talk"

Helpful Tire Information
Estimated Average Tire Weights
Poundage Evaluation
Auto Tires
Per Unit Weight Avg.
Rib / All Season
22lbs
Winter
28lbs
Truck Tires
Conventional Light Truck
30lbs
Radial Light Truck
35lbs
RV including 8.0-16.5 thru 12.00-16.5
40lbs
Automobile And Commercial Tire
Load Ranges
Ply Rating
Load Range
SL
Standard Load
XL
Extra Load
2
A
4
B
6
C
8
D
10
E
12
F
14
G
16
H
18
J
20
L
22
M
24
N
Tire Line Abbreviations
Price lists contain information in and abbreviated form which describes construction types, belting, sidewall,
treatments and load or ply ratings. The listing below will provide a more detailed explanation of these abbreviations.
Abbr
Explanation
BCS
 Black Circumferential Serrations
BL
 Blackwall
BSL
 Black Serrated Letters
BXS
 Black Extra Narrow Segments 11-18 MM
B01
 Broken Serrated Band
B02
 Broken Serrated Band - EMT
B03
 Vertically Serrated Undulating Band
B06
 Vertically Serrated Undulating Unevenly    Broken Band
CXS
 Gray Extra Narrow Segments 11-18 MM
DD
 Discontinued Design
DNW
 Dual Narrow White
LA
 Limited Availability
M+S
 Mud and Snow
NW
 Narrow White Width 18-23 MM
NY
 Nylon
OBL
 Outlined Black Letters
OBS
 Outlined Black Letters on One Side and Black Serrated Letters on Other
OWL
 Outlined White Letters
PBL
 Plateau Black Bladed Letters
PE
 Polyester
RBL
 Recessed Black Letters
RP
 Radial Ply
RWL
 Raised White Letters
SB
 Steel Belted
SBL
 Smooth Black Letters
TL
 Tubeless
TT
 Tubetype
VSB
 Vertical Serrated Band
WB
 White Band - Width Less than 8 MM
WS
 White Stripe - Width 8-11 MM
WW
 Wide White Width over 23 MM
XNW
 Extra Narrow White Width 11-18 MM
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