Goodyear China Bombs
China Bombs again, known as Goodyear Marathons. Tires on two year old Montana, blow out on mountain outside of Gunnison, Co. Ripped up the side of my unit. Left us on the side of road till we could ge...
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Atom Ant wrote:wandering1 wrote:Please list below at least 1 US made trailer tire as you have stated.Atom Ant wrote:
Oh how can that be?? JJ from Trailer Magazine says Goodyear and Michelin have trailer tires manufactured in China that are of a much higher quality than cheap Chinese tires because of the specs!! (I sure wish that guy would leave his keyboard every once in a while and get a clue)
If the tires are shipped to the US they have to meet US DOT specs. My experience over the last 20 years is to have US made trailer tires blow just as often as Chinese made trailer tires. I guess the Chinese manufacturers are building US standards into their tires. You will notice that no one ever explains what caused the tire failure, they just complain about a blowout.
Goodyear Marathon and Carlisle before they were outsourced.
