TIRE TIME!
Time to replace the 4 tires on out fiver as they ar 6 years old... We have the Goodyear Marathon G614 tires LT235/85R16 "G" and have had no problems with them... The place I go for tires is main...
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ReneeG wrote:Mile High wrote:ReneeG wrote:texasclarks wrote:handsome51 wrote:
don't put any tire on your truck or trailer that is made in china.
That is a pretty bold statement. Especially when most new vehicles and trailers come with factory tires...often made in China.
You are absolutely correct. Most American companies have been manufacturing their tires in China or wherever in order to make money. All tires that are sold here, have to go through stringent testing.
That is actually incorrect - both wheels are tires are built to a specification based on testing, but there is no destructive testing performed on the product to verify how well it conformed to that spec. I just went through this with the NTSB on a wheel grievance.
It's not hard to make sure you are driving on US tires, just read the label in the sidewall and if it says China, replace them.
"If it's on the highway in the United States, there are a set of tests the manufacturer has to pass . . . as noted in this video
As stated in my above post....wrong answer....All one has to do is google the manufacturer of the China made tires, (though you might have to hurry, sometimes they change the name of their tires due to a recall, you know , " the name has been changed to protect the guilty":))...
If you were to pick up a Michelin XPS RIB (E) rated and compare it to most China made "E" rated tires, you would first wonder why the RIB is so much heavier, then next, you may notice how much thicker the sidewall is.....but I digress...all in all, China has been shipping us low to no quality "stuff" for years and our country is, I guess, afraid to call them on it.
Most china made tires are junk, The old saying, "Quality goes in before the name goes on", is more like Quality rarely, if ever goes in, no matter the name of the China made tire"..
ON lawnmowers, very light weight TT's and 5er's, they may work "sorta ok", but on heavy to heavier 5er's, no way do I run them on mine....
exception being, at this time, the Sailun tire as long as they keep getting good reports and the maintain their ISO TS16969 certification..
