Am I the only one?
Am I the only one that has purchased those evil Chinese tires? Just put a set of Samson tires on my coach. In the 10 miles back from the dealer, I can tell you that they ride better than the Goodyear...
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Wrong Lane wrote:
You may want to check where the Coopers were manufactured. Cooper owns plants in many countries and some Cooper tires sold in North America are manufactured in China.
There is a portion of the DOT code that identifies the manufacturing location. A Google search will provide a chart and explain how to read the code.
Not knocking Chinese tires as I run them myself (Hercules - owned by Cooper)
The "Mesa" brand tires I bought from Tire Kingdom have "Made in USA" molded into the sidewalls and the molded in DOT manufacturer/plant code is "UP", which the NHTSA lookup site lists as Cooper Tire, Findlay, Ohio.
