Cooper Tires
Anybody use 245/70r/19.5 Cooper Roadmaster RM253 tires?They are Load Range G. I have 05 Georgieboy 30' PURIST ED
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J-Rooster wrote:
This is Cooper Tires 100th Anniversary 1914-2014, they started making tires in Findley Ohio in 1914, along with hoses and other various rubber products. They sold out to the Chinese in 2003 and now have a lot more brands that they make including Mickey Thompson and Avion. I've never ran any of there tires on my vehicles so I can't comment on there ride, but I have friends who run them and there quite happy with the price and there performance.
Cooper did not "sell out" to the Chinese in 2003. They did enter a joint venture agreement with China's Kenda Rubber though in December of 2003, to build a tire plant in Shanghai. Prior to that in 2003, Cooper purchased Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. In 2005, Cooper bought 11% of Kumho Tire in Korea, and in years since has bought other companies, such as Serbian Tire, and entered other joint ventures. Last year they had a preliminary agreement to be bought by Appolo Tyres of India, but before the deal was completed, Cooper backed out due to disagreements over share values. Cooper is the second largest US tire manufacturer, exceeded only by Goodyear, and is traded on the NYSE as "CTB".
