Tire brand recommendation.

CKNSLS wrote:

mike brez wrote:

CKNSLS wrote:

RFCN2 wrote:
Hankook is a Korean Company that does not build tires in the United States. I just checked their web site to be sure of this. They make tires in Korea and China. In my humble opinion if you can buy tires made in the USA by US workers it is better to try to do that then send more dollars to Asia. Korea sends millions of cars to the USA every year. The number of US cars made in the USA bought by Korea is miniscule.

If and when Hankook starts making tires in the USA I would consider them. But not until. I would prefer that the US does not become a third World country where we do not make any industrial product. There are many USA made tires that are no more expensive than Hankook. On the other hand there are lots of China tires that are dirt cheap. I would not put China tires on my motorhome if they were free. At this time.

This tire bashing is getting old. It's a world economy. Do you have a wide screen T.V.? There is a 90% chance it's made in China, Taiwain, or Korea. Get over it.

Stop the madness!

ROTFLMAO

Hankook is breaking ground later this year with a 800 million dollar plant in Tenn. that will employ about 1800 people.
Goodyear closed a plant in Tenn. losing 1800 jobs.

Good for you guys. But even when they get production up and running with AMERICAN WORKERS they will still be bashed here on this forum. You know, for the same reasons the Tundra gets bashed even though it's made in Texas.

Let's collectively STOP THE MADNESS! If you haven't been a user of a particular tire don't contribute-don't bash. If you want to contribute about YOUR EXPERIENCE about a particular tire-go right ahead we would all like to hear it.

I just brought six 22.5 Firestones for my DP. Brought them cause they were make in the USA! Brought them also because they get good reviews with the truckers. But people around here will still bash them because of the Firestone and Ford tire controversy way back in 1990. It was all caused because Ford decided remove air from the tires, lowering the recommended pressure to 26 psi. Never hear anyone bashing Ford over that deal!

I took off 6 year old Sumitomo's, not because they were wearing out, but because I did not know the complete history of them, and did know that one had been abused. You could say that they made me nervous and I am leaving on a 5000 mile trip. Wanted to start that trip with new tires. I know Firestone has a good dealer network, and Sumitomo's is somewhat questionable.

I just took a set of Hankook's off my Silverado 2500 diesel. They ran about 50K miles and still had acceptable tread, but I needed a more aggressive tread for off-road use. I was satisfied with them until we took the first wheel off the passenger side steer and found two large bubbles with sidewall erosion and seperation at the bead of the tire on the inside. The tire had actually eaten into the alloy rim, I guess from the belts being exposed. I am still amazed that it hadn't blown out. Needless to say, I scrapped the idea of keeping the set for use when I wasn't going to be using the truck in the woods, and certainly didn't even consider another set of Hankooks for my truck, much less for my motorhome. I'd rather pay a little more and have confidence in my tires.

mike brez wrote:

CKNSLS wrote:

RFCN2 wrote:
Hankook is a Korean Company that does not build tires in the United States. I just checked their web site to be sure of this. They make tires in Korea and China. In my humble opinion if you can buy tires made in the USA by US workers it is better to try to do that then send more dollars to Asia. Korea sends millions of cars to the USA every year. The number of US cars made in the USA bought by Korea is miniscule.

If and when Hankook starts making tires in the USA I would consider them. But not until. I would prefer that the US does not become a third World country where we do not make any industrial product. There are many USA made tires that are no more expensive than Hankook. On the other hand there are lots of China tires that are dirt cheap. I would not put China tires on my motorhome if they were free. At this time.

This tire bashing is getting old. It's a world economy. Do you have a wide screen T.V.? There is a 90% chance it's made in China, Taiwain, or Korea. Get over it.

Stop the madness!

ROTFLMAO

Hankook is breaking ground later this year with a 800 million dollar plant in Tenn. that will employ about 1800 people.
Goodyear closed a plant in Tenn. losing 1800 jobs.

Good for you guys. But even when they get production up and running with AMERICAN WORKERS they will still be bashed here on this forum. You know, for the same reasons the Tundra gets bashed even though it's made in Texas.

Let's collectively STOP THE MADNESS! If you haven't been a user of a particular tire don't contribute-don't bash. If you want to contribute about YOUR EXPERIENCE about a particular tire-go right ahead we would all like to hear it.

RFCN2 wrote:
Hankook is a Korean Company that does not build tires in the United States. I just checked their web site to be sure of this. They make tires in Korea and China. In my humble opinion if you can buy tires made in the USA by US workers it is better to try to do that then send more dollars to Asia. Korea sends millions of cars to the USA every year. The number of US cars made in the USA bought by Korea is miniscule.

If and when Hankook starts making tires in the USA I would consider them. But not until I would prefer that the US does not become a third World country where we do not make any industrial product. There are many USA made tires that are no more expensive than Hankook. On the other hand there are lots of China tires that are dirt cheap. I would not put China tires on my motorhome if they were free. At this time.

Well I guess you better start to consider them: Hankook announces Clarksville TN plant.

bluwtr49 wrote:

topflite51 wrote:

Lobstah wrote:
Tire brand discussions on this forum probably have more total words written than any other subject.
And every post gets the same responses. It's like Ground Hog Day, only with tires.

Use the search function and you'll get several days worth of reading.

Jim

Most of which is USELESS!

Good points. Tires and fuel economy are proof that posters can not find the search button. Same topic, same responses.

Yes and people talk about the weather each and every day, throughout the world and if you only talked about topics that had never been previously discussed on these forums, there would be no forums. Much like the weather, it's never quite the same exact scenario and there's always something to be learned.

topflite51 wrote:

Lobstah wrote:
Tire brand discussions on this forum probably have more total words written than any other subject.
And every post gets the same responses. It's like Ground Hog Day, only with tires.

Use the search function and you'll get several days worth of reading.

Jim

Most of which is USELESS!

Good points. Tires and fuel economy are proof that posters can not find the search button. Same topic, same responses.

Lobstah wrote:
Tire brand discussions on this forum probably have more total words written than any other subject.
And every post gets the same responses. It's like Ground Hog Day, only with tires.

Use the search function and you'll get several days worth of reading.

Jim

Most of which is USELESS!

CKNSLS wrote:

RFCN2 wrote:
Hankook is a Korean Company that does not build tires in the United States. I just checked their web site to be sure of this. They make tires in Korea and China. In my humble opinion if you can buy tires made in the USA by US workers it is better to try to do that then send more dollars to Asia. Korea sends millions of cars to the USA every year. The number of US cars made in the USA bought by Korea is miniscule.

If and when Hankook starts making tires in the USA I would consider them. But not until. I would prefer that the US does not become a third World country where we do not make any industrial product. There are many USA made tires that are no more expensive than Hankook. On the other hand there are lots of China tires that are dirt cheap. I would not put China tires on my motorhome if they were free. At this time.

This tire bashing is getting old. It's a world economy. Do you have a wide screen T.V.? There is a 90% chance it's made in China, Taiwain, or Korea. Get over it.

Stop the madness!

ROTFLMAO

Hankook is breaking ground later this year with a 800 million dollar plant in Tenn. that will employ about 1800 people.
Goodyear closed a plant in Tenn. losing 1800 jobs.

Tire brand discussions on this forum probably have more total words written than any other subject.
And every post gets the same responses. It's like Ground Hog Day, only with tires.

Use the search function and you'll get several days worth of reading.

Jim

RFCN2 wrote:
Hankook is a Korean Company that does not build tires in the United States. I just checked their web site to be sure of this. They make tires in Korea and China. In my humble opinion if you can buy tires made in the USA by US workers it is better to try to do that then send more dollars to Asia. Korea sends millions of cars to the USA every year. The number of US cars made in the USA bought by Korea is miniscule.

If and when Hankook starts making tires in the USA I would consider them. But not until. I would prefer that the US does not become a third World country where we do not make any industrial product. There are many USA made tires that are no more expensive than Hankook. On the other hand there are lots of China tires that are dirt cheap. I would not put China tires on my motorhome if they were free. At this time.

This tire bashing is getting old. It's a world economy. Do you have a wide screen T.V.? There is a 90% chance it's made in China, Taiwain, or Korea. Get over it.

Stop the madness!