Tires for a Class A Motorhome
We are first time full time RV people with a class A motorhome and would like to know which tire would be better. Right now we have the Goodyear G670's. But they have been on the RV for 7 years and w...
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J-Rooster wrote:st687 wrote:This is correct Cooper Tires (India) sold to Apollo Tires, India 2 months ago for $2.5 Billion! Cooper still has a tire plant in operation in Akron, Ohio. Bridgestone Tire (Japanese) bought Firestones plant in La Vergne, Tenn. over 30 years ago. Michelin (France) so Goodyear is the last remaining U.S. Tire Co.RFCN2 wrote:
Bigkahuna74 - To specifically answer your question, both Cooper and Bridgestone make very good tires. Buy either and it is very likely you will be happy. I tend to like to buy tires made in the USA. Cooper is an USA company, Bridgestone is a high quality Japanese company. No matter which one you go with check the dates on the side of the tires and make sure you are getting rubber made as recently as possible. Last couple of times I bought tires they were less than 3 months old.
Cooper tire has been sold to a company in India.
You are going to see more and more companies from other countries building all kinds of plants in this country since it has become a world economy. Since fuel prices have remained high, it is cheaper for them to build a plant in the U.S. then it is to ship it from their country to the U.S.
