At last, Chinese tires perform a beneficial function

Question

Us trailer folks are always complaining about Chinese tires. (I switched to Goodyear Endurance, made in the USA, for just that reason.)

But now it turns out that Chinese tires may have inadvertently helped the Ukrainians:

Chinese bombs hit Putin's troops

gbopp · Answer

Karma is a bear. :CThanks for posting.

rlw999 · Answer

The longer explanation is more nuanced, it's not simply poor quality tires that made them fail, but a combination of underspec'ed tires and lack of maintenance, leaving them to bake in the sun without protection or moving the vehicles.

I think all of here know what happens to tires if you exceed the load rating and leave your RV exposed to the sun and never move it.

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/land-amphibious/9612-poorly-made-chinese-tires-a-new-theory-on-russia-s-slow-advance

time2roll · Answer

The money saved must have paid for the last palace or yacht

profdant139 · Answer

rlw999, I bet you are right about UV damage -- and after this war, someone is going to make a lot of money selling tire covers to Russia!!

texasshadow · Answer

LOL

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