The China-Bomb debate Put to rest
Almost every week or more a thread appears with someone with a tire question. And just as predictably the China Bomb experts come out and start decrying all Chinese made tires. Then usually they re...
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4X4Dodger wrote:
So please lets just stop the China Bomb rants and stop encouraging folks who have tire questions to replace all the tires that came on their new trailers. It's a waste of money and there is no evidence of any kind that it is either necessary or desirable.
100% agree. Many products are being manufactured in China with USA led engineering and manufacturing processes. Not all China produced products are junk, some are but I can also point to USA manufactured products that have been or are junk.
Gdetrailer wrote:
The truth is pretty much EVERY car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, tractor or any other mode of transportation that uses pneumatic tires HAS tires that have been MADE IN CHINA.
That is an over-generalization that is not accurate which also includes the list from the first post. However, being that the article is from China, it may have a China bias... point being don't assume everything is accurate from that list. Case in point observation from my house:
Khumo LT truck tire - made in China
Goodyear Marathon - made in USA (5 years old)
Maxxis ATV tire - made in Taiwan and excellent tires(and no, I do not need a geography lessen :))
Many Maxxis high end MTB tires - made in Taiwan
Bridgestone Potenza speed rated tire - made in Japan
Continental SUV tire - made in USA
