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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Before china made any of our tires ST tires we called them ST tire bombs......for good reasons.
Then ST tire production was moved to china and naturally morphed into china bombs.....for the same reasons.
Not all tires made in china expire at the rate the ST tire does. We have some very good china made P and LT and heavy truck tires out here on the road.
JMO....... Carlisle who is the oldest ST makers out here saw the light and redesigned their ST tires with the Radial Trail RH. The RH lost that rounded sidewall/tread profile and now looks more like a LT tire profile and its higher speed rating.
Now several (not all) ST tire brands have the higher speed rating. At some point maybe all ST tires will be the new redesign with the higher speed ratings and can run for 7-8 years at 50k-60k like the LT tire.
Once the ST tire has reached that goal then we can drop the china bomb tag. Only years in service and miles in service will tell the rest of the story but i'm betting companies like Carlisle and others can make a ST tire that can equal the LT and P tires we use on trailers.
Then ST tire production was moved to china and naturally morphed into china bombs.....for the same reasons.
Not all tires made in china expire at the rate the ST tire does. We have some very good china made P and LT and heavy truck tires out here on the road.
JMO....... Carlisle who is the oldest ST makers out here saw the light and redesigned their ST tires with the Radial Trail RH. The RH lost that rounded sidewall/tread profile and now looks more like a LT tire profile and its higher speed rating.
Now several (not all) ST tire brands have the higher speed rating. At some point maybe all ST tires will be the new redesign with the higher speed ratings and can run for 7-8 years at 50k-60k like the LT tire.
Once the ST tire has reached that goal then we can drop the china bomb tag. Only years in service and miles in service will tell the rest of the story but i'm betting companies like Carlisle and others can make a ST tire that can equal the LT and P tires we use on trailers.
