The China-Bomb debate Put to rest

mrekim wrote:

4X4Dodger wrote:
Let me pose a question to all of those here who believe any of the following:

A. ST tires are inferior to LT's for trailer service

B: ST Tires made in China are intrinsically bad

C: LT Tires are made "Heavier" ie better than ST Tires and thus are better for trailer service.

If I was able to bring ONE expert from the industry to this discussion who would you believe?

A Tire Design Engineer? A company spokesperson? An independent Tire industry writer?

Or?

Just name it and I will do my best to contact them and bring them in some way to this discussion. I have many contacts in business and industry and am sure I can get their attention.

So name a source you WILL BELIEVE. Because some of you certainly continue to deny the facts as stated in several posted sources from differing parts of the industry. So this is your chance.

I would like to see stats that show plants (in any country), failure modes and number of failures. Brand names are probably meaningless. It's way easier to change the name on the side vs the plant that made the tire.

I will never buy from plant code 10 (NANKANG RUBBER INDUSTRIAL, CO. LTD.) because the Mission tires I had experienced three failures with two being belt separations and one being a bubble. This is running the tires at less than 1/2 of capacity. That in combination with other complaints about Mission tires makes me believe this is a reasonable decision.

I have had 1 belt separation from plant 1K (DOUBLESTAR DONGFENG TYRE CO., LTD) so for me the jury is still out on that plant.


I've had good service from plant 20 (MAXXIS INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND) CO., LTD).

That is definitely the data to go by, IMO. Unfortunately, that relies on the customers to go through the trouble of reporting the failures. But of those that report, it would still be some good statistical data.