*UPDATE* ST tires any better nowadays?
It seems like all the ST tires you can get here on the East coast are cheap no-name brands, Maxxis not available out here last time I checked. I upgraded to LT tires (225/75-16) after my last blowout...
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trail-explorer wrote:SoundGuy wrote:
I don't think this has anything to do with it at all. Rather, Goodyear had been the subject of so many poor reviews over their Marathon trailer tire, NOT built in the US, that they finally pulled it entirely from the market and directly replaced with the US manufactured Endurance.
Where is the evidence to support this idea?
I could probably dig up some reciepts..
I owned several sets from load range C, D, and E.
None of them were any good. It did not seem to matter which country they were made in. Even the USA ones were bad.
No I think they retired the Marathon name, as it just wasn't a name with a good reputation.
Many others on this forum felt the same way.
As for myself... I will not be buying any Endurance tires. They may or may not be good now. But I moved on to LTs in 2006. Zero tire issues since then. I actually replace them due to AGE! None of my many sets of STs made it to thier second birthday.
Whether this new Endurance is a good tire or not,,, is not my big issue. The plain fact of the matter is that it is made by the same company that cheerfully took my money back then selling me tires that they knew were junk,,, while telling everyone how great they were.
Those companies do not deserve any more of my money.
I will let others be the beta testers for these tires.
I will continue to buy what has proven to work for me. Michelin LT XPS RIBs. They are not cheap.... But compared to the TT damage from a steel belt whipping around at highway speed..... They are much more afordable.
