gladiator tires

Campinfan wrote:


I will continue to buy American stuff when I can. Just put new Cooper tires on my truck...made in USA. And they were cheaper than the foreign junk.

You may already have "Foreign Junk"..;)

Check your tires for country of origin.
Some mfg in USA - some mfg at "CCT".

Either way, Cooper probably won't be made in the USA much longer - in fact it was almost gone - lock, stock, and barrel to India Tire mfg Apollo - but Cooper's Chinese partner Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company balked at the Apollo takeover and went on strike & locked out Cooper mgmt.

Strike caused major losses for Cooper..:(

It's known as "CCT" for Cooper Chengshan Tire.

Apollo is suing Cooper.

However, apparently Cooper has a separate billion dollar tire mfg facility in China.

Google: "Cooper and Chinese partner Extend Deadline" -
that will get you to Modern Tire Dealer with lots of related links for additional articles at the bottom of the page.

And/or simply Google: Cooper Tire Chinese Partner.

Kinda like an ongoing soap opera - you need to find the latest episode to get "caught up"!..:W

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