At one time....4 or 5 years ago, Maxxis was the only tire made in China that actually was it's own company. Meaning the factory was staffed with Maxxis employees and managing their own tire manufacturing and quality control/inspections. The rest of the Chinese tires are essentially "box store" tires being branded to the purchasers logo....and recall I said this is info I read some time back, I believe in Trailer Life Magazine. Not sure if it is this way today. I've also read good things about Hercules Tires, but I've not purchased any. I currently am running Goodyear Endurance with zero issues and I think I have about 20,000 miles on these. If I was going another direction other than GoodYear, it'd be Maxxis.