i need to replace my tires they are 22.575d15 carlisle tires i do not want anymore of them reading all the forms i am looking at either goodyear or denman both are made in mexico i could use some help thanks james
I think you'll find that Goodyear Marathons trump Denmans on this forum. But, ...... don't choose either one until you investigate the Maxxis M8008 Radials. They get some great reviews and are less expensive than Marathons.
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My mechanic put Trailmark tires on my TV. He said they were about the same quality as the Firestones that were on it. After doing some research, I found the tires are made by Goodyear, just under a different brand name. They have a real nice tread pattern on them.
We have had Denmans for 3 years, and around 3500 miles no trouble at all . I was not sure about them at 1st after 11 years with Good year, but my tire man said they would be great. So far so good.
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May I rant?
Goodyear manages their production wherever in the world their tires are made. They carefully track failures by plant, batch, size, date etc. They can internally look up which line made which tire. They can find process problems, etc by this. They know because they sample the materials used in the manufacture of their products. It's how any company manages production. If there is liability, there is accountability. Those little numbers in the DOT code tell it all. If they started having problems they'd make the necessary production changes, including kicking someone's butt if they make stuff with failure rates outside their parameters. I use to run a tire store just off the Interstate in the desert, let me tell you any tires can fail on any vehicle. Age, maximum loads and heat brought me the most failures. Now I am back in the Northeast. The only problems we see here are from damage and failed maintenance, rarely a defect. Just make sure your tires are under 5 years old if you go where it is hot. By hot I mean southwest HOT. Over 110 degrees daily.
On the other hand if it's just China that bothers you, OK I get that, rah rah USA stuff. But remember US production costs much more, because we have ethics, unions, environmental rules etcetera. It's a real quandary.
So do you want a good product at the lowest cost? That's their goal underneath it all. Because if it were expensive they wouldn't sell, and if it were bad quality it would get around.
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NHguy wrote: OK I get that, rah rah USA stuff. But remember US production costs much more, because we have ethics, unions, environmental rules etcetera. It's a real quandary.
Nope its because the american public refuses to accept that sometimes things fail, or they might even have done something wrong like tire pressure, speeding, and overloading. And you can thank our liberal justice system as well for all the lawsuits, do think the CEO is take a sttlement out of his own pocket, heck no they pass it on in higher production costs. We could compete, but we would need a lot of cleaning up.
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