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Tires (Ho Hum)
There are volumes of posts on tires , I have been looking for days. I find out that Cooper Tires makes a Roadmaster 12R-22.5 which is of course my required tire. Does anyone have experience with them? I have used their tires on my cars almost exclusively for 30+ years and have always been happy with them and the service that comes with them.
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I used to run them on our 1 ton duallys and got to notice that the last 3 sets a few years ago were made in china. I think every thing is made in china now with offices here in the states. I wouldn’t be afraid to run um, just keep aired up and drive.
glen
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I doubt if any of us other than fleet operators is in a position to do a good evaluation of tires, and especially motorhome owners because ours tend to age out before they wear out. But that doesn’t mean we have nuggets of information worth sharing.
Some are aware Roger and I bought Double Coin tires (made in Shanghai) 4 or 5 years ago for about 1/2 of what the Michelin tires were costing at the time. My thinking and maybe Roger’s also is that if they gave 2 1/2 years or 3 years of service and then all blew out were were even. If they actually survived 6 years we were way ahead financially. Well Jim Chaloupka has Rogers old coach with the Chinese tires so I don’t know his experience unless he posts here, but I can say with the exception of one tire that had a road hazard failure, my Double Coin tires all continue to hold air and provide an excellent ride.
I was always a Michelin tire guy until the prices went through the roof. The purchase of the Double Coin tires was an experiment and it turns out it was successful. I will always consider Michelin, but only if the price difference is reasonable. Twice the price is not reasonable. But here is the bottom line……..
I did some research recently because of criticism of tires other than Michelin. As it turns out Michelin owns Double Coin. So even though my tires happen to be made in China, they happen to be made by a Michelin Company.
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