"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
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Weird private-label tire names
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Originally Posted By: Corollaman
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
Those Schawb Thunder bargains sell for how much?
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
Those Schawb Thunder bargains sell for how much?
Originally Posted By: JohnnyJohnson
Originally Posted By: Corollaman
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
Those Schawb Thunder bargains sell for how much?
They also have "Thunderer Mach 1". Not sure on price, I'm sure the same as a quality tire somewhere else.
Originally Posted By: Corollaman
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
Those Schawb Thunder bargains sell for how much?
They also have "Thunderer Mach 1". Not sure on price, I'm sure the same as a quality tire somewhere else.
http://www.tireimages.com/documents/brandsglance.pdf
That list is not fully correct - Falken used to be a brand under Ohtsu, so it seems like they've changed to the more commonly known name, but Falken is now owned by Sumitomo.
Sumitomo is not owned by TBC Brands / Treadway, if anything it would be the other way around. It's more of a distribution partnership.
Another weird story, http://www.moderntiredealer.com/blogpost...sold-separately
And there's a whole history of the relationships of name/corp/mfg/licensing between Goodyear, Dunlop, and Sumitomo trading back and forth depending on which country it's in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_Tyres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Rubber_Industries
Along with that classic Alpine Audio red Lambo poster, I had performance tire ads stuck to my dorm wall.
That list is not fully correct - Falken used to be a brand under Ohtsu, so it seems like they've changed to the more commonly known name, but Falken is now owned by Sumitomo.
Sumitomo is not owned by TBC Brands / Treadway, if anything it would be the other way around. It's more of a distribution partnership.
Another weird story, http://www.moderntiredealer.com/blogpost...sold-separately
And there's a whole history of the relationships of name/corp/mfg/licensing between Goodyear, Dunlop, and Sumitomo trading back and forth depending on which country it's in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_Tyres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Rubber_Industries
Along with that classic Alpine Audio red Lambo poster, I had performance tire ads stuck to my dorm wall.
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
Originally Posted By: HangFire
Then there's the whole Explorer debacle.
There were plenty of contributing factors in that series of events aside from the tires. Ford was recommending inflation pressure of 26 psi for the type of ride that the average person, whose idea of "off-roading" is parking in the grass, would desire. Since we all know how well the average person maintains tire pressures you know that many were driving around on mushy tires. I seem to recall that most of the rollovers occurred in states where summer temps were hot and that contributed further to temperature related failures of the tires. Then, add the fact the the Ford "Exploder" at the time was basically a gussied up truck and you have a recipe for failure. You noticed that Ford completely revamped the suspension on these vehicles soon after the lawsuits?
But, like you, I never bought Firestone tires due to the two poor experiences my family had in the past. My 2012 Mazda 3 came with Bridgestones from the factory and they were junk, too. But, then again, a lot of OEM tires are junk. (A lot are good, too, just not mine.)
The lawsuits were at their peak in 1996. Ford didn't make any major changes to the Excursion's suspension till 2006. The problem was Firestone's and largely which plant made the tires.
Originally Posted By: HangFire
Then there's the whole Explorer debacle.
There were plenty of contributing factors in that series of events aside from the tires. Ford was recommending inflation pressure of 26 psi for the type of ride that the average person, whose idea of "off-roading" is parking in the grass, would desire. Since we all know how well the average person maintains tire pressures you know that many were driving around on mushy tires. I seem to recall that most of the rollovers occurred in states where summer temps were hot and that contributed further to temperature related failures of the tires. Then, add the fact the the Ford "Exploder" at the time was basically a gussied up truck and you have a recipe for failure. You noticed that Ford completely revamped the suspension on these vehicles soon after the lawsuits?
But, like you, I never bought Firestone tires due to the two poor experiences my family had in the past. My 2012 Mazda 3 came with Bridgestones from the factory and they were junk, too. But, then again, a lot of OEM tires are junk. (A lot are good, too, just not mine.)
The lawsuits were at their peak in 1996. Ford didn't make any major changes to the Excursion's suspension till 2006. The problem was Firestone's and largely which plant made the tires.
Originally Posted By: Corollaman
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
They sell 2nd and 3rd tier tires at premium prices. Their service is very good however.
"Thunderer City", sold at Les Schawb Tires (large tire company in the west) at a name brand price....30,000 mile warranty?
They sell 2nd and 3rd tier tires at premium prices. Their service is very good however.
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I once had a Honda Civic with Mohawk Ultissimo tires. I suppose Mohawk wasn’t “private label” but that’s about as weird a name as I’ve had.
Nankang and Cheng shin is the two most common i see around here but thunderer is what i see on a lot of trailers.
my Ford F150 came with Hankooks,they were
so dangerous in the rain I swapped them
for new tires within 2 years. Ford sucks
Korean tires on a so call american brand...Never again
so dangerous in the rain I swapped them
for new tires within 2 years. Ford sucks
Korean tires on a so call american brand...Never again
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