China changes compound rubber recipe.

[k0ua]

Richard Pullin, really? Joke right?

I know someone named Richard, we call him "Dick"

OMG!:shocked:

 

[300UGUY]

OMG!:shocked:

I know a Richard Dick. Double dick....

 

[k0ua]

I know a Richard Dick. Double dick....

Every good story begins with "and this is no stuff" But I really know a fella whose last name is Moist. you can guess what he first name is.. Yep.

 

[drizler]

Hate to tell you this, Richard, but you need to get a different job.

I bought a set of those Chinese Harbor freight 10 inch pneumatic tires, and they stunk something awful for about 5 years.

How did you manage to get 5 years out of them in the first place? I'll bet you parked them in a dark cool garage. Chinese tires, even the US brands are pretty poor in my experience.

 

[sixdogs]

How did you manage to get 5 years out of them in the first place? I'll bet you parked them in a dark cool garage. Chinese tires, even the US brands are pretty poor in my experience.

My floor mats for the truck not only smelled bad but they appeared to evaporate over time and actually shrunk.

 

[k0ua]

How did you manage to get 5 years out of them in the first place? I'll bet you parked them in a dark cool garage. Chinese tires, even the US brands are pretty poor in my experience.

you are exactly correct, over 5 years in a normally darkened cool basement.

 

[drizler]

you are exactly correct, over 5 years in a normally darkened cool basement.

Now that's pretty damned pathetic isn't it? They just had a recent article on yahoo stating that real rubber only comes from a few countries and is getting in short supply. In recent years the tire manufacturers just keep putting more and more synthetic in and that's the price you pay for it. They went on to say premium tire manufacturers tended to use higher amounts of natural rubber. You can imagine what this translates into with tractor tires. I don't even know what my Massey 1736 has on it but the grizzly bear emblem doesn't make me comforted. I park that out of the sun nearly always and that's the main reason.
Funny , I was going through the basement a few months ago and came across a grey rain poncho I had never seen before. I had my old National Guard green one's from the late 80's there and they of course were falling apart. Then i looked at the tag German army issue 1942. It was issued to my Father in law back at the time. What was stranger was that it still had that wet slick look even though the tags were browning along the edges. Not one single craze crack or anything, not even a slight fade. What do you bet that is real rubber?

 

[kenmac]

Don't know if we'll see them or not.. I'm sure (for on road tires) they would have to be DOT approved... I'm told,,A lot of the US tire makers also have tire plants in china

 

[stingray1]

I bought a car a couple of years ago that had a new set of Chinese tires installed,they dry rotted and had to be replaced 1 1/2 years. I will never buy Chinese tires