Cooper Tires MUST READ (kind of scary)

[tower]

LINK (http://www.tiredefects.com/news.cfm?Key=cooper-discoverer-tire-failure&News=2034)

[DennisAJC]

Is that why CO Hummer is selling his H2?:clapping:

[Alan06SUT]

Is that John Edward's website!!!:D :D :D Maybe he branched out from ambulance chasing!

[MarineHawk]

Yeah, and look, these same guys say that Goodyears are scary too!!: http://www.tiredefects.com/goodyear/goodyear-nhtsa-investigation.cfm

Oh, and "General, Toyo, Cooper Tire, Sumitomo Rubber, and Dunlop" tires too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: http://www.tiredefects.com/dunlop-tire-defects-rollovers.cfm

We're all dooooooooooomed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks God for plaintiffs' lawyers giving us the scoop about how all tires are bad and their manufacturers need to be sued (with mere 33% contingency fee going to those informative saviors).

[tower]

You make a good point which I had not realized. . Noteworthy. however. is the fact that the Cooper situation involves a greater incidence, includes their truck tires (both their AT Dominator and their MT Discoverer) and there was a conviction and recall. BFG had only 37 occurrences not involving truck tires, no convictions and no recall. I'm not making any judgement about the Coopers for anyone else, I just thought folks (especially off-roaders) should know. If I had Coopers, would I try to get the company to buy them back? Yes, I would. If I had BFG's, I would not be worried. I have survived a freeway tread delamination with family in the car (S-10 Blazer with Uniroyals).

[Agriv8r]

interesting reading....so maybes we should all use solid rubber tires....

[Adam in CO]

interesting reading....so maybes we should all use solid rubber tires....

That would be cool. No airing down. Or up.

[pteam]

That would be cool. No airing down. Or up.

I dont understand why tires arnt this way in the first place? Why do we need air in the tire? You'd never have a flat tire if it was just all rubber, and you'd never have to buy more tires, just re-tread them.

[MarineHawk]

I dont understand why tires arnt this way in the first place? Why do we need air in the tire? You'd never have a flat tire if it was just all rubber, and you'd never have to buy more tires, just re-tread them.

Probably be kind of bumpy.

[Badace]

Not to mention each would Weigh 200lbs each on a H2. And when they do come apart, it would might send parts of the tire through the floor board. And the trail of rubber pieces would be projectiles as each car behind you hit them. It would be interesting.

[tower]

I dont understand why tires arnt this way in the first place? Why do we need air in the tire? You'd never have a flat tire if it was just all rubber, and you'd never have to buy more tires, just re-tread them.I got a chance to try such tires on a bicycle. A harsh ride is a severe understatement. :crying:

[Mr D]

I expect for a serious offroad all season tire there will be available in the near future a type of tire that will be similar to what the Lunar Rover used, it will have retractable studs, paddles or rain grooves that would sense the road surface and automatically adapt. As far as ride comfort the rest would be reactive hydraulic shock dampening systems. Not to mention it can also change its profile as well.

Where I live everybody uses studded Cooper tires (Alaska) but usually the tire gets tossed after 2 or 3 years because the studs wear out.

I never liked Coopers for regular driving but they do know dirt racing.

[tower]

In what sizes can we get those lunar tires?

[mikejr]

I got a chance to try such tires on a bicycle. A harsh ride is a severe understatement. :crying:

Ever drive a fork truck, alot of them have solid tires and the ride is awful!

[Aich Tew]

Firestones and Bridgestones are junk too