Archive for the 'Goodyear' Category

Will Manufacturers Kill the Used Tires Biz?

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Tiremakers have long held the re-sale market at arms length, out of a healthy respect for the boundaries of anti-trust regulations.  But a number of factors are aligning that may shift the market away from the re-sale of used tires for vehicles. The cost of selling used tires is going up – the scrap market [...]

Goodyear G159 Tire Failures on RVs Finally Dragged Into the Public Eye

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Goodyear’s G159 and a Class-A Motor Home was always a bad match. The tire was designed for urban delivery vehicles and speed-rated for only 65 mile per hour continuous use.  Nonetheless, Goodyear had marketed the G159 to the RV industry for nearly a decade in the 1990s and 2000s, even though the tire design was [...]