China changes compound rubber recipe.

[Mace Canute]

I just came across this story. I'm not sure how this will impact North American markets but, we will see. We might see some of those tires making their way onshore here.

China changes compound rubber recipe; move to hurt top producers - Yahoo News

 

[flyerdan]

First off, someone at Yahoo needs to clean their keyboard so that the spacebar works all the time, and they probably should employ an editor.
I didn't see anything in the article that addressed to quality or longevity of tires made from this, but since the manufacturers are against it, I'd guess it will be harder to work with, if not inferior as well. And more important, will the aroma remain the same so that when you open the door to Harbor Freight you're nearly knocked down by the smell of the tires there.

 

[davesl708]

Considering China's track record on product safety (drywall, toys, paint. etc.) I am glad I buy USA or German made tires.
Just hope the rubber supply is enough to keep the Chinese stuff out.

 

[sixdogs]

First off, someone at Yahoo needs to clean their keyboard so that the spacebar works all the time, and they probably should employ an editor.
I didn't see anything in the article that addressed to quality or longevity of tires made from this, but since the manufacturers are against it, I'd guess it will be harder to work with, if not inferior as well. And more important, will the aroma remain the same so that when you open the door to Harbor Freight you're nearly knocked down by the smell of the tires there.

If you want to get knocked out by a rubber smell buy Chinese floor mats for your vehicle and then wait for summer. The smell made me nauseous and the mats began to shrink or evaporate when it was hot out. When I couldn't take it any longer I tossed them.

 

[k0ua]

(Reporting By Dominique Patton; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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.

 

[Mace Canute]

First off, someone at Yahoo needs to clean their keyboard so that the spacebar works all the time, and they probably should employ an editor.
I didn't see anything in the article that addressed to quality or longevity of tires made from this, but since the manufacturers are against it, I'd guess it will be harder to work with, if not inferior as well. And more important, will the aroma remain the same so that when you open the door to Harbor Freight you're nearly knocked down by the smell of the tires there.

They did say

This will make the compound less stable and much less attractive to tyre manufacturers, likely killing off demand for the product, traders and analysts said.

I didn't know a Chinese tire could be made worse but seems like they can be! If demand for them domestically lessens who knows if some low life won't import a bunch of them at dirt cheap prices and try to sell them here? :confused3: Something to perhaps keep in the back of your mind for future reference.

 

[Code54]

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

Ok, I started to read this to learn about the Chinese Rubber and what it means to us here in the US, but after this comment I was laughing so hard my eyes were watering and I almost could not finish the thread!

 

[texasjohn]

He's just Pullin your leg about the editing:drink:

He must also be color blind....in my world, spell check would have red underlined dozens of "words" in that article.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I bought a front door mat that smelled awful, it was made from that stuff. I walked into the other room to tell my wife it wasn't gonna work. By the time I got back to pick it up, our male cat had found it and peed all over it. That was his judgement.

 

[paine]

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.

Richard Pullin, really? Joke right?

 

[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