Tractor tires -- just learned something

I had believed that Goodyear purchased Titan, but just found out that it was the other way around! It would seem that Titan International purchased the Goodyear farm tire division in 2005.

http://www.titan-intl.com/brands

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Titan Tire Corporation Industry tires
Predecessor(s) Dyneer Corporation, Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation, Fidelity Tire, Goodyear Farm Tires, Continental AG, Denman Tire
Founded 1993
Founder(s) Maurice M. Taylor Jr.
Headquarters Quincy, Illinois, USA
Number of locations Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Freeport, Illinois, USA
Bryan, Ohio, USA
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Parent Titan International
Website http://www.titan-intl.com/

The Titan Tire Corporation was formed in 1993 by Maurice M. Taylor Jr., the then owner of Titan Wheel, when Titan purchased the Dyneer Corporation, which manufactured various off-road tires. Titan is the third largest manufacturer of off-road tires in North America.[1] They continued expanding their product offering and reach by purchasing the off-road tire assets of Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation in 1994. The Titan Tire Corporation was split off as a subsidiary of Titan International (NYSE: TWI) in 1997.[2]

The assets of Fidelity Tire, based in Natchez, Mississippi, was purchased from Bankruptcy Court in 1998, and the company refocused with the sale of its golf-cart, ATV and lawn and garden tires and facilities in Clinton, Tennessee, and Slinger, Wisconsin to the Carlisle Tire & Wheel Company in 2000.[3]

In 2005, Titan purchased the farm tire business of Goodyear, and continues manufacturing Goodyear agricultural tires under license. This acquisition included the plant in Freeport, Illinois. Titan again expanded in 2006 with the purchase of Continental AG's off-the-road (OTR) tire assets in Bryan, Ohio.[4]

In 2010, Titan purchased the assets of Leavittsburg, Ohio based Denman Tire in bankruptcy court for US$4.4 million.[5] This purchase includes the consumer-related tires (on-road) as well, which Titan is considering to divest.[6][7]

Titan announced that they have purchased the assets of Goodyear's Latin American off-road tire business for US$98.6 million. This includes the plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a licensing agreement that allows Titan to continue manufacturing under the Goodyear brand, similar to its 2005 purchase of Goodyear's US farm tire assets.[8][9]

Titan has manufactured tires for Caterpillar under the Caterpillar brand since 1999.[10] OEM customers include John Deere, AGCO, Case IH/Case Construction, New Holland, Caterpillar and Kubota.[11]

Titan manufactures under the Titan and Goodyear brands.

Thought it might shed light on it further. Pretty aggressive! Sad to see Denman go though, excellent tires!

One of the upper folk, or the current head of Titam used to post on the forums over at newagtalk for several years.

Things kinda shook up there, not sure if he's still active there or not. He also got a few messages that weren't so flattering of his product - I'd think that would put him off some...

I would suspect he has visited here as well. Seemed like a nice guy.

I've not been a big fan of Armstrong tires, myself...

--->Paul

Yes, that is true, and compromised the quality of an already lower quality farm tire. Goodyear farm tires were always lighter than other brands such as Firestone. Mr. Taylor took it one or two steps farther down for apparent price purposes. Mike

I have them on my tractor, 4wd. Running ok for me. Over 7 years.

Mark

Taylor has a pretty large ego. He was a candidate for US President three or four cycles ago. He folded his candidacy during the primaries.

Confusing as all h.... anything on wall street! I bought a -one- Armstrong Titan 13.6x28" tubeless... 10 ply !!!... cheap, right across town. It had a slit right thru it, the size still on every lug, basicly brand new. I patched it, bought a tube.... love to have a matching set, but I was told it was a -rare?, pattern and diameter, hard to match... but the webpage you posted had pics of what look like the same thing, but I doubt its mate will be 50 bucks 2 miles away. Thanks for posting that.