Eastone Tires

Just came here to complain about the poorest quality tires I have seen in a long time (ever). Changing sweeps on the deep tillage cultivator last night and noticed these bulges in the tread of a relatively new 9.5lx15 tire. Its an 8 ply. I did not take a pic of the one on the other side with the splits in the sidewall. This is the second failure like it with Eastone tires. I'm used to tires that last decades, not years. Guess the tire companies have figured out there is more profit in building tires that don't last.

(quoted from post at 14:34:11 08/22/19) Just came here to complain about the poorest quality tires I have seen in a long time (ever). Changing sweeps on the deep tillage cultivator last night and noticed these bulges in the tread of a relatively new 9.5lx15 tire. Its an 8 ply. I did not take a pic of the one on the other side with the splits in the sidewall. This is the second failure like it with Eastone tires. I'm used to tires that last decades, not years. Guess the tire companies have figured out there is more profit in building tires that don't last.

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Do those kind of tires have date codes on the side? I've gotten in the habit of looking for date of manufacture before buying.

Any "made in" location on them ?
I see people with a lot of poor made tires anymore from all over. The prices went way up and the quality way down on tires.

I'll second the part about tire quality going way down and prices way up.

I think Eastone's are China.

The problem is you're trying to buy tires for the same price you paid for the last set 30 years ago, and expecting them to be the same.

30 years ago you got Firstones for your $100. Now Firestones are $400. You ain't spendin' no $400 on no tire, and the tire guy knows that, so he rolls out these shiny offshore tires and they're the same price as you paid 30 years ago!

Just never occurs to anyone that to make the equation work out, something has to give.

Historically, and I'm talking over 50 years, my degree of success with tires seems to by inversely proportional to the price I pay for them. In other words, I've had far better luck with cheap, off brand tires than with high dollar brand name ones.

I once paid big bucks for a set of high dollar, top of the line Firestone tires on an Olds 88. They shook, pounded, vibrated and were a disaster in spite of being balanced several times, rotated, etc. I even had a tire shop put them on a machine to true them up for roundness. Nothing made any difference.

As it happened, a friend of mine was Sales Manager for a farm seed company, and in his junk mail one day he got an ad for off brand, blemished tires for something like $16 each. I ordered a set and had them installed. The first time I took the car out on the road, it ran so smooth and quiet it was almost creepy. I've also had bad luck with a set of Michelins, and last winter I took a set of Pirellis off of our Lincoln MKX because they were unreasonably noisy.

Frankly, I'm the world's biggest cynic when it comes to tires. I buy what works for me, not what someone else says works for them.

where are they made? anytire from china is garbage. the BKT from india seam to be alright... time will tell.

It's strange tire quality has gone down, especially the rot/sun resistance.

See the same in many rubber products, only last a couple years and start checking.

But cooling system hoses, they have gone the other way. When I was a kid through young adult at dads service station, blown and leaking hoses were a constant. Now it's a rare occurrence.

(quoted from post at 11:44:48 08/22/19) The problem is you're trying to buy tires for the same price you paid for the last set 30 years ago,

Just never occurs to anyone that to make the equation work out, something has to give.

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No, the tires are a lot more expensive than they were 30 years ago but they don't last. I'm betting the Goodyears on my 25 year old air seeder were half the price of these "Eastones". And most of those old Goodyears still hold air. The newer Goodyears not so good. Had a new set of rears on the 2090 about 2005 and I'm seeing cracks already. The 1992 Goodyears on my Magnum tractor are worn down badly but not a crack anywhere in them.
BKT looks like a good replacement for now but time will tell.