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BassBuster UL
09-07-2008, 11:18 AM
Where can I get non-China made Marathons from? I just ordered a bigger load range tire with wheel for my trailer and the tire was made in China. Where can I get the US made Marathons from?
brentfrank
09-07-2008, 06:03 PM
Check Cabela's.
BGunn
09-07-2008, 06:18 PM
I just called Cabela's because I'm looking at buying 2 trailer tires.
I see where they show the Goodyear Marathon tires as being made in the USA.......

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/Pod/00/19/47/p001947sq02.jpg

I called to be sure that they were indeed made in the USA, not wanting a Chinese product....

GUESS WHAT :shocked:

The nice lady at Cabela's looked up the code of where the product came from, and to her surprise found they are actually from New Zealand :huh:

I would think that that is an improvement over China, but I think I'll do a little more research here.

But tell me,
Was New Zealand part of that deal when we bought Alaska?? :stick:.....
brentfrank
09-07-2008, 07:55 PM
The New Zealand tires are supposed to be good.
Jimmy Jig
09-07-2008, 08:26 PM
Shorland'r trailers were coming with Marathons, made in New Zeland last year. Thats the tires that were on my trailer and no problems with them so far.
BGunn
09-08-2008, 02:34 AM
Sounds good, I ordered the NZ tires from Cabela's this morning.

Thanks for the help.

Bill
BassBuster UL
09-08-2008, 07:18 PM
Sounds good, I ordered the NZ tires from Cabela's this morning.

Thanks for the help.

Bill

Let us know when you get them in, hold old they are. That seems to be the other big problem.
BGunn
09-11-2008, 01:31 PM
Let us know when you get them in, hold old they are. That seems to be the other big problem.

I just got the New Zealand Goodyear Marathons from Cabela's.
The date code is 4207, that would be about some time in Oct. of last year.

I'm Happy with that date...

Thanks for the info....

Bill
BassBuster UL
09-11-2008, 09:26 PM
I just got the New Zealand Goodyear Marathons from Cabela's.
The date code is 4207, that would be about some time in Oct. of last year.

I'm Happy with that date...

Thanks for the info....

Bill


Thanks for the info.
BGunn
09-14-2008, 02:54 PM
I looked at my old tires when I removed them. It appears as though the date code (maybe I'm wrong, but it's the only numbers that look like a date code) only has 3 numbers, and they are 389. Do you think they were made in the 3rd week (or month) of 1989 ? Did they only use 3 numbers at one time ?
The trailer was made in 1998 !!
Mike W1
09-14-2008, 03:24 PM
389 should mean the 38th week of the 9th year of the decade. Changed to four digits after 2000 I believe.
BGunn
09-15-2008, 05:01 AM
That sounds more likely. I wouldn't think they would last 19 years!
Thanks for the info.
I checked my trailer registration year after reading your post, it's 2000, not 1998 (another example of how great my memory is !!), so I'm betting your right.

Thanks for the info,
Bill
stinkycat
09-17-2008, 06:56 PM
I receieved my boat and trailer new this spring May 08. Shorlander trailer with all three Marathons from china. Hope they last.
FisHn2DMax
09-17-2008, 07:36 PM
Stinky Cat,

Based on my own bad experience and that of many others ( see RV.NET.com and search marathon), you will likely have a failure on one or more of your "China Bomb" marathons. At a minimum, change out the two running tires on the trailer to Maxxis or New Zeland made Marathons. For less than a couple of hundred dollars, its just not worth the risk of damage and the hassle of having a blow-out.