OEM's use them because they're cheap. dealers sell them to make money. We import all order of junk from China today. People buy it by the ship load. Doesn't mean it's any good. It's just cheap. To tell you the truth, I have a set of 10 ply chinese tires on the skid steer right now. They were cheaper than capping the GoodYears that I had. They don't wear much more than half as long as a Bandag cap, but they cost a lot less. About the same quality as the Titan's I had on the skid steer and half the money...
You should also draw a large distinction between Firestone passenger tires and Firestone/Bridgestone's Ag/OTR tires. Firestone is considered the standard in floatation tires and the Bridgestone brand OTR truck tires are considered the standard in their class. I wouldn't be keen to have a Firestone tire on a car or light truck. I've had them. Both the OEM type and snow tires that I bought. I wasn't too impressed with either although I didn't have any trouble with them...
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