Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

My stepfather finally decided to junk the Jimmy that his daughter rear
ended someone with a year ago, and offered me the tires (with about
3-4/5th the tread left), so my only cost would be to have them
remounted.

I currently drive Firestone Wilderness ATs. I don't plan to go nuts
off-roading, but I do drive through a lot of midwestern weather. Are
these Coopers any good, or are they worth what I'd pay for them. Would
being on a non-operation vehicle for a year have hurt them (the truck
wasn't moved, but they weren't deflated)?
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Monte Castleman, <<Spamfilter in Use>>
Bloomington, MN <<to email, remove the "q" from address>>

Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

In <84v0c.27330$hm4.12270@newsread3.news.atl.earthlin k.net> Monte
Castleman wrote:

> I currently drive Firestone Wilderness ATs. I don't plan to go nuts
> off-roading, but I do drive through a lot of midwestern weather. Are
> these Coopers any good, or are they worth what I'd pay for them. Would
> being on a non-operation vehicle for a year have hurt them (the truck
> wasn't moved, but they weren't deflated)?

Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)

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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

In <84v0c.27330$hm4.12270@newsread3.news.atl.earthlin k.net> Monte
Castleman wrote:

> I currently drive Firestone Wilderness ATs. I don't plan to go nuts
> off-roading, but I do drive through a lot of midwestern weather. Are
> these Coopers any good, or are they worth what I'd pay for them. Would
> being on a non-operation vehicle for a year have hurt them (the truck
> wasn't moved, but they weren't deflated)?

Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)

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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

In <84v0c.27330$hm4.12270@newsread3.news.atl.earthlin k.net> Monte
Castleman wrote:

> I currently drive Firestone Wilderness ATs. I don't plan to go nuts
> off-roading, but I do drive through a lot of midwestern weather. Are
> these Coopers any good, or are they worth what I'd pay for them. Would
> being on a non-operation vehicle for a year have hurt them (the truck
> wasn't moved, but they weren't deflated)?

Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)

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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
Explorer passengers.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Del Rawlins wrote:
>
> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
Explorer passengers.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Del Rawlins wrote:
>
> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
Explorer passengers.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Del Rawlins wrote:
>
> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

I understood that design to be a Ford problem, exacerbated by the low
air pressure Ford specified.

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:13:59 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@cox.net> wrote:

> It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
>know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
>separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
>before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
>Explorer passengers.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Del Rawlins wrote:
>>
>> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
>> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
>> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
>> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
>> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
>> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
>> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
>> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
>> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
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Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

I understood that design to be a Ford problem, exacerbated by the low
air pressure Ford specified.

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:13:59 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@cox.net> wrote:

> It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
>know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
>separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
>before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
>Explorer passengers.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Del Rawlins wrote:
>>
>> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
>> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
>> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
>> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
>> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
>> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
>> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
>> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
>> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
>> http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/

Re: Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?
 

I understood that design to be a Ford problem, exacerbated by the low
air pressure Ford specified.

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:13:59 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@cox.net> wrote:

> It didn't use to be that way while it was an American company. I
>know you've adjusted many Goodyears, as I've had many the theirs tread
>separate, just that I took them off when I felt them go out of round,
>before the rolled off like the Firestones that killed the top heave
>Explorer passengers.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Del Rawlins wrote:
>>
>> Anything is likely to be an improvement over those firestones. In 10+
>> years of working in my family's tire shop, that was one of the worst
>> damn pieces of crap I ever saw foisted on the public as being a supposed
>> light truck tire. I never understood the recall where they were
>> treating it as a manufacturing defect in some of them, depending on when
>> produced and in what plant. They were ALL bad! The one good thing I
>> have to say about them is they helped me to sell a lot of Goodyears. 8^)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
>> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
>> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
>> http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/