At 07:35 AM 6/11/98 EDT, you wrote:

>In a message dated 98-06-10 14:08:39 EDT, drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
>
><< COSTCO now carries a load range C under their house brand
> name. I was told that they are made by Michelin. They look similar to
> Michelins's LTX.   >>
>
>A buddy of mine is a tire engineer for Bridgestone/Firestone. He tells me
>there is a LOT of cross-branding of tires in the industry, particularly for
>places like COSTCO, Pep Boys, K-mart, etc.
>
>B/F creates a tire casing and tread design, (like the Potenza), and switches
>out some sidewall name-plates in the mold to create the discount-market
tires.
>They are essentially the EXACT same tire as the name brand.
>
>gmbulley

Isn't there a code number on the sidewalls of tires that designates the
original manufacturer and date of manufacture?  Anybody have a URL that
lists a cross reference table?

Austin