Michelin
1948, courtesy of Michelin.
Patented in 1915 by Arthur Savage in California. Michelin started building radial tires in 1946.
No, do not mix bias tires with radial tires.
Quite possibly. The radial tire was invented in the 1940's and became widely used in the US during the 1970's. Radial tires should not be confused with steel-belting which is used to strengthen the tread resistance to puncturing in both radial and the older bias-ply tires.
manufacturing process of bias & radial tires
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Procomp Tires offer specialty tires for all sorts of conditions. The produce tires like the Xtreme All Terrain Radial, All Terrain Radial, Xtreme Mud Terrain Radial, Pro Comp Xtreme M/T 2 Radial, and the Xtreme Trax Radial.
Radial tires are made specifically to reduce the wear and tear of your car whereas goodyear tires are simply regular tires.
It's not reccomended.
Radial tires came about in the '70's, and have an interior tube, as opposed to the older tires, which were solid rubber.
Yes, these tires from BFGoodrich come highly recommended and there are no recent reports of accidents caused by defective radial tires from this company.
You should get radial tires because if you go to www.mud-throwers.com it lists all of the disadvantages and advantages. So you should spend a little more money on the radial tires.