Fisk Classic tires for OBW?

[Rooster2]

Discount Tire sells the Fisk Classic tires. They sell for $72 each. The Fisk tires appear to be a private label brand sold by Discount Tire only. Anybody on this forum use these tires?

 

I know one of the "hands on" techie guys at a Discount Tire store. He says they are good tires, with few "come backs" because of issues. He also says they are made from discontinued Michelin molds, but who knows what tire company bought the molds, or how well the tires are made. I am just wanting to hear from someone who uses them, and what they think of them. I am considering buying them for my 99 OBW with 186K on the odo. I am tight on money, so that is what drives my interest in a less expensive tire.

[Olnick]

I remember the Fisk brand from when I was a kid! Found this bit of history on Hemmings:

 

Founded in 1898 by Noyes W. Fisk and son Harry, the manufacturer of bicycle tires soon became a major player in automobile tires. By 1916, Fisk produced 5,000 tires per day in its Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, facilities. Despite introducing the highly successful Safti-Flight tire in 1930, the Great Depression weakened the company. By 1940, Fisk was acquired by U.S.Rubber, which changed its name to Uniroyal in 1967, which merged with B.F.Goodrich in 1986, which was purchased by Michelin in 1990. Still, Fisk-branded tires are marketed today.

 

 

Fisk was famous for its advertising icon, a sleepy pajama clad little boy with a car tire over his shoulder and carrying a candle. The slogan--"Time to Re-tire!"

[Rooster2]

I remember the Fisk brand from when I was a kid! Found this bit of history on Hemmings:

 

Founded in 1898 by Noyes W. Fisk and son Harry, the manufacturer of bicycle tires soon became a major player in automobile tires. By 1916, Fisk produced 5,000 tires per day in its Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, facilities. Despite introducing the highly successful Safti-Flight tire in 1930, the Great Depression weakened the company. By 1940, Fisk was acquired by U.S.Rubber, which changed its name to Uniroyal in 1967, which merged with B.F.Goodrich in 1986, which was purchased by Michelin in 1990. Still, Fisk-branded tires are marketed today.

 

 

Fisk was famous for its advertising icon, a sleepy pajama clad little boy with a car tire over his shoulder and carrying a candle. The slogan--"Time to Re-tire!"

 

Yea, knew some of this history, to know it is an old tire name brand that has been bought and sold a few times. Still hard to know if they are any good or not.

[Olnick]

Still hard to know if they are any good or not.

 

Ain't it the truth. Like everything else today, it's just a name to be bought and sold!