195R14C Load Range D tires

[MikeD]

I just swapped out my old ST215/75R14 Goodyear Marathons for a set of Cooper 195R14C Load Range D tires. We will be taking a short trip this week, and I report how they work for a short trip.

One of the first things I noticed was that these tires are somewhat thinner that the regular, and this makes accessing the spare tire (in the newer under-the trailer carrier) much easier. The second thing I noticed was that there was no Date Code in the DOT information block. The tire has a DOT area, but the third block is blank. Do Euro-metric tires have a different encoding for the manufacturing date ?

Thanks -- Mike