5th wheel tires

SAILUN ST235/85R16 (110PSI) Put them on 4 years ago and have 26,000 miles on them. No issues

twodownzero wrote:

mileshuff wrote:

True but I believe Sailun tires are designed by an American based engineering firm, manufactured in China to be sold in markets outside of China only. Vastly different than the numerous China bomb mass market companies.

The problem with anything from China is quality control. If you get four good ones, great. If you get three good ones and one that is trash, and it blows up, it's going to take out the side of your trailer and do far more damage than just buying good tires in the first place.

I won't use Chinese tires no matter what their reputation or brand on the side. It's just not worth it.

Do you also check your car or truck and remove any Chinese made parts? And remove all the Chinese made parts from your computer? TV? Microwave? Many of those parts have the capacity to cause a lot of damage to your house if they self-destruct. The only way to judge some things is by their past performance. Sailun's past performance is exemplary, arguably better than Goodyear, not a Chinese company.

FWIW, I just checked Discount Tire and their price for the R238 is =higher= than the same size Michelin XP Rib by a few bucks. Used to be t'other way 'round.

Lyle

CALandLIN wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"So according to YOU, and that inflation chart, I should be inflating those G rated tires at about 70 psi."

YEP, Add 5 psi to the chart.

No I am not the only person doing so.

My Avion had GY "E" tires inflated to 80psi. Changed toy to GY "G" because there were no acceptable US Made "E" tires at that time so I went to the GY "G" tires and the chart said 80 so i ran them at 85psi. Ran this for several years and thousands of miles with perfect tread wear and NEVER hot.

Charts are there for a reason.

It just seems you are the only one promoting it, but if you say so.

Read any replacement tire SOP and they all follow the industry standard that says; the replacement tires MUST, provide a load capacity equal to or greater than, what the OE tires provided at vehicle manufacturer recommended cold inflation pressures.

Which is why so many chain shops refuse to put LTs directly on a trailer, so you have to bring in the wheels to have them installed.

Lyle

joebedford wrote:
I was surprised to see in this thread that Bridgestone has discontinued the R250. I have 6 of those on my TH. They've aged out. Thinking of replacing them with Sailun S637. What's the best place to by them? I'm in Florida.

The current Bridgestone is the R238, which replaced the R250. From what I've read, they're just as good as the 250s were.

Lyle

joebedford wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

joebedford wrote:
I was surprised to see in this thread that Bridgestone has discontinued the R250. I have 6 of those on my TH. They've aged out. Thinking of replacing them with Sailun S637. What's the best place to by them? I'm in Florida.

I assume you run "E" tires? If so this is a stellar option.

ENDURANCE ST255/85R16 @4080# at 80psi weighing 51#.

Yes I run E tires but they're LT tires not ST tires. A lot more robust IMHO.

Forget the ST part when it comes to ENDURANCE tires. Do some research. Three years on the market and no reported non road hazard claims.

Bonus they are USMade.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

joebedford wrote:
I was surprised to see in this thread that Bridgestone has discontinued the R250. I have 6 of those on my TH. They've aged out. Thinking of replacing them with Sailun S637. What's the best place to by them? I'm in Florida.

I assume you run "E" tires? If so this is a stellar option.

ENDURANCE ST255/85R16 @4080# at 80psi weighing 51#.

Yes I run E tires but they're LT tires not ST tires. A lot more robust IMHO.

mileshuff wrote:

True but I believe Sailun tires are designed by an American based engineering firm, manufactured in China to be sold in markets outside of China only. Vastly different than the numerous China bomb mass market companies.

The problem with anything from China is quality control. If you get four good ones, great. If you get three good ones and one that is trash, and it blows up, it's going to take out the side of your trailer and do far more damage than just buying good tires in the first place.

I won't use Chinese tires no matter what their reputation or brand on the side. It's just not worth it.

joebedford wrote:
I was surprised to see in this thread that Bridgestone has discontinued the R250. I have 6 of those on my TH. They've aged out. Thinking of replacing them with Sailun S637. What's the best place to by them? I'm in Florida.

I assume you run "E" tires? If so this is a stellar option.

ENDURANCE ST255/85R16 @4080# at 80psi weighing 51#.

joebedford wrote:
I was surprised to see in this thread that Bridgestone has discontinued the R250. I have 6 of those on my TH. They've aged out. Thinking of replacing them with Sailun S637. What's the best place to by them? I'm in Florida.

Bridgestone did discontinue the R250 but came out with a better updated 16" R238. Same commercial grade all steel ply carcass with the same tread type except the R238 has a bit more siping for a bit more wet traction.
With 15/32 of tread depth their popular with haulers who run them for 50k-70k miles on their service trailers. In that type or work we can wear out two sets a years vs maybs 4 sets of a 16" ST E tire with their 9 or 10/32 of tread depth.

JMO its been my experience the 16" Sailun S637 G load range at 4080-4400 lbs work best on 7k and 8k axles.....or overloaded 6k axles. These are the holy grail for commercial haulers who use 16" and 17.5" tires on our trailers. I have six 16" load G Sailuns on a triaxle GN stock trailer.
But I sure wouldn't run them or any tire on a trailer at 30+ percent under max sidewall.