China bombs

Bob Shaw wrote:
Actually, Kenda is one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world, and I bought Kenda tires for my motor scooter, and they were considered a premium brand. However, my experience with Kenda and Karrier Load Star ST tires was quite a different story. I had two trailers with problematic ST tires that were made in China, which was completely eliminated when I switched to Ribs on my previous trailer and G614's on my current trailer. My driving and maintenance has not changed, only the tires. When my last trailer came with Karrier Load Star tires, I thought "Surely after all these years, they have the issues worked-out", I still have a few in my basement, if someone needs some.

Yeah, like Carlisle...they're GREAT on my riding lawn mower and that would be the only thing I own that would have Carlisle tires on it.:)

Tires made in China by the likes of MIchelin will have a good reputation from years of having a good reputation and the plants were opened and people trained by MIchelin people and standards were put in place to NOT tarnish the reputation of "Michelin"..

Again, the only "stand alone" China named tire, ie, "Sailun", also meets same ISO TS16949 standards as my manufacturing plant here in the United States needs to meet and maintain to be competitive on the Global market...It tells me they have high standards in their Manufacturing/Quality processes and can prove it out with documented records...

Use to be, the ONLY game in town, when it came to a GOOD G rated tire was the GY G614, a tire which is now on my 5er...and came on my new 5er...NOW, there is some good competition to "meet and/or beat" the GY G614 tire, and that is the Sailun S637 G rated tire, which has a great price and after several years of being on the market and more and more reporting good things about it since coming onto the market...until we start getting bad reports, it is a cheaper priced tire, that meets or exceeds the quality of a GY G614. Pretty much it in a nut shell..It is what it is....just like everything else in life....The "you get what you pay for" is still in effect, but some need to understand, like everything else, there are "exceptions" to the rule"...at this point, it appears that the Sailun S637 is one of those...Only time will tell...thus far, it appears it's a nicely priced quality product....Those that report on them should help us know as time goes by, just how good of a deal this tire really is.