Goodyear G614 tires

From what I've read the GY614 tires that had problems were all from several years ago. The latest ones seem to be pretty trouble free. And supposedly the damage caused by the blown Goodyear tires was covered by Goodyear. Also the Sailun tires are a pretty recent discovery by the RV'ers on this forum.

However I also felt like I didn't want to spend that much money so I bought the Sailun tires. So far so good. They seem to be a very solid, well built tire. Time will tell.

wacdmc wrote:
In my reviews of these forums the last few weeks, I've read about a bunch of Goodyear G614 failures but no Sailun S637 failures.

I can't see spending $500 extra to get Goodyear tires with a history of blowouts in order to replace tires on my camper that also have a history of blowouts (Power King Tow Max).

Were the Goodyear failures on older models and are they improved now?

So is this a statement or a question? My 5er has GY G614's. They are OEM tires on my 5er..I had one fail that was on my 5er when I purchased it in 07', tire date was 0606(manufactured 6th week in 06). Lost the tread...don't know if it was the tire or the sagging spring pack I discovered when replacing the tires...GY replaced all four tires free of charge.

Not much known about the Sailun tires, except they seem to have achieved some very high accolades in the Quality and Management dept. which would make me look at them the next time I replace my tires.

There are several of our posters on here who are using the Sailun G rated tire and they keep us posted as to how they're doing.

Bottom line, it's YOUR money, no one is going to force YOU to buy anything......YOU will purchase what YOU deem is the best for YOU. I don't see the failures with the GY G614's like they had in the 05 thru 07 tires...but, it's up to you to do the research..I don't see anything wrong with the GY G614's, though expensive and up to this point, I would look at the Sailun's next time if for no other reason than their Quality and Management achievements...something very few, if any China tire manufacturers can show us, other than Sailun.

fj12ryder wrote:
From what I've read the GY614 tires that had problems were all from several years ago. The latest ones seem to be pretty trouble free. And supposedly the damage caused by the blown Goodyear tires was covered by Goodyear. Also the Sailun tires are a pretty recent discovery by the RV'ers on this forum.

However I also felt like I didn't want to spend that much money so I bought the Sailun tires. So far so good. They seem to be a very solid, well built tire. Time will tell.

Howard, keep us informed on the Sailun's, be nice if we had another "G" rated tire that we could opt for.....Hope the Sailuns pan out....:)

Where the Sailun are made.If it in China just spend a little more and buy American.

I got rid of the Goodyear tires last year and put Kelly Commercials on - nary a problem.
http://www.kellytires.com/truck/resources/pdf/kellytruck_brochure.pdf

Well I took the plunge and purchased 4 Sailun tires after the inevitable blow out on one of my 18 month old OEM Towmax ST's.
So far so good but only time will tell. Mounted and balanced $860.00 out the door

buc1980 wrote:
Where the Sailun are made.If it in China just spend a little more and buy American.

In Qingdao, China. Inc in 2002
http://www.sailuntyre.com/en/about.aspx

ghostrider42 wrote:

buc1980 wrote:
Where the Sailun are made.If it in China just spend a little more and buy American.

In Qingdao, China. Inc in 2002
http://www.sailuntyre.com/en/about.aspx

Go to "About Sailun" on the website and go down to the fifth paragraph..That paragraph makes them more pertinent to the tires we put on our 5er's than almost any other "China Manufactured tire". They seem to apply Quality standards into their product and makes them a more viable option than the "usual" China manufactured ST tire.

We have been running the Sailun's on our Jayco Pinnacle almost 2 years with about 15,000 miles on them, no issues or problems to date.

Rob_Fla wrote:
We have been running the Sailun's on our Jayco Pinnacle almost 2 years with about 15,000 miles on them, no issues or problems to date.

I have to think Sailun tires are going to work out, It would be nice to see a reasonable priced tire to replaced the overpriced G614's. 2 years, and 15K is not bad the OEM ST tires would be shot by then.